I haven't really talked to them, Brax,
Heath and Casey. After the surf we all went home and got ready, now we are walking straight to the restaurant. We walk inside and there are two girls. One I recognise as Ricky and the other who must be Bianca. Heath walks fast over to Bianca, Brax to Ricky. I follow behind them. The girls both notice my bashed face and try not to stare.
"Hey Ricky, haven't seen you in a while" I chuckle.
"Yeah, you look grown up Lexie" she laughs.
"You must be Bianca" I smile turning to her.
"Yes I am, I've heard a lot about you" she says.
I just nod. I haven't heard anything about her. We sit down and start having our dinner. They talk about Heaths wedding and all these other happy memories.
"You look a lot like your brothers still" Ricky notes.
"Don't offend me" I joke sarcastically.
The boys fake laugh and the girls chuckle.
"So how have you been?" Ricky asks.
That's when it gets awkward. I clear my throat and laugh. Ricky begins to apologise.
"It's alright, you probably forgot that I spent the last three years in Juvie. Do you and Bianca know why I was put in there?" I ask curiously.
"Lex-" Brax starts.
"I hit my father, with a bat, multiple times. Then they called me a psycho, I was twelve at the time" I announce.
"Alex, stop it. That is not the story and you know it. Danny was beating me" Casey states, "He was beating me everywhere, there was a pool of blood surrounding me. Brax and Heath were out, you walked in and grabbed the closest thing to get him off of me. If you hadn't, I would have ended up dead instead of just having a few broken bones" Casey finishes.
Everyone is silent. I take it as my opportunity and I run out of the restaurant and down to the beach. I sit on the sand and put my knees to my chest. Someone sits next to me and I look to see Brax.
"I can't stay here. You boys are so much happier and better than you use to be. I don't want to mess up your life's like I messed up mine" I admit.
"Lex, I have been waiting for the day you came home. I have missed you more than you could ever imagine. I am so proud of you and I hate myself for not being able to get you out. I love you so much kid" Brax sighs.
I turn to him and smile. A real smile. I wrap my arms around his neck and hug him tightly.
"Can we go back up? I need to apologise to everyone for lashing out" I state.
He nods and we walk back up. When we enter the restaurant, I sigh and they all look towards me.
"I'm sorry for everything before. Case, Heath, I love you boys and I've missed you. Bianca and Rick, I was hoping we could maybe spend some time together one day so I can know more about you" I smile.
"That sounds great" Bianca nods happily.
"Yeah I'm in" Ricky nods.
"Let's head on home" Brax suggests.
"Um yeah, you guys go I just wanna talk to Case for a second" I say.
He nods and they all walk out past me. I walk towards Casey, then I run and jump up, wrapping my arms around him as tight as I can.
"The last time I saw you was when you were lying on the ground nearly dead. I understand why you couldn't see me though, they told me how hurt you were. Casey I love you" I explain, holding him tightly.
He leans back and puts his hands in my shoulders, then looks down at me and grins.
"Lex, I love you so much" he chuckles and then kisses my forehead.
He slings his arm around my shoulders and we walk to the car. We all get home and when the boys are doing there stuff, I sit on the couch with Bianca and Ricky.
"Hey, um, do you guys know how Brax got the shiner on his eye?" I ask quietly.
"Alex, leave it. Go to bed now, it's getting late" Brax instructs entering the room.
I sigh and nod, then I say goodnight to everyone and go to my room. I lay in my bed, it's actually comfortable for once and I have my own room. It feels weird though, I'm not use to it. But, I close my eyes and slowly drift off to sleep.
I wake up, from a restless sleep. I couldn't get comfortable and it was brighter than usual. I walk out of my room and see Heath in the kitchen, sitting at the table eating cereal.
"What time is it?" I ask.
"It's five thirty, why are you awake?" Heath responds.
"I usually wake up this time, what about you?" I question, during across the table from him.
"I just couldn't sleep, plus Bianca had to leave early for some meeting in Yabbie Creek" Heath adds, "She's the principal at Summer Bay High"
"Wow, a River Boy let alone a Braxton, let alone my brother! Married to a principal" I laugh teasing.
"Yeah, yeah whatever" he chuckles.
"I'm proud of you Heath. You have overcome all you stupid boy ways, your ever more strong and defiantly more smart than before" I smile.
"Thanks Lex, you killed it on the waves yesterday" he smiles.
"Thanks, but it seems like you've gotten even worse at surfing!" I laugh.
"You got that right" I hear a voice from behind and turn to see Brax and Casey in there board shorts.
"Surf?" Casey suggests.
"Hell yeah" I nod happily and immediately rush to get changed, then me and the boys walk down to the beach.
A woman stands in front of us, with two boys who look my age.
"Hello boys, how are you all doing?" she asks politely.
"Good thanks Leah. Yourself?" Brax asks.
"Yeah I'm great, who's this?" Leah asks smiling at me.
"This is our sister, Alex" Heath announces smiling.
I smile and shake her hand.
"Hi"
"Hello, so how come we've never seen you around here before?" she asks confused.
"She has been living with my uncle in the city, but she's come to stay now" Brax answers.
"Well that's great! We'll see you around" she smiles and walks away.
I turn to Brax and nod. I know that that's now my cover story; I've been living at my uncle and aunties. We walk on to the beach and run into the water. We surf for about three hours, then we walk out of the water to our towels. I see a couple of guys approaching us.
"Shit" Casey sighs.
I look to him confused. I stand between Brax and Heath as the boys stop a metre in front of us. The gang of boys in front of us, has a 'leader' standing in front who looks at me suspiciously then chuckles.
"Who's this beautiful girl you got here, bit young for you boys aye?" he teases, "Although love, your face is a bit bruised"
"Look piss off Connor and leave her alone" Heath hisses.
Connor stares into my eyes and I glare back.
"Holy shit. It's Psycho Lexie Braxton! In the flesh!" he laughs.
"Don't call her that" Casey demands stepping forward.
"That's who she is, so let me guess you got those bruises in Juvie. Finally got out, wow, that must have been what, three years! If you ever want to have some fun, you can come to me, I show you how to do everything" he smirks and leans towards me.
Casey pushes him back harshly and 'Connor' and his gang all laugh then walk off the beach.
"Well he's a prick" I scoff, "Connor the one who gave you the eye?"
"Yeah. Stay away from him Lex, far away don't get involved-"
"I'm not going to, trust me I don't want to be" I sigh.
He nods and then Brax walks off leaving me, Heath and Case.
"What happened between you guys and Connor?" I ask.
"It's all confusing, we will explain it to you another time" Heath adds.
"And don't listen to what he said, he was being a tool just to piss us off" Casey adds.
Yeah I know" I nod.
Casey and I decide to go up to the diner and get a milkshake, we go to order and I see Leah standing behind the counter. Casey's phone dings and he sighs.
"I'm sorry Alex, I'll have to show you around another time, I got to go to the gym" he says.
"Why don't Vj and Matt show her around?" Leah suggests.
I look at her confused and Casey nods. He pats my back then rushed off.
"Vj is my son and Matt lives with us" she explains.
The two boys from before walk up to her and she instructs them to show me around. We walk outside and start walking along the beach.
"If you don't wanna do this I can just head home" I say.
"No it's okay, so that's the school over there, are you going to be coming there?" Vj asks.
"Yeah, probably I guess" I nod, shrugging my shoulders.
"Cool, I'm guessing you've already seen the restaurant and gym" Matt assumes, pointing to then.
"Yep, you're right. I guess that is the place I'll probably be most, apart from the beach" I chuckle.
"So you're a surfer like your brothers?" Vj questions.
"Yep, been surfing since I knew how to stand" I smirk.
"That is awesome" Vj laughs.
I nod and smile. We find a picnic table and sit at it, me on one side the boys on the other.
"So how come you've come to Summer Bay now?" Matt asks curiously.
"Just to see my brothers more, I miss them heaps" I admit.
"Fair enough" Vj chuckles.
"Hey there's a party tomorrow night, you want to come?" Matt suggests.
"Yeah sounds like fun" I nod.