Welcome to my new story, everyone! Here we have a sequel to "The Past, The Present, The Future", shall we see how Ricky, Brax, Heath, Bianca, Casey and co are getting on?

RICKY'S POV:

Another hectic morning in the Braxton household had commenced as I struggled to get a now 13-year-old Casey out of bed and up for school as Brax tried to organise Aaron for nursery, Caitilyn just sat peacefully on the sofa watching Peppa Pig, oblivious to everything going on around her…

"Casey, I won't tell you again. Get your butt out of bed!" I proclaimed

"I'm up…" he sighed as he walked into the kitchen and straight to the fridge, pulling the juice carton from it, taking a long sip from it

"Use a glass." I begged, handing him one, him taking it from me and setting it on the worktop, pouring himself a glass

"What's for breakfast?" he questioned

"Whatever you can find," I informed him "if you'd have got up when I first told you to, you'd have had your pick of cereal, toast or waffles."

"Can you not make me some waffles now?" he inquired

"Do you really think I have time to make you waffles?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him

"I'll get something on my way to school." he sighed

"Caitilyn, time to switch that off now, darling." I informed her

"Mummy…" she whined, pouting as she turned to look at me

"No pouting. Switch it off please." I replied

Shaking my head as she continued to watch it, ignoring my request for her to switch it off, I watched as Brax made his way through to the living room and stopped the DVD from playing and placed it back into it's case and onto the shelf…

"Daddy!" Caitilyn whined

"Come on, little Miss, time to brush your teeth." he informed her, smiling at me warmly as he picked her up and carried her through to the bathroom

"Mummy…" Aaron spoke

"Yes, darling?" I questioned

"I'm ready to go to nursery." he informed me

I smiled at him warmly and bent down to his level, kissing his nose softly… "Good boy."

BRAX'S POV:

After the school, nursery and then childminder drop off, I made my way into the restaurant and into the office, sighing as I sat down at my desk, a knock at the door sounding… "Come in."

"Hey." Ricky greeted me as she poked her head around the door before making her way in

"I thought you had a shoot in Yabbie Creek?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow at her

"Cancelled." she replied as she sat herself down on the sofa that spread the length of the wall opposite my desk "The company have gone into liquidation apparently, which means another contract down the drain."

"Why don't you give it up then?" I suggested, raising an eyebrow at her

"What?" she inquired

"Give it up," I replied "you've always said you don't have the passion to do it as a job anymore, and it's not as if we need two wages coming into the house, so give it up, and do it as and when you want to do, not when someone books you."

She sighed heavily and ran her hands over her face… "Photography's always been such a big part of my life though, you know that…"

"But what's the point in sticking with something you don't have the passion for?" I asked

She nodded her head in agreement… "You're right."

"It's not often I hear that." I chuckled, smirking at her playfully

"Well you are." she replied "I'm gonna close down the business side of my photography, and just focus on taking pictures of the special moments in life, like now."

"What?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow at her

Watching as she pulled her camera out of it's bag and moved over to me, she perched herself on my knee and snapped a picture of us both, resting her head against my shoulder as she opened it up on-screen…

"Beautiful!" she proclaimed "now I'd better be going and getting on with my day. Things to do, people to see. What time will you be home?"

"Early hopefully," I informed her as she climbed off of my knee "I'll let you know when I do."

"Okay," she replied "love you."

"Love you too." I mirrored

So, what do you think? Bit different to "The Past, The Present, The Future", eh? What's to come next, I wonder?