I slowly take my steps forward, staying in my line. I see one girl in front of me who keeps on looking back, then, she starts to make her way back until she is standing in front of me.
"You getting out today Braxton? Back to your tough brothers? You know your River Boys once beat the crap out of my brother" she snarks mad.
"Yeah, I am getting out today whereas you'll be stuck in this shit hole so you can grow a few more pimples on your ugly face. I don't give a shit about your brother" I respond glaring at her, standing my ground.
"You stupid bitch, let's show your brothers how tough you really are" she hisses and then punches me hard in the face.
I go to punch back but I am kicked in the stomach, thrown on to the ground.
There are four of them all kicking and punching me. Eventually the guard gets them off and I stand up. He grabs my arm and I walk away with him to the first aid room. They wipe away the blood from my nose and lip, then I look in a mirror. My cheek is black/purple, so is my right eye and my lip has a huge split it in. I can feel more bruises under my shirt, but I don't tell the officers about it. I follow them outside, the door opens and I see the gates, fresh air blows on me. I see my parole officer Jenny standing ahead of me and I walk towards her.
"What happened to you?" she asks in shock.
"Oh, being a Braxton has its perks. I mean look I get to get beaten up!" I smile sarcastically.
"Alexandra you are finally out of here, but you are still on parole so don't do anything stupid like drinking, running away or-"
"Smashing my dad with a baseball bat?" I smirk sarcastically.
"Yes, or that. Because if you do you will be straight back in here" she adds, pointing to Juvie, "Now, your brother is here waiting for you outside the gates, I'll be checking in on you later. Goodbye Alexandra" she smiles hopefully.
"Goodbye Jenny, pleasure doing business with you" I nod and then continue to walk.
The gates open and I step out. I look around and see Brax. I'm surprised I recognised him considering I haven't seen him in three years. I walk towards him and stop a couple feet in front of him.
"What happened to your face?" he asks concerned.
"Just another whinny girl who has a grudge against the Braxton's. What happened to yours?" I ask, referring to the small shinner on his eye.
"Nothing" he states.
"Alright, so are you giving me a lift back to the Witch's house?" I ask.
"No, you're coming to live with me and the boys" he responds.
"Don't you live with mum?" I ask confused.
"No, we moved when you...came here, moved to Summer Bay" he states.
"Braxton's at Summer Bay, from what I remember of the place we did surf competitions with them and they sucked" I chuckle.
We start to walk towards his car.
"Yeah well, it's a good place, we've got a lot of good friends there. Come on, the boys are excited to see you" he smiles.
"Sure" I chuckle.
Brax stops me, grabbing my arm lightly but firmly.
"They are, Lex, what you did-you saved Casey. You did the right thing, we're not mad at you" he assures me.
"If it was the right thing, then how come I just wasted three years of my life and Danny only wasted one" I hiss back mad, "Look, let's just get home, I don't wanna talk about it"
He nods understanding and we get in the car, then he drives off. We drive through Summer Bay, I look out the windows and look at the waves. I've missed it so much.
"Did you get rid of my board?" I ask cautiously.
"No, no we still got it" he assures me.
"Cool" I smile.
Brax parks the car outside of a house. It is certainly better looking than the one in Mangrove. I get out of the car and follow Brax up into the house. I walk inside, I see Casey and Heath at the dinning table.
"Lex!" Casey smiles and rushes towards me.
He wraps his arms around me and hugs me tightly. I lightly put my arms around him and pat his back.
"Hey Case" I force a positive smile.
Case steps aside and I see Heath. He moves towards me and hugs me.
"Hey Lexie, we're glad your home" he smiles.
"Yeah, it's a different home then I thought" I chuckle.
"Hey, so I was thinking, we can go for a surf now and then, we were gonna have a family dinner with everyone at the restaurant I own" Brax explains.
My eyes widen and I laugh.
"You, leader Braxton owning a restaurant, I would've never imagined" I laugh.
"Yeah, well, I do and Casey and Heath run the gym downstairs" Brax adds.
"And, you said dinner with everyone as in their are other people?" I question confused.
"Yeah" Heath steps in, "I have a wife, Bianca" Heath States.
"Wow, a wife!" I chuckle overwhelmed.
"Yeah and I'm dating Ricky Sharpe" Brax adds.
"Wait, as in Ricky Sharpe who use to live in Mangrove, who went to high school with you?" I ask.
"Yeah" he chuckles nodding, "She lives with me, in the house/room right across the hall. You will live in here with Case, Heath and Bianca"
I nod agreeing. Everything is so confusing and my brothers are totally different.
"So can we go for a surf now?" I suggest.
"Yeah, you can get changed and put your stuff in your room, it's down the hall to the right" Brax instructs.
I nod, then go to my new room and change into my bikini. I walk out the door and I see Casey staring at my stomach. I look down and see a huge bruise on my stomach. I sigh and quickly cover my stomach with my arms.
"Can I borrow a shirt?" I ask quietly.
Heath walks out from behind me and passes me one. I thank him and then walk into the bathroom and put it on. I am about to go back out, but I hear the boys talking in the living area.
"What did you do Case?" Heath asks sharply.
"Nothing, I saw a huge bruise on her stomach. What happened to her, she's bashed everywhere?" Casey asks quietly.
"A couple of girls jumped her in Juvie before she came out" Brax sighs.
"Have you talked to her about the accident?"
Heath stops talking when I open the door out of the bathroom and walk out into the living room. They all turn to me and smile.
"Lead the way" I smile.
They nod and we all walk down to the beach, then immediately into the water. It feels amazing, I haven't touched it in three years. I feel safe and I feel myself in the water with my board.