a/n: BIG CHAPTER FOR YOU. Didnt know where to stop it, got a bit carried away ahha! Enjoyyyyy!
"Heath!" Casey shrieked in fear, scrambling to get up he fell into Natalie's arms. Brax glanced down and saw his younger brother on the floor, his eyes widened and he dropped to Heaths side as police came in.
"We need an ambulance to the last location, urgently. We have a gun shot patient" A policeman said into his radio. Brax began to suss out Heaths injury.
"Heath, wake up. Come on, wake up!" Brax shouted slapping Heath's face to try and wake him. A police officer came over to a distressed Casey and Natalie.
"Do you mind if we take you both down to the station. Give a statement on what happened?" A officer asked, Natalie glanced up at them as she held a severely distressed boy.
"I don't think that now is the right time, Heath is unconcious and bleeding. I think that it can wait" Natalie said disgusted in what the police officer was asking.
Paramedics walked through the room and started attaching Heath to medical equipment, they loaded him onto the trolley and one of them turned to the family.
"Your brother doesn't seem to have any critical injures, it did go through his stomach but it has missed any vital organs so it's just the blood loss at the moment to be worried about. You may follow behind and wait in the waiting room when you get to the emergency department"
Brax stepped back and let them take Heath away before turning towards Natalie and an obviously well shaken up Casey. "Are you okay?" Brax asked, gently putting a stray hair behind Natalie's ear.
Natalie nodded and smiled to cover up her fear, "Yeah Brax, are you?"
Brax nodded and turned to Casey, "Mate, you alright, i know it was a bit of a scare-"
"I'm fine, can we just get to the hospital already?" Casey asked impatiently, also fearing that somehow the cops we going to release Marc outside adn the crazed man would come back in wanting Emory revenge than he'd already gotten.
Brax gently nodded his head and ushered the two out of the doors, police were still outside, wanting to speak to the family about the incident. "Can we all speak to and get statements off you all" An officer repeated from previously, Brax looked like fire and Natalie stood there staring at the guy in disbelief.
"No!" Brax shouted, "Why don't you wait to see if my brother is going to live or not before you start asking for statements"
The officer nodded and then the three wagons took off, heading off in a separate way to the Braxton's. The older brother tore down the streets, speeding his way to the hospital. Natalie placed an hand on his arm, "Brax, just take it a little slower. We all want to get there in one piece"
Brax nodded and apologized, "Sorry, I'm just worried...That's all" Here said quietly, glancing back in his rear view mirror to see check on how Casey was doing.
They pulled up at the hospital and all three walked into the hospital, Natalie's hand gripped firmly around Brax's and another hand firmly around Casey's arm, fearing that he would pass out under all the emotions, stress and inner demons he was facing.
"I'm looking for my brother, he was just brought in from a gun shot wound...Heath Braxton" Brax mumbled, the nurse slightly smiled and tried to ease his concerns.
"His been taken to surgery, if you like you can wait upstairs for when he gets out. I'll have a nurse on the ward meet you up there if you would like?" She asked politely, Brax nodded and she phoned through before ushering them all to the big glass doors.
"I'll take you through to this lift system, it will get you there easier" She said tapping on the lift button, sending the lift towards them. The doors opened and all three walked in.
"Thank you" Natalie smiled and said politely before they shut and they all headed up to see where they could wait.
Casey still hadn't said a word, Brax hadn't noticed, attention derailed from Casey at the present stage and focused onto Heath and how he was going to make Marc pay for what he did.
Brax was snapped out of his thoughts when the lift doors re opened, a few wards up. They stepped out and walked around to the nurses station, "You must be looking for Heath?" She smiled
The trio nodded, "Heath was taken straight to surgery after he was quickly assessed. It was lucky to miss any vital organs but it did rupture his spleen causing him to bleed out more. His surgery will take a little while but he should make a full recovery"
Brax nodded, "Alright, thank you. Are we right to wait here for him?"
She nodded and directed them to a spacious room, "Here you can wait for him" she explained before leaving the room. Brax and Natalie sat down, Casey stood in the doorway.
"Case, come sit down" Natalie said patting the seat beside her, Casey shook his head and then bolted out of the room. Brax grunted and got up, chasing after Casey.
The younger brother ran into an open lift and the doors closed instantly on Brax, he grunted and fisted the lift door. He walked back to Heaths room, Natalie glanced up and sighed when he didn't come back with a little version of himself.
"He too fast for you?" Natalie smiled lightly, trying to ease the mood. Brax sighed heavily and slumped back into his chair, leaning his head back.
Casey was running, running as fast as his legs would even allow him too. He wound up at the beach, somehow he always ended up here, the beach was like his therapist, except he didn't need to talk to the beach. All his troubles would just be taken away. He mentally cursed himself and then ran back in the opposite direction, heading home.
He walked in and spotted Heaths blood, coming to get his surfboard was maybe not the best idea that he'd come up with. Casey grabbed his surfboard and then backed out and headed back down into the surf. He tore off his shirt and headed out into the surf, he powered over the waves, taking all his anger out on them.
Casey made it up to where a young girl was trying to get herself out, "Would you like a hand?" Casey asked coming up from behind her and startling the teenager.
Her eyes widened and she flung her hand to her chest, "You scared me" She laughed lightly, "But yes, I would like hand" She smiled.
Casey helped tow her out past the waves until they were on a flat bit of ocean, "Thanks. I didn't realize how different these boards were to mine"
Casey laughed lightly and smiled at the young brunette girl, "Are you new around here?"
The girl nodded and paddled a little bit closer to Casey, "Yeah, I just got here a couple of days ago. My names Elise...But I hate being called by my full name, so you can call me Ellie or Ell or Elle's for short...Just not Ellie..." She stopped herself when Casey was nodding his head a lot, she blushed and covered her mouth with her hand in embarrassment.
"Oh my god. I'm rambling aren't I, I always do that...I-I can't help it..." She said, Casey stopped her, feeling as though she was going down the same track again
"It's fine" He smiled, "I'm Casey and you can call me by my full name or Case...I don't really have any other nicknames" He said smiling, mocking her previous conversation teasingly.
She slapped him lightly, "Hey, don't make fun of me". Casey pretended to be hurt by her light as air slap.
"So Ellie, why did you move to Summer Bay. Where did you come from?" Casey asked, taking an interest in the new girl, who was clearly liking what she was seeing too.
"I used to live in the Gold Coast, living there since I was born. I was over it and it did nothing for me anymore. So I packed up said goodbye and moved down here" She smiled
"You gave up the Gold Coast for this?" Casey chuckled pointing out to the small town.
Ellie nodded and laughed, "It's a lot more quieter and I like that. I like how everyone knows if you're new here...had my first experience in that little diner"
Casey nodded and smiled, "Get use to it because everyone knows your business as well"
"Would you like to head in, grab a bite to eat?" She asked, Casey nodded and began to paddle in, trying to catch the next wave.
Ellie let Casey take the first one in and took the second one in, only to up falling off right beside Casey, he grabbed her before she had the chance to get dumped. "You right?" He chuckled
She laughed and coughed water out if her lungs, "Yeah fine, thanks". The pair walked out of the surf and she threw an over swim over her bikinis. Casey grabbed his towel and his phone, message after message of Brax wondering where he was.
"Everything alright?" Ellie asked, seeing Casey's happy mood is down into the dumps. He nodded and put his phone in his pocket.
"Yeah come on, lets go. Will go to my brothers restaurant...He won't be there though, you'll have to meet him some other time " Casey said before he took Ellie's board under his arm Aswell.
"That's fine, what's your brothers name?" She questioned, rubbing her hands vigorously through her hair, trying to curl it up
"Brax...Well I have to brothers, Brax and Heath" Casey said numbly, Ellie nodded but saw a different emotion come into play after she had asked about them.
"So are you the youngest, oldest or middle?"
"Youngest and it sucks" Casey said, Ellie nodded her head. Fully understanding what he was talking about.
"Tell me about it. My big brother has called me every night since I've got here, every two seconds his texting me. He was so against my move but I told him if he loved me he'd let me go"
Casey smiled and set the boards down by the booth he'd chosen to sit at. Liam came flying over, "Casey. What happened this morning, is Natalie alright. You and your brothers?"
Casey nodded, "It's fine. Heaths in surgery for a gun shot wound, but he'll survive. He won't even be out yet. I'll go see him after his out. But can you get me a chicken pizza and" He said turning his glaze back to Ellie as he teasingly studied her face, Ellie Didnt know what to think about Casey just saying his brother was in hospital.
"A vodka and coke for this young lady, who is over eighteen" He smiled, Ellie playfully gasped and put her hand over her mouth in shock.
"How'd you know?"
"You're from the Gold Coast" and joked before turning to Liam "And just a beer for me please"
A/N: bum bum bahhhh! So you've found out the person to be shot! Thought I'd take the edge of Casey for the little bit and give him some happiness! So what do you think of Ellie so far? Let me know how your liking it:)! xxx
