Chapter 7

It was early the next morning when Brax, Charlie, Ruby, Alyssa, Heath, Darcy and Brianna woke up. Bianca and Casey remained asleep as it was only 5:30am. The others wanted an early start to avoid the morning traffic. All their bags were packed and loaded into two cars. Brax drove Charlie, Alyssa and Brianna in his car, while Heath took Darcy and Ruby in his. Later in the day, Bianca would drive Casey in her car with all their stuff as they still needed to work today.

The drive to the cabin had been extremely bumpy for both cars, although Heath arrived there a lot earlier than Brax. There had been road works along most of the roads they were driving on, and there were quite a few pebbles on the road. It had been incredibly loud in Brax's car. Brianna wouldn't stop crying as Alyssa kept pulling at her fingers. The two of them usually got alone, but not during what they would consider a "long car trip". It had taken them an hour, even though it was only suppose to be a half an hour drive. Brax was originally driving ahead of Heath, but had to take a detour on a less bumpy road to calm Brianna down.

Heath immediately ran to his brother the minute he saw their car.
"Bro, finally you got here! What took you so long?"
"Uh well, Alyssa and Brianna hadn't been getting alone so we had to stop a few times," Brax answered.
"Haha is my daughter too hard for you to handle?" Heath joked.
"Yeah, we all know where that came from!"
"Just because you've weakened."
"Yeah well, this isn't about me."
"Yeah, yeah..."
"Anyways, we have got to unload the car before we can do anything else. Ruby, you and Darcy and take Alyssa and Brianna inside while Heath, Charlie and I bring all our bags in," Brax said.
"Can I take Bri's bag?" Ruby asked. "I think we'll need it."
Brax followed Alyssa, Darcy and Ruby, who was holding Brianna, into the cabin.

As soon as Brax, Charlie and Heath finished putting the bags into the cabin, Heath reached into the fridge for a beer.
"You're getting on to those already?" asked Brax.
"Yeah," Heath said casually.
"Mate, it's not even the afternoon yet."
"So?"
"Ugh. Telling you these things really is useless."
"Brax, sorry to interrupt, but I'm going into our room for a lie down okay?"
"Yeah, of course. You're alright yeah?"
"Yup, I'm just tired because we woke up so early."
"Okay, fair enough. Call me if you need me."
"Yeah, of course," said Charlie and kissed him before she went into the other room.

Two hours had passed and Charlie had just had the best slept she'd had since the past few days. She still wasn't feeling well but felt like all she needed was some fresh air to get all the mess out of her head.
"Where is everyone?" Charlie asked Brax when she saw that he was the only one inside.
"They have all gone into the pool," he responded.
"How come you're not with them?"
"Well in case you needed me, I would be here."
"Awh, that's so sweet!"
Brax pulled Charlie into him and started to feel up her singlet. They started to kiss passionately until they were interrupted.
"Get a room you two, would you?" Heath shouted.
Brax and Charlie quickly took their hands off each other and stood still.
"How come you aren't wet? I thought you were in the pool?" wondered Brax.
"No? I was just sitting down drinking."
"Weren't you suppose to be looking after the kids?"
"Ruby can do that perfectly fine by herself."
"So what are you going to do? Stay here by yourself?"
"Yeah. Well no, not if you two are going to be here."
"Feeling sad because Bianca's not here?"
"Mate, she's driving up here now."
"Already?" Charlie interrupted.
"Wow, don't sound too surprised," Heath said sarcastically.
"What? No? I just thought her and Casey wouldn't come here until later this afternoon."
"Well Casey's class was at nine this morning so obviously it would be done by now,"
"Oh yeah, of course. It sounds like Gina didn't need Bianca to do much at the school then."
Charlie turned to Brax.
"Anyways, I think I need some fresh air so I'm going for a walk," she said to him.
"Are you sure you'll be alright by yourself? You haven't been feeling the best during these past few days," Brax replied worryingly.
Charlie forced a smile, hoping it would allow Brax to worry less.
"Baby, I'll be fine, bye!"

Next chapter:
Bianca and Casey arrive at the cabin.