"She's my Sister" Brax informed Sid, Lola threw him another glare. Sid was holding her arm now.

"Er…what kind of drugs?" Sid said looking at Brax, who had now stood up to see the marks on Lola's arm.

"I'm sorry Dr but I am 23 not 12" Lola snapped, she wasn't happy about being judged by her brother and a complete stranger.

"Just tell him what you have been taking Lola" Brax had, had enough of his sister's smart comments. She obviously didn't realise how serious this was.

"Crack, but I swear last night was the first time in years" Lola stated. Brax laughed "Yeah, Whatever Lola"

"Look I don't need you to stand here and judge me. I didn't want to come in the first place" Lola spat as she tried to get off the bed.

"Wait, we need to run some tests first" Sid said as Brax grabbed her arm.

"What kind of tests?" Brax hoped they would sound scary enough to make Lola stay.

"Just the usual Chlamydia, hepatitis, HIV" Sid suggested.

"HIV" Lola's heart skipped a beat when Sid mentioned this one.

"Er...yes especially with the needle marks on your arm, are you aware if your needles were shared with anyone else" Sid continued. "And what about unprotected sex?"

"Oh yeah she's had that, she's pregnant" Brax had gone from being worried to being furious again.

"Brax" Lola spat as she glared at him "I won't have caught anything from the father, he's a good guy"

Brax just shook his head, he wasn't sure if he wanted to hug his baby sister or hit her right now. Lola had always been a loose cannon getting into all kinds of trouble, but he thought these days were behind them. How wrong could he have been?

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Heath and Casey were surprised to return home to an empty house. "Do you think he's taken her to mums" Casey wondered,

"Don't be stupid, going to mum's is the last thing Lola needs right now, he's probably taken her to get checked out" Heath suggested.

"Why does she need to be checked out?" Casey was a bit alarmed.

"Er…lets just say our sister has stooped to new levels" Heath just left his explanation at that. He cringed as he remembered the man they had caught with her earlier that night.

-X-

Brax sat with Lola in while they waited for her results. He couldn't believe he was back here again. It wasn't the first time Lola had needed these kind of tests and it wasn't the first time he had been with her either.

"How long?" Brax asked his sister, he could see she was becoming her old self again; the drugs must have been wearing off.

"I don't know a few months" Lola felt a little ashamed when she saw the look of disappointment in his face.

"How could you afford it?" Brax knew the answer to his question, but it didn't make it any easier. As he watched his sister's eyes fill with tears he pulled her into a tight hug.

The siblings were interrupted by Sid, he looked little grim.

"What's the story doc?" Brax asked when he saw Sid's expression.

"It's bad news I'm afraid, Lauren our tests show you could have some possible damage to your liver and kidneys" Lola's eyes were filled with tears.

"So what happens now?" Brax said as he held Lola's hand tighter.

"We will need to do a CT scan to determine what damage has been done, once we can establish the extent of the damage, then we can discuss what would be the best treatment" Sid explained.

"So it is treatable" Brax asked hopefully.

"I'm sorry I can't say for sure until we've done more tests" Sid said as he left the room.

Brax sighed deeply as he held his sister "For god sake Lola" he whispered.

-X-

Casey decided to go and see Ruby, he owed her an explanation, and he was pretty sure Charlie would want to know what was going on as well.

"Casey, hey" Ruby was shocked to see her boyfriend at the door, especially after the state she had seen him in earlier. Casey kissed Ruby on the lips and followed her into the lounge where he was greeted by Charlie.

"So who is she?" Ruby was eager to find out who the mysterious woman was.

"Her name's Lola…Lauren, she's my sister" Charlie and Ruby's jaw dropped.

"Oh my god, I didn't know you had a sister" Ruby exclaimed.

"Yeah well she's been living with our dad for a few years, as you saw earlier Lola has some issues" Casey continued. Both Ruby and Charlie were listening sympathetically

"Lola's been in and out of rehab since she was 16, it started with drinking, then when that stopped working she turned to weed and pills, then she eventually started on the hard stuff" Charlie couldn't believe Brax had kept this to himself.

"I didn't notice so much when I was a kid, but as I got older I realised what was going on. Brax and Heath used to get calls all hours of the night because one of the boy's had spotted her at a local crack house, my mum couldn't handle it so she sent her to go and live with my dad, she's meant to be in Melbourne on tour right now" Ruby and Charlie looked at eachother in shock. None of them expected this.

"Tour?" Ruby asked curiously.

"Yeah, she's meant t be one of the supporting acts for Alicia Marcia" Casey informed,

"Oh my god I love her she's amazing" Ruby exclaimed, she couldn't understand why Casey's sister had brushed her off to come home and do this to herself

Ok so let me know what you think of this story so far

Also I have been informed that a story with a Braxton sister already exists. I'm not really sure about the whole copyright thing works; I know there are quite a few stories with Brax's children in them, but they are completely different. If anyone could let me know that would be great. I think the plot of my story is pretty original but if anyone else has read one with the same plot could you please PM me