This is my first fan fiction, please let me know what you think :)
A Monday morning, the epitome of chaos in the house where brothers, Brax, 21 and Heath, 15 lived. Brax was preparing breakfast whilst yelling at a moody Heath. Heath hated school, especially on a Monday morning after a weekend of hanging out with his river boy friends and surfing. None of his friends went to school so why should he?
"Heath! I swear if you do not get your arse down here i'm gonna deck you!" Brax yelled up the stairs trying to hurry his younger brother along. He also had a job at the restaurant to get to, the only income the brothers had to pay rent, so he did not want to be late. "HEATH!" Brax yelled again, loosing patience as the minutes went by. At 21 he really did not want the responsibility of looking after his younger brother but when his dad ran out on his mum she could not handle looking after both her youngest sons so piled Heath off on to Brax who had moved out as soon as he had the chance. He wanted better, he could not stand being around his alcoholic mother and his abusive father. In a way, he was glad Heath had also gotten out even though it was extra pressure on the young man. Cheryl, his mum, decided she could only cope with her youngest, Casey, even though this hurt Heath and caused him to go down a path of self destruction for a while, Brax could see where his mum was coming from. Heath had always been a handful getting into fights and as he had gotten older it had just got worse, he couldn't blame his brother though, what do you expect from a boy who saw his dad constantly resorting to violence.
Brax hit his fists down on the kitchen counter in frustration, they only had 10 minutes until they needed to leave and Heath hadn't even emerged from upstairs, "Hea-" he began to shout before being interrupted by the surly teenager. "Give it a rest Brax will ya?" he sighed pouring out his cereal into a bowl. Brax shook his head slightly amused and continued to get ready himself.
Grabbing the car keys the boys began to leave the house only to bump in to a rather too tipsy, especialy for the morning, woman. Their mother. In tow was their other brother, Casey, 8. "Youve got to take him Daryl, its too much, he's crazy, bouncing off the walls." Cheryl drawled slowly.
"What are you on about woman?" Heath snapped, his relationship with his mother had never fully been fixed since she left him on Brax's door step.
"Enough from you sonny" Cheryl slurred slightly pointing at Heath. "Please, Daryl please take him, he's too loud, I cant handle it, its better for all of us, my mental state-" she continued, trying to tug on Brax's heart strings. "Dont even start mum," Brax interrupted, "Hes an 8 year old kid what do you expect, he has energy, you cant just leave him whilst you bum around watching TV." Brax said running a hand over his face realising the time. "Heath, get to school I'll see you later. Mum, Case come in lets sort this out" Brax's expression softened when he mentioned his youngest brothers name, as he was older when Casey was born he'd always felt some kind of paternal responsibility towards him. Casey walked in, head slightly bowed, he had a rucksack with him, Brax assumed his mum had made him pack with the intent of leaving him here. "Look Daryl, I have to be somewhere, and I'm gunna miss my bus, are you gunna take him or am I gunna have to put him back in care?" Cheryl demanded. "Get lost will ya mum, he's staying here! not get out of my house!" Brax snapped shutting the door behind her.
Casey was just sitting on the sofa watching as his mum left him, without ever a hug or a warm reassuring smile, similar to how she had abandoned Heath a few years ago. He felt like crying, what was he going to do? All his friends where in Mangrove river, where Cheryl lived, all of his things were also there, Cheryl hadn't given him enough time to pack much. He knew, however, he could not possibly let his older brother see him, he was a big boy now living away from his mum so he had to act like it.
Brax walked over to his youngest brother after calling work to excuse himself. "You okay mate?" he asked ruffling Casey's hair slightly. Casey forced a smile "Yeah… it will be fun, just you me and Heath" He said making Brax chuckle "You won't be saying that in a weeks time mate" he smiled. "so, you think this is a permanent thing Brax, cause if so what are we gunna do?" he asked, so many thoughts going through his head. "Yeah, I'd like it to be Case, I think its better for us all" Brax smiled, "that alright with you kiddo?" Casey nodded.
Later that day Heath came home, even though he was happy that Case was okay he had quite liked living just him and Brax, it wasn't because he disliked Casey but he sometimes resented the fact Brax gave him more attention because he was the baby of the family.
The next day Brax enrolled his youngest brother into school nearer by and tried to get Casey settled in as quickly as possible. Hopefully, with the brothers together and no dysfunctional parents around all would get back to being as normal as possible for the Braxtons.