The bus stops at the beach. The boys smirk at me excited and we all walk down. Their are a lot of people here, from what I can tell majority of people are actually from Summer Bay. A couple of people approach us and the boys smile.

"Alex, this is Evie, Oscar and Maddy. Guys this is Alex" Vj introduces.

We all smile and exchange hellos. I look over behind them and that's when I see him. He sees me too. I laugh, a huge happy smile. I rush towards him and jump in his arms hugging him tightly.

"No bloody way, Lexie?" he questions.

"Yes you dumbass" I chuckle.

"Damn, I haven't seen you in ages. I've missed you" he smiles.

"Of course you have Luca, I've missed you too" I smile up at him.

"How are you?" he asks.

"Ready to party...but I'm not drinking cause of, you know parole" I state.

"Yeah, I get it. Who are these people?" he asks nodding behind me.

I turn around and see Matt, Vj and everyone else walking towards me and then stand behind me.

"These are my new friends I met in Summer Bay, I moved to live with the boys there" I state.

"Summer Bay? Wow, never would've thought that place was for you always thought you'd stay in Mangrove" he chuckles.

"Why? She was living in the city with her uncle?" Vj questions confused.

I turn back around to Luca and glare at his eyes desperate. He nods his head.

"Yeah, I know, I was talking about before then when she came to visit and all. Anyways, do you blokes mind if I steal her tonight? So we can catch up?" Luca asks wrapping his arm around my shoulder, "I'll get her home safely"

Vj and Matt look at me worried, I laugh and smile.

"Don't worry guys, it's cool. Brax knows Luca he'd be fine with it, go have fun" I insist.

"Alright, but don't get into trouble" Vj states.

"When is she ever in trouble?" Luca smirks sarcastically.

I punch his shoulder playfully and then smile back at them before walking down the beach with Luca. We find a spot in the sand and sit next to each other.

"Was Juvie rough?" Luca asks.

"Yeah, got beat up a couple times, but I'm out now and I don't ever wanna go back, ever" I explain strongly.

"Yeah, fair enough" he nods understanding.

"What about you? How have you been?" I ask.

"Yeah alright, still hanging with the River Boys and surfing. Mangrove River High is still standing some how. But I have missed my best friend" he smiles nudging me.

"Yeah, the last time I saw you was two months before I got out of Juvie. I always loved it when you visited me" I smile.

"How come you only let me visit you? Never your brothers" he questions curious.

"I thought they were mad at me. I know they said they weren't but, I knew. Plus, they needed to move on" I explain.

"Do they know? That I visited you once a month?"

"No" I shake my head, "It never came up"

Luca nods and then grabs hold of my hand. I look to him and smile.

"Thank you for standing by me, I don't think I could have gotten through Juvie without you" I admit.

"Always" he nods, "You wanna go back to the party? To dance, not to drink I promise" he laughs.

"Yeah of course, are some of the River Boys there?" I ask excited as we walk back.

He nods and I smile. We arrive back at the party and he yells out to the River Boys, but everyone turns to face us including my other friends.

"Girl Braxton is home!" the boys all cheer and rush towards me.

I smile and hug/man shake all of them saying hello. These guys were basically my family. I see in the corner of my eye Vj and Matt looking very confused and suspicious, but I just shrugged it off and have fun. We all dance and jump around together. I missed this, I missed having fun with friends. But of course I'm never allowed to have fun, I see Connor slowly walking on to the beach. I turn to find Luca.

"I need to leave" I state.

"Alright, let's go" he nods.

We walk up to the bus stop and get on the bus. He sits next to me and sighs.

"So what happened?" he asks.

"Connor, some guy my brothers are at war with, don't know what happened and they won't tell me" I explain.

"Alright"

"He's mean and dangerous according to Brax. I've also had a run in with him, I tried to fight him cause he called me psycho Juvie chick" I add.

"That is not true, fuck him" Luca laughs.

"I agree, fuck him!" I yell a bit to loudly and see the driver look at us trough his rear view mirror.

I laugh embarrassed and Luca laughs loudly. When we get to summer bay it is ten thirty. We walk back to my house and knock on the door cause it's locked.

"Hello? Open up its just Alex" I yell.

Brax and Casey walk out from the hallway and Case opens the door.

"Can Luca crash on the couch? He just came home with me cause I saw Connor and didn't want any trouble" I explain.

"Yeah of course, hey mate" Brax nods and then shakes Luca's hand.

"Brax, how you boys doing?" he asks.

"Yeah not bad, you?" Casey responds.

"Good" Luca smiles.

"Alright well, I'm going back to bed, you should go to sleep soon" Brax instructs.

Casey says good night and walks away, Brax walks towards me and kisses my forehead.

"Thanks for being smart tonight, love ya" he smiles and then walks away.

I smile happy and I grab Luca a sheet and a pillow. I sit on the coffee table and look at him.

"I'll see you in the morning and I'll take you back to Mangrove, I have to get some of my stuff there from Mums" I explain quietly.

"Sounds good, night" he smiles.

"Night"

I walk back to my room and lay under the sheets, slowly closing my eyes and drifting off to sleep.