Sean breathed out a sigh of annoyance at the sight of Kyle standing on the pier, he didn't know what game his brother was playing but he knew he wasn't gonna like it.

Sean had followed Kyle, brax and heath back to summer bay and figured this was his only chance to convince Kyle to stop being an idiot and run.

Sean couldn't really pinpoint why he automatically took Kyle's side over Casey's in the kidnapping, he didn't love them any different. Maybe it was because he understood Kyle better, that he could relate to doing something stupid while grieving, maybe because he felt like he owed Kyle for everything he'd done for him, or maybe he was just being selfish, he needed Kyle, and if he had to choose between Casey going to jail or Kyle… well he needed Kyle.

FLASHBACK

Sean didn't bother to fight back as the hard blows to his chest and head kept coming, there were just too many of them, at least six guys had followed him home.

At first he tried to fight and run but it was no use these boys were huge, he tried his best to protect himself when one of them started booting him in the stomach.

Then it all stopped everything went black and he was face to face with Benny, he was pale and there was blood dripping out of his mouth and a knife sticking out of his neck

'Why did you leave me Sean? Why didn't you help me? I thought we were brothers, how could you let me die alone?' Sean struggled to breathe as his friend spoke to him, his words gargled.

'How could you let her die Sean?' Sean spun around to face brax 'how could you be so pathetically useless? If I ever get my hands on you I'll kill you! You hear me Sean?'

'Sean'

'Sean'

'Sean'

'Sean' he woke up in his bed with a shout as Kyle shook him and yelled his name 'it's alright kid it was just a dream' Kyle said trying to calm him down 'you're fine'.

Sean's breaths were coming out short and sharp and he was gripping Kyle's arm tightly, scared he would let go of him as the panic attack set in.

Kyle helped him sit up, hugged Sean to his chest and let his little brother rest against him until he calmed down, whispering to him that everything was gonna be fine.

END FLASHBACK

Then again it could also be the fact that Casey killed dad and burnt off half of his mate, Ryder's face, protecting that little psycho, Tyler, in juvie.

Sean walked down the peer toward Kyle, glancing over his shoulder quickly, paranoid about being seen, it was strangely unnerving being in a place with so few people in it, and one of the things he liked about Melbourne was that he could lose himself in a crowd.

Kyle was watching the water when Sean jumped down to the lower part of the peer landing on his feet with a soft thump.

'I was wondering when you'd show up' Kyle said without turning around, Sean frowned at his brother's back, he was sure Kyle hadn't seen him walk up the peer.

'You do know it's creepy when you do that right?' Sean asked him, Kyle turned around and grinned.

'Yeah and you know you're not as sneaky as you think you are, right?' Sean laughed and shook his head as Kyle grabbed him in a lazy one armed hug

'What are you doing here little brother?' Kyle asked as he let Sean go and pulled himself up to sit on the peer 'I thought you said you would never come back here'

'Yeah well that was the plan, before you went and messed it up' Sean seethed, Kyle didn't retort, he just shook his head and turned to look at two chicks talking on the peer, Sean lowered his head and watched them too.

He didn't recognise the one facing them, she was blond and pretty, but the running gear she was wearing made him not like her without even meeting her, something Heath always told him as a kid, is that a woman who runs as a way to relax, is too uptight and high maintenance to keep around, of course heath had been wrong before, but Sean had yet to meet a woman who didn't prove him right.

Before he could figure out if he knew the chick with her back to them, Kyle got up, grabbed him by the arm and turned him toward the water.

'Ow, dude, what?' he asked annoyed, trying and failing to pull his arm out of Kyle's grip.

'That's Brax's girlfriend so unless you want one big family reunion we need to get you the hell out of here' Kyle hissed glancing over his shoulder.

'No, not without you' Sean said stubbornly looking up at Kyle.

'Sean-'

'Does brax know you're off your leash' they both spun toward voice, it was Brax's girlfriend.

'That's not very nice, seeing as we haven't seen each other in a while' Kyle walked up the ramp to meet her 'and anyway, why would I stay cooped up at home when there's so much better things to do around here' Kyle said smoothly in what Sean had once dubbed his criminal voice.

'Aren't you, going to introduce me to your friend?' she asked looking at Sean, Kyle didn't say anything, he just stared at her darkly, Sean smirked as her facade started to slip, 'so why aren't you running?' Sean had to admit the chick had balls; Kyle stepped closer to her, his face managing to look even more menacing.

'Why aren't you?' Kyle said, Sean almost laughed, he guessed that to people who didn't know him Kyle was probably pretty intimidating, Sean just didn't see it, but blondy obviously did seeing as she turned around and walked quickly back up the pier with her arms crossed tightly, Kyle grinned evilly after her and Sean smirked up at Kyle.

'That was nicely done'

'Sean you need to leave town now' Kyle said sternly, glancing back to where blondy had disappeared; Sean laughed, and started to leave

'Don't worry Ky, brax isn't gonna find me, but I'm not leaving yet' he turned his back on his brother, not giving him a chance to argue, and took off up the peer.

Sean was gonna make sure, that when he left summer bay, Kyle was coming too, whether he liked it or not, in the mean time he'd have to hide out in the one place, that thanks to Buckton, brax avoided like the plague,

Mangrove River, home sweet home.

Not my best work but it will do

Side note: Casey and Sean went to the same juvie, Sean warned Casey that Tyler was a psycho but Casey didn't listen; the guy who was beating up Tyler was a good friend of Sean's.

Pretty please review, she said with Kyle's kicked puppy look.