Hi! Thank you so much for reading and reviewing! I loved all your comments! This chapter involves a bit more Ruby, as some of you requested. I hope you enjoy it! One-upon-a-mind, you could be right, you could be wrong... I can't tell! But the next couple of chapters will give you more information about Heath!


'What are we doing today mum?' Brax asked his mother 'Why do you want to know?'. 'Because I want to spend some time with my tree boys' Cheryl answered. 'Well that is not going to happen, because I am working and so is Heath' Brax replied. 'Are you serious? You can't even take one day off for your old mother? I bet you can take of time for her' Cheryl yelled, pointing at Charlie. 'Mum, some other time aye?' Brax said as he tried to calm her down. 'How about you Casey?' Cheryl asked. 'I euh…' Casey started. 'Quick come up with something' Ruby whispered to him. 'I euh…' Casey started again 'I need to catch up with some friends'. Charlie had to laugh, Casey could at least have come up with something better. 'Wasn't your party yesterday? Didn't you see them there?' Cheryl asked Casey. 'Yeah, but' Casey tried to explain 'I have missed so much, I want to catch up on what happened to them, I didn't get the chance yesterday'. Cheryl sighed. 'Alright, if no one wants to spend time with me… then fine! Don't worry about me, I'll just die alone and miserable…' Cheryl told them in a fake sad voice. 'Mum, cut the crap okay, you see us plenty of times' Brax said, he didn't buy his mother's charade.

'Okay, okay, I get it' Cheryl said 'But at least let me have dinner with you tonight'. 'Dinner?' Casey asked in surprise. 'Yeah, here, you boys and me, tonight' Cheryl replied. 'I don't think we are invited Ruby' Charlie added. Ruby couldn't hold back her laugh. 'Well, of course you are invited, you are cooking!' Cheryl told Charlie. 'I am what?' Charlie answered, she didn't know whether to laugh or to be offended. 'You want to survive dinner Cheryl?' Ruby said, totally enjoying this conversation. 'I euh…' Charlie started 'Lets say I am not a great cook'. She looked at Brax for help. 'Okay, here is the deal mum, I will bring pizza's tonight' Brax compromised 'For all of us, including Ruby, Charlie and Darcy'. 'Sounds fair to me' Cheryl agreed. 'See you tonight' she said as she made her way out, leaving the other ones confused about her appearance.

Ruby and Casey went to the beach to catch up with April and Xavier. Dex was going to join them later on. Xavier and Casey went for a surf, Casey had missed surfing a lot during his time in Somalia. Ruby and April were watching them from a distance. Ruby had a huge smile on her face, everyone could notice that. 'You must be so happy Casey is finally back?' April asked her best friend. 'I am' Ruby exclaimed 'I love him so much, I don't know how I managed to get through these last 3 months'. 'That separation must have had some good side effects as well, no?' April asked as she cheekily hit Ruby with her elbow. 'Yeah, it did' Ruby laughed 'I must say, last night was… pretty great!'. April smiled, but Ruby noticed something was wrong with her. 'You can tell me April, what's wrong?' Ruby tried. 'Well, Dex and I… we… we… I… haven't really, I mean' April admitted. 'Oh my gosh! Are you serious?' Ruby said in shock. April nodded shyly. 'Sorry April, I guess I am just a bit surprised, that is all, you have been together for a while now' Ruby explained her sudden lashing out. 'I know' April said 'And I know Dex wants to, but…'. 'But what' Ruby asked. 'I am scared, I want to live up to his expectations' April admitted honestly. 'Oh April' Ruby replied 'You could never disappoint him, he loves you'. 'Don't let that thought scare you away' Ruby continued 'I must admit, first time is a bit awkward, but it gets better after that… Trust me, a lot better!'. 'Thanks Rubes' April said 'I guess I knew all of that, I just wanted to know what my best friend would say'. Ruby put her arm around April and said 'Anytime April… But euh… I want details afterwards'. Both girls burst out laughing.

Heath had picked up his daughter from her grandmother's. She was going to spend the entire week with him and that was a great feeling. He did however had to go to work, so he needed to find someone to look after Darcy for a while. When he came back to the Braxton house, he found Charlie cleaning the house. 'Hi, we are here' Heath said when he came through the door together with an excited Darcy. 'Hey Darcy!' Charlie said enthusiastically 'How are you? We have missed you around here!'. 'I missed you too auntie Charlie' Darcy told her honestly whilst giving Charlie a hug. 'Are you working today?' Heath asked her. 'No, not today, why?' Charlie replied. 'Yesterday my boss asked me to come to work, but I had already arranged with Tegan's mum to pick up Darcy early this morning' he explained. 'So you need a babysitter?' Charlie stepped in. Heath nodded. 'I am sorry, I don't want to take advantage, but…' he said. 'Don't worry about it, I am happy to help, besides we enjoy spending time together, don't we Darc?' Charlie assured him. 'Thanks, I guess I owe you, again… tell me when I need to return the favour!' Heath said whilst making his way out of the house. Charlie smiled as he left and then turned to Darcy.

'So Darcy, what do you want to do today?' Charlie asked. 'Don't know, do you have any ideas?' Darcy replied. 'Well, I have seen you are starting to grow out of your clothes, we could go shopping' Charlie proposed. 'Really? I haven't done that in a such a long time! I would love to do that! Are we taking Ruby with us?' Darcy said whilst a huge smile had appeared on her face. 'No, just me and you gorgeous, what do you say?' Charlie told her. 'Deal!' the little girl agreed 'Lets go'.

During the shopping, Charlie put all her attention on Darcy. Charlie could see she was enjoying it. Even though you wouldn't tell if you saw Darcy on a surf board, she was definitely a very girly girl. She loved dresses, leggings, cute tops and most of all, she loved everything in pink! Darcy told Charlie that she had some ballet lessons at school and that she had really enjoyed it. She wanted to ask Heath to let her take some ballet courses, but she was scared her dad would think it was too girly. Heath had always said ballet was for softies. Charlie promised Darcy she would talk to Heath about it, she was sure that if he knew Darcy wanted to do this, he was going to put her name up for a ballet course as soon as possible, he would do anything for his little girl.

They were having an ice cream when Darcy suddenly asked 'Auntie Charlie, is daddy going to have a girlfriend?'. Charlie was surprised by that question. 'Why are you asking hunny?' she replied. 'Well, because uncle Brax has you as his girlfriend and Casey has Ruby, but dad has no one' Darcy explained. 'Do you want him to have a girlfriend?' Charlie asked. 'If he wants one' Darcy answered. Darcy stayed quiet for a little while, until she said 'Can I tell you something? But you have to promise me you won't tell anyone'. 'Sure sweetie' Charlie said 'My lips are sealed'. 'Sometimes I think about mum and dad and me… you know as a family' she admitted. 'Oh sweetie' Charlie said as she had to swallow, she laid her arm around Darcy. 'I know that mum is dead now and that we can't be a family, but that doesn't mean I have to stop thinking about her, right?' Darcy asked. 'No, you can think about her as much as you want' Charlie assured her 'But you need to try to have some fun as well, I think your mum would have wanted that'. 'I know' Darcy admitted 'I am having fun… like now'. Charlie smiled at Darcy and a smile appeared on Darcy's face as well. 'Promise me you won't say anything to daddy or anyone else' Darcy pleaded. 'I promise' Charlie said 'Do you want to know my little secret? But you also have to promise you won't tell anyone'. Darcy nodded in excitement. 'Well, me and uncle Brax are having a baby' Charlie told her. 'Really?' Darcy yelled out enthusiastically. 'Yeah, you can't see the baby yet, because it is still in my stomach, but you will see my tummy getting bigger and bigger' Charlie explained. 'That is so awesome! So the baby will be my…' Darcy replied. 'Your cousin!' Charlie pointed out. 'Do you know if it is a boy or a girl?' Darcy asked. 'No, not yet sweetie, it is too soon' Charlie said 'But when we do find out, I will tell you, I promise!'. 'Thank you, thank you, thank you!' Darcy yelled out as she hugged Charlie. 'But euh…' Charlie started. 'I won't tell anyone' Darcy interrupted 'Our little secret!'. 'Our little secret' Charlie replied as she winked at Darcy.

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