HI EVERYONE! I know it has been ages since I finished Picture Perfect but I have finally gotten around to writing the first chapter of the sequel, so without further ado you are reading the very first chapter of: FIRE AND ICE! I kind of got the name from the theme of Emily Thorne's engagement party on Revenge. Now this chapter continues on from where Picture Perfect left off and then probably in the next chapter it will leap forward a few months – just letting you know. Now for people who haven't read Picture Perfect I suggest you read it as this story will probably confuse you if you don't, now even though I was the writer of the story I got a bit confused over the ages of my characters so here is the details on the characters and their ages:
Brax – 30 years old Charlie – 30 years old Ruby – 18 years old
Mckenzie – 1 years old Heath – 25 years old Bianca – 28 years old
Casey – 17 years old Bella – 17 years old Cooper – 18 years old
Imogen – 3 months old Jayden – 3 months old Darcy – 6 years old
Okay so that fills you in and it now helps me for future reference now just want to add that Cooper is actually 1 year older than Bella so he is turning 19 and Bella is turning 18. Okay now that is sorted we can move on to the next thing. Before writing this story I started writing another 2 stories, now as mentioned in Picture Perfect they are COLA (Bella and Cooper) spin offs and they are called: Forget Me Not and Fight For Us. I also wrote a one shot about Bella's attack (again another Picture Perfect reference!) it is called The Night That Changed The Braxton's. Okay everyone I am done blabbering so here is the story – please review and tell me your thoughts. Dannielle xoxo
[DISCLAIMER/COPYRIGHT: I do not own any of the existing characters or storylines in Home and Away but any characters, storylines or ideas used in this story are strictly copyrighted and are not to be used by any other person/s without written permission of the author of this story. Thank-you.]
Previously…..
I was standing beside Cooper his arm draped loosely around my waist as he drunk a beer with my brothers when suddenly Heath and Brax tensed up "what the hell are you doing here?" Heath spat angrily causing everyone to go quiet and turn to look at the middle aged man standing at the side gate "I just came to see you all again" he said and Heath shook his head angrily "get lost" he spat and Bianca stood up "Heath what is going on?" she asked and Heath just stood angrily staring at the man "Isabella you look so beautiful" the man said as I stood more alert and confused, Cooper tightened his arm around my waist protectively as Casey moved into view "Casey haven't you grown" the man said and Casey look just as confused as me "who are you?" Casey asked and I looked to a stunned, not moving Brax "Brax who is he?" I asked and Brax uttered the words that made my legs weak "dad" he said croakily
BRAX POV
"what are you doing here?" I asked stunned as I stared back at the man who had abandoned us all those years ago "I came to see how my kids were" he said like nothing had happened "what you woke up this morning and thought 'gee I haven't seen my kids for 18 years I might go visit today" I spat and he looked away "no I have been planning on coming to see you for a while now" he said and I shook my head and looked away "dada" Mckenzie said and I looked down to see my beautiful baby girl looking up at me with her shiny blonde hair that curled in ringlets at the bottom and her shiny blues eyes that were frosted with tears "it's okay princess" I said bending down and scooping her into my arms "you have a daughter?" dad said and I looked back at him "yeah I do and so does Heath" I said holding Mckenzie tight "you do?" he said looking to Heath "I have two daughters and a son" Heath spat angrily while Darcy hid behind his leg "any of you married?" he asked and I laughed "what you want to know everything, yes I'm married and Heath is engaged now that you found that out how about getting lost" I said and Mckenzie buried her head into the crook of my neck, I stroked her hair and kissed her forehead before looking back to him "I know your mad and you have every right to be but I just want to get to know you" he said and I laughed "the only way you are getting near them is over my dead body" I said and he shook his head "I'm your father I can talk to my children if I want" he said turning to face Casey and Bella "I can't believe how grown up you two are – my babies" he said and Bella laughed "babies, that's the only memory you have of us and for the record what makes you think we want to know you" she asked the anger evident "I was always worried you wouldn't be able to protect yourself but clearly your brothers taught you well" dad said and she looked away "just leave" Casey said and dad turned to face him "son you don't mean that" he said and Casey rolled his eyes "don't call me son, I am not your son" he said turning and walking out to the backyard.
HEATH POV
I watched as Casey headed down the back towards the beach, it was where he always went to think. It was different for me, I had seen dad, I had met him and lived with him. I had an image of his face, his voice, his personality as unlikable as it is I had those images where Bella and Casey never have. I couldn't understand what they were feeling even if I tried, I hadn't seen my father in 18 years but I had seen him whereas Bella and Casey hadn't, they had grown up without him there, without ever seeing his face, knowing the sound of his voice, I shook my head as Bianca walked up to me and slid her arm around my back "are you okay?" she asked and I smiled "yeah I'm fine, it's them I'm worried about" I said tilting my head towards Bella and Bianca nodded as we stood utterly confused and shocked at what we had seen.
BELLA POV
I had just met my dad, I stood glued to the spot while he spoke to us. I felt my throat burning as the air flew into my open mouth but I couldn't do anything about it. I could feel Cooper's grip tight around my waist and everyone's eyes on us but nothing could take away the shock I was feeling. He left just as fast as he had arrived but that didn't bother me, I had just about as much of my father as I could take. I moved away from Cooper and walked down the deck steps and towards the gazebo in the backyard. I sat in silence for a while before hearing footsteps behind me, I knew who it was a didn't turn around "you okay?" Brax asked and I nodded "mmhm" I mumbled and he laughed "nice one" and I rolled my eyes "why now, why after 18 years does he pick now?" I asked confused and I saw Brax shake his head "I don't know" he said simply and I turned to look at him "your supposed to have all the answers" I said and he laughed again "since when?" he said and I rolled my eyes "since ever, you have an answer for everything and the one time I actually want one you got nothing!" I said throwing my hands up and he laughed "I may not have an answer now but I will, just you wait" he said standing up and kissing my cheek.
CASEY POV
I sat on the sand, staring out over the ocean. He had been here. After 18 years of wondering and unanswered questions he was here, I had seen him. I had seen his face, noticed the similarity in the shade of his green eyes that were passed on to both Brax and Bella in separate ways. Brax's eyes had a grey/blue tinge to them that made them change depending on mood and clothing and Bella's were a fierce green hue that sparkled in the sunlight and darkened from day to day depending on her mood and mentality but usually they were bright and sparkly green. I had always wondered where they got the green eyes from and figured it was dad but now I knew, Heath and I had brown eyes that we got from our mother. Seeing him today I realised that I was the only one who bore a real resemblance to our mother. Brax, Bella and Heath all had the bronze, golden skin tone and similar features but my skin tone was paler, whiter. I was still tanned but just not as bronze as my siblings, I had to face it, I didn't look like them. If we stood together they would look similar and I wouldn't. I had many of my mother traits and similarities where my siblings didn't. They all had similar fierce tempers that could flare at any moment although Brax was more conservative whereas I bottled things up until they exploded. I had always known I was a little different but it never bothered me which is why it confused me that now after seeing my father for the first time in my life I had realised the true similarities between me and my siblings. I was even remarkably different from my twin, the one person who should be like me and I wasn't. I shook my head and flopped back onto the sand as I stared up into the clear blue sky, the puffy white clouds floating on by, all different but all made from the same thing.
? what were your thoughts? Please, please, please review it really means a lot to me! Please let me know what you would like to see from each of the characters and if you would like me to continue. Again sorry for it being up late but hey better late than never right? Review please! Dannielle xoxo
