Kyle is at the restaurant, it's his 25th birthday today and it is also the tenth without his brother. He never mentioned to the boys that he had a brother in fact he lied and said he didn't have one. He had always been scared of his brother, he had got more height, a bigger build and he knew it and he used it against Kyle all the time when they were kids. He is currently in prison for armed robbery and Kyle hasn't visited him once, not like his brother would want him there anyway.
Brax walks up to his brother who looks lost and chuckles.
"You're not that old." He laughs reaching over and slapping Kyle on the arm.
"Yea... just hard without mum you know." Kyle sighs quickly lying to cover himself if fact it wasn't a lie. He did miss his mum every birthday since he was 13 when she died. He always found it hard to make it through the day.
"I get that mate, let's go yeah. Birthday dinner." Brax smirks pulling Kyle close and pulling him out of the restaurant.
"Cheers Brax." Kyle grins accepting Brax ruffling his hair.
"Heath, it's your brothers birthday, can you please wear a nice shirt." Bianca moans. They hadn't really celebrated Kyle's birthday much, there was always something happening.
"Kyle's a guy okay, even though he can be a bit of a girl, He's a dude and dudes don't worry about messy shirts." Heath chuckles, swallowing a bit of his beer.
"Wife's do." Bianca hisses at her husband, she wanted him to change his shirt and she was determined that she would make him.
Heath just shrugged his shoulders, he didn't want to change.
"Heath, Nice shirt now!" Bianca yells. She is getting extremely angry now, all she wants is him to put a nicer shirt on.
"Just put a nicer shirt on Heath." Casey moans he was getting sick of Bianca's yelling and he just wanted it to stop. All he wanted was for Heath to put a nicer shirt on and for Bianca to shut up. Denny came behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. The brothers bickering was the last thing that Kyle needed on his birthday, especially since it is his first birthday without Phoebe, who had moved to back to Melbourne for her music career ten months earlier. Leaving Kyle devastated, luckily Kyle's brothers helped him rebuild and help him realise that there was a life without Phoebe. They helped him to see that even though he loved her so much, he could live without her.
"Like you can talk, your shirt is all wrinkly." Heath barks at his brother being extremely stubborn and not wanting to get changed. Denny rolled her eyes, she knew that this bickering wasn't going to stop.
"Casey looks fine, now, please... Heath just put on a nicer shirt." Bianca begs again hoping a nicer voice would help the situation at all.
Heath rolls his eyes and holds his hands up. "Okay, okay you win I'll dress up nice for Kylie's birthday dinner. But only because I don't want him to think he's too dressed up for the occasion." Heath grins happy that he can still mock his little brother even if he does have to get changed.
Kyle and Brax walk in the house soon after and both have a quick shower and get changed, Kyle's shower was slightly longer. He hadn't stopped thinking about his brother since he left the restaurant. Mason was a big bully and had always made his life hell, picking on him at home and at school and always showing off that he was the older one, even if it was only by 10 minutes. Kyle rests his head against the shower wall knowing that one day his brother would find him and their other family. He just hoped that if Mason did arrive, his brothers wouldn't like him better, because growing up everyone did. Kyle was Mason's loser, emo younger twin brother and Kyle just hoped that things would be different if they ever met again now that they were all grown up.
"Oi, you trying to drain a dam... It's 7:00 and we are booked for 7:30 so get you butt out of the shower and get changed. I don't care if it's your birthday... I'm hungry and I'm not being late just because you shower like a teenage girl." Heath yells through the door.
"Hey, dad! That's so unfair." Darcy moans, protesting with her father. Kyle chuckled to himself with all the father-daughter banter.
Kyle quickly got out and dried himself, he stared at himself in the mirror, he had never been ashamed of his body before but it was just something about staring at it at the moment that made him look too small, maybe it was the whole Mason thing running through his head again... " Weird." Kyle murmurs. His birthdays weren't usually like this, maybe it was the twin telepathy thing. Kyle chuckled at the thought, When he and Mason were really young they used to joke about it all the time. Back when they were best friends, back when Mason used to protect him not harm him himself.
Flashback
"Masie." A four-year-old Kyle yells as three kids surround him. He was scared and he needed his big brother, Mason could take on all these kids. He was big much bigger than Kyle and Kyle guessed that he got that from their dad whereas Kyle was more like their mum.
"Masie." They mock, all laughing at Kyle. "Does baby need his big bro." One chuckles, shoving Kyle to the ground.
"OI! back off," Mason yells walking up to his brother and the bullies and pulling his brother to his feet.
"Never go near him again," Mason warns. He as his little twin brother walk back inside to play with trains instead.
"Masie, you'll always be my best friend won't you?" Kyle asks looking up at his older twin brother.
"Of course Kylie." Mason grins hugging his brother. "I'll always be there for you."
It was always Masie and Kylie against the world, only until it wasn't.
End of Flashback
"Hurry up Kylie!" Heath yells, Kyle chuckles to himself, Heath worrying about his gut, nothing ever changed in this family. He got changed and had one last look in the mirror, he didn't know why his body was suddenly something he was anxious about. He turned away and walked out of the bathroom, ready for his birthday dinner.
"About time." Heath moans, Kyle softly chuckles to himself, Heath reminded him of a cute version of Mason, the winding up without the actual intent to offend. Mason always called him things like a Pretty boy, Kylie, Small fry, Junior... Most things that Heath called him only when Mason said it, it actually hurt because he meant it. He used all those names against Kyle, he wanted to hurt him, Heath just wanted to tease him in a big brother way. Heath made his way to his car with Bianca and Darcy but had to wait because only Brax knew where the restaurant was. In Brax car was him and Ricky in the front and Casey, Denny soon to be Kyle in the back.
"KYLIEEEEEE! I" M HUNGRYYYYY!" Heath yells, from the car, shaking his head in laughter he races off to the car and slides in next to Denny. he nudges her and grins, she reaches up and ruffles his hair. Since Phoebe left, Kyle and Denny had become best friends, Denny being there for Kyle who had lost his girlfriend and Kyle being there for Denny who had lost her best friend.
Brax starts up the car and the Braxton's finally make their way out for dinner.
"Oi, Bro hands off my girl." Casey laughs reaching over Denny and shoving Kyle.
"Nervous she's gonna jump at the hotter Braxton?' Kyle asks chuckling pulling Denny closer by her shoulder, in a friendly way, kissing her on the cheek and smirking at his brother.
Casey knows that Kyle and Denny were just best friends, they had both been there for each other when they needed someone. When Phoebe left they had both lost someone. They had to help each other through it. They had grown a bond with each other and Casey knew it was never going to be nothing more than a friendship.
"You okay Ky?" Denny asks resting her head on his shoulder. She was really worried about him, He loved Phoebe so much and it being his birthday and her not being here, it would hurt.
"Yea, you know... Phebs texted me this morning, said happy birthday and all, said that she missed me and said that she got a gig tonight." Kyle sighs lightly. "She misses you too" Kyle whispers pulling Denny close by her shoulder.
"Yea, I miss her too... But I've got you now." Denny grins slapping Kyle's face lightly.
She pulls away from Kyle and snuggles into Casey instead.
"Yea I think he was getting a bit jealous," Kyle smirks, raising his eyebrows at Casey in a cheeky way.
"Shut up Kylie." Casey laughs, he was so happy that he and Kyle had grown closer, He and Kyle had not gotten on for a long time and they were both glad that now they were mates and able to joke with on another, they often said that the younger brothers should stick together and team up against the older brothers, especially Heath. Heath could beat them both one on one quite easily, but when they fought together, they usually won.
After another 20 minutes of the three of them making around in the back seat, Kyle, Casey and Deny see that the are finally there.
"All right kids file out." Brax chuckles as he stops the car outside an Italian restaurant. Kyle had chosen it and his brothers had given him grief all day saying that he's surrounded by pizza and pasta all day and now he wants to go to a restaurant filled with it.
"Weirdo." Casey laughs, reaching over and slapping Kyle on the back of the head, he loved winding Kyle up because unlike Heath or Brax he wouldn't hit him for it.
They all sit down at the table, Brax and Ricky are sitting next to each other and looking at the menu, Heath is next to Ricky and Bianca is on the other side of him and he and Bianca are softly arguing over Heath constant teasing of his brother. Darcy is next to Bianca on her phone and texting her friend and giggling. As for Kyle, Casey and Denny, they are whispering to each other all about how Casey and Kyle are going to binge o x-box when they get home and who is going to win. Denny literally in the middle of the boy's argument.
"Alright, you lot... You know the Birthday rules. 1) No one can boss Kyle around 2) No one can tease him 3) Kyle picks who buys the first round 4) That person can not get angry or get their revenge at any time." Brax laughs knowing full well that Heath was the reason these rules were made, especially for Kyle's birthday, Heath constantly teased Kyle.
"Go on then Heath," Kyle smirks up at his older brother. His birthday was the one day he got payback on Heath without Heath retaliation.
Heath loudly huffs and makes his way to the bar, leaving the rest of the family smirking at him.
The man walked out of the prison. Although it was hardly a prison to him, he ran it. No one messed with him they were all too scared. Taking a deep breath of freedom he snarled evilly and made his way to the awaiting car...It had been ten years, ever since he was 15. He had been locked away for most of his childhood, He had missed out on years of education, which he didn't really care about, he didn't need brains when he had fists. But like prison he ran school even as a younger one, he was known as a terrifying kid, it had also a long time without any beer and drugs which he had gotten into when he hung out with the much older kids and lastly it had been an especially long time without his little brother.
'Where to Mason?' The guy asks.
"I'm going to visit my baby bro, come into his life and ruin it all over again. Just like I did when we were younger. He's going to wish I was an only child." Mason smirks.
"Right, and where can we find this brother of yours." The guy asks wondering how Mason is planning to find a long lost brother of 10 years.
"Kylie always wanted to meet Dad, and unlike that loser, dad actually kept in touch with me." Mason starts "We're going to Summer Bay. I wanna wish my baby bro a Happy Birthday." He smirks evilly.