Brax looked at Skye as they drove home, She was quietly crying.
"Hey it's alright" He said rubbing her on the back.
"Why is it once you loose someone you realize how much you love them" She asked
"It's just the way it is" Brax replied thinking about Charlie
He took a deep breathe, "I know it hurts, but it will get better. It might not seem like it, but it will."
"Are you talking from a personal view"
"Yep" He replied "The reason why I left the river boys was because of a girl, Charlie, and I really loved her, I almost wanted to marry her"
"What stopped you"
"Nothing, I was going to wait till we moved to the city but I missed it, she died the day we were supposed to leave. It was my fault my past had got her in danger and it was all out of revenge."
"Just like Drew and Susie, revenge"
"Yeah" Brax replied
"So who did Drew kill?"
Brax was quiet "I'll tell you when we get home"
"Why, so I can run away" She joked
"Yeah something like that" He replied
When they got home they were the only ones there. Skye sat on the couch and Brax came and sat next to her.
"Are you gonna tell me now" She asked
He looked into her piercing blue eyes "The guy Drew killed was the brother of a guy from a rival gang."
"Wow the ripple affect was right" She replied "and how do you come into this"
"I helped him"
Skye looked at him "No not in that way, I had nothing to do with the murder but I helped him after. I protected him"
"then I came along"
"You were my wild card out of there" He said "In a good way"
"You put my life in danger to save your own"
"I was going to come back and get you but I didn't want to endanger you"
"How did you know they weren't going to find us"
"Cause i sent the trail cold, I told them lies" He said "They almost killed me because of it"
Skye went quiet, she had just realized how much he sacrificed for her. "I'm sorry for everything I said before"
"It's alright, I just want you to know that I love you"
That was the first time he had told her that since everything happened.
"Wasn't that hard was it" She joked
Brax laughed
"I love you too dad" She smiled
She leaned across and hugged him. Maybe brax could do this. Maybe he could be a father, how hard could it be, His motivation was for him to not turn out like his old man.
"Grubs up" Brax yelled from the kitchen. Skye came out of her room into the kitchen. She got a plate out of the cupboard and dished her food up.
"Can we eat on the couch?" She asked
Brax looked at her
"Please daddy" She teased
"Alight, how can i give into those big blue eyes"
"Yes" She said sitting on the couch
"Oi, what do you owe me"
She went up and kissed him on the cheek
"Good" Replied Brax. They sat on the couch watching TV and eating their dinner. Skye got halfway through her dinner and put it to the side.
"You full already"
"Yeah turns out I don't have a gut the same size as you."
"Hey, you dished your own up" He laughed
They went back to watching TV. Skye saw a photo next to the tv. She couldn't see who it was at first but then she realized it was of Brax and Ricky.
"Do you love her?" She asked
"What are you on about?"
"Ricky, do you love her"
"Yeah"
"Well have you told her that"
"um... No"
"Well you should, whats stopped you"
"I don't know"
Brax put his arm around her. "You gonna eat that?" He asked pointing at her dinner.
"No" She replied
"Good" He said leaning forward. He paused for a second
"What" Skye asked
"Did you hear that?" Brax asked
"No, did you fart" She laughed
"Quiet" He said getting up
Skye looked at him and followed him. All the sudden there was a loud bang and the window smashed sending glass flying over Skye. Skye screamed and ducked down. Brax covered her with himself.
"Are you alright" He asked her
"I'm fine" She said looking at him
Skye wiped blood off her cheek along with some tears.
"Stay here" He said running out the door.
Brax ran down the road but it was too dark all he could see were some tail lights. He walked back to the house. As he was walking up he saw a piece of paper stuck to the window. He looked at it and read the big black words. He ran back inside to see if Skye was still there.
"SKYE!" He yelled
The note flapped in the wind with the words, Do you love her? written big and Black.