Hi! This is my second Home and Away fanfic! Its kind of the same storyline as my first fanfiction but it's different, if that makes sense? :P Anyways, I hope ye like it, and please review because I need all the ideas I can get! :) Thanks :)
Ariel hadn't seen her brothers in person for two years since she was shipped off to a boarding school in the south of Sydney. Although she kept in contact via skype or telephone once in a while, she couldnt help but be bouncing off the walls to see her brother's shocked smiling faces as she walked into their restaurant that they had bought while she was away. Before Ariel had left they had lived in Mangrove River with their mum. She had learnt that Brax, Casey and Heath had moved to Summer Bay, a few weeks after she had moved, to get away from the River Boys gang and probably their mum, Cheryl, too. Although Ariel didn't quite know why the Braxtons wanted to seperate themselves from the River Boys (Brax and Heath were known to be the leaders of this tribe) she fully understood why they wanted to get away from their mother. This was partly the reason Ariel went to boarding school in Sydney.
Nearly every night, Cheryl would come home, stinking of alcohol, and float around the house trying to think of every insult she could about Ariel and cause her to be so overcome with anger and hatred to walk out of the house just to get away from the drunken mess in the kitchen. No one was there to save her from her mother each night because Brax, Heath and Casey were out nearly every night probably out partying or surfing or doing something that caused Ariel to gag each time she thought about it. But during the day her brothers were always at her side, not allowing anything to happen to her without their consent, and for that she was grateful because she wasnt sure if she would be able to cope with their mum on days aswell as nights. Ariel had confided in Brax about the unbearable nights she experienced with Cheryl and he then decided that he would save up from there on to send Ariel to boarding school in the city where she would be safest. Although Ariel rejected this offer at first she was happy she took it when Brax promised that he, Casey and Heath would call her everyday.
However everyday turned to every week and every week turned to every month and then every month turned to whenever they were both available to speak. Ariel didnt mind it so much, because part of the problem was that she was too busy to talk when they were able to call, but she still looked forward to those calls when they would exchange news and chat about random things.
Ariel hadnt spoken to her brothers in over three months, which was the longest time where she hadnt recieved a phone call from them. She couldnt help but be a little anxious on why they hadnt called her so she planned to suprise visit them during her summer holidays.
This was the first time she was going to visit Summer Bay because last Summer she went to London with some friends on a school assignment 'to experience their culture'.
Ariel had sat on a bus for over four hours and she found it quite difficult to awaken her dead legs as she jumped off the bus with a large suitcase trailing behind her. She assumed that the Braxtons would have room for one more for a couple of weeks.
Ariel couldnt help but allow a smile to form when she saw the sign that read 'Welcome to Summer Bay'. She climbed the grassy hill that was behind to bus stop sign to witness a sandy beach that spread a couple of miles across the town. Flash backs of when Brax or Heath or Casey would teach her how to surf when she was in Mangrove River appeared before her. Nothing could have extinguished the excitement that was forming in her body. Now all she had to do was find the restaurant 'Angelo's' that Brax kept talking about on those limited phone calls. Ariel knew that it was situated above a juice bar place but there was no sign of any juice bar around. So instead Ariel began her journey by walking across the beach until she found someone who could direct her to the restaurant.
After skipping across the long stretch of sand for around five minutes, she approached a bubbly looking girl with jet black hair with purple streaks running through it and a tall, muscular boy with dark hair who had his fingers entwined with the bubbly girl's fingers beside him.
"Hi" Ariel said, catching my breath from half jogging up to them with my suitcase behind me "Do you know where I can find Angelo's Restaurant?"
"Right up there" the bubbly girl said pointing towards a building that quite obviously showed a sign reading 'Angelo's Restaurant'.
"Oh, right, thanks." Ariel thanked, feeling incredibly stupid.
"Anytime." she said, smiling to herself as she and her boyfriend continued to walk along the shoreline.
By the time Ariel had arrived at the juice bar she couldnt help but wince as she noticed the long stairs that she would have to drag her heavy bag up. After pulling up her suitcase along the stairs that seemed to go on to internity she finally reached the top floor. A feeling of accomplishment overcame her as she pulled her suitcase up over the last step, but her feeling of accomplishment was quickly replaced by a feeling of anxiety and excitement as she heard the voice of her brother Brax discussing business details with one of his staff. She followed his voice through the double doors where she greeted Brax who had his back towards her.
"You need to get an elevator, you know, I just spent the last five minutes dragging my suitcase up and I recieved no help from no one. Some restaurant you got here!" I announced with a smirk.
He turned around, froze for around two seconds then greeted me with a very confused "Ariel?"
"Who you think it is?" Ariel said, her smirk turning to a pleasant smile as they jogged towards eachother and hugged.
"What are ya doing here?" he exclaimed, holding her at arms length.
"What? I travel four hours on a bus just to see my brothers and now you dont want me here?" she smiled.
"No, it's great but shouldn't ya be in boarding school?"
"Its the summer holidays, silly, and why would I stay another year at that place without seeing you guys? Anyways, where's Heath and Case?"
"They're at the beach, I'll call them now to meet at the house." he said as he started dialing their phone numbers on his phone. "Kyle, take care of the place." he ordered his staff member who was sitting there, not knowing really what to do.
"But shouldn't I come too?" Kyle said out of the blue whilst staring at me.
"Eh, later." Brax said hesitantly.
Ariel didnt really know what that waiter meant by asking if her should come too, but she quickly forgot about it because she was too head over heals to see Casey and Heath once again.
As Ariel and Brax drove to Ariel's 'home' for the Summer she couldnt help but ask why Brax or Casey or Heath hadn't contacted her.
"I dont know Ari," he lied.
"Brax, I'm fifteen now, I can handle it if you say you forgot about me, I dont care" she lied.
"I didnt forget about ya Ari, thats impossible. I was just busy, ya know." he said as he looked out the window of his uve.
Ariel felt a little hurt that Brax was too busy to even give her a phone call for even two minutes but she was determined not let it affect her.
Ariel was half impressed by the house that her brothers were living in. It seemed to be in a nice, quiet neighbourhood, not what she had expected.
"You did well, didnt you." Ariel said, pleased.
"What do ya mean?" He asked as he got out of the uve.
"No partying, no surfers, no beer, no police."she siad as she looked around the place " It's like there's a whole new Brax"
He showed a smile as he opened the front door. Ariel was also suprised at the conditions Brax was living in. Everything clean. Cleaner than Ariel's bedroom in her boarding school anyways.
"Darryl Braxton. What has gotten into you?" she smiled.
Before he could say anything, a woman appeared from the hall. She wore a maxi dress with a denim jacket. Ariel looked at Brax for an explanation.
"Eh, Ariel this is Ricky, eh, me girlfriend. Ricky this is Ariel, me sister." he said looking at Ariel and Ricky while introducing one to the other.
"This is your sister you were talking about?" Ricky asked Brax.
"Yeah" he said simply.
"Hi." Ariel said, not really knowing how to introduce herself.
"So, the only Braxton girl, must be a treat" she said, smirking.
"Yeah, real treat." Ariel exclaimed sarcastically.
Suddenly the door burst open with Heath and Casey behind it.
"Brax, what wro-" Casey froze mid sentence.
"Ari? Is that really you, squirt?" Heath said, bulging past Casey to lift Ariel off her toes.
"What are you doing here?" Casey asked in suprise as Ariel supplied him with a hug.
"Thought I'd pop over for a suprise visit" she replied smuggly.
"Best suprise visit I've had for a while!" Heath jeered.
That night Ariel tried the 'famous' pizza that Angelo's made where she caught up with the boys and finally ended her day by unpacking her things in the spare bedroom and going to bed to catch up with some much needed sleep. Little did Ariel know that night, that the next day she was going to discover a whole new pack of suprises that seemed to 'slip' from the brothers minds when they had shared those phone calls while she was in boarding school.