Brax had been waiting outside Irene's place for the 30minutes. He was so nervous he had got there early but Bianca should have been ready 15minutes ago. He had already sent her 4 messages but she hadn't replied. He decided that he was going to have to knock on the door and hope either nobody else was up yet or they didn't ask to many question.
Knock knock. Brax held his breath waiting to see who answer. "Brax?" April exclaimed as she answered the door. She was surprised to see him at the house so early on a Saturday morning "what are you doing here?" Before he could answer Bianca came out of the bathroom in a towel and said "Let the poor man in April! He is here to pick me up but I'm running late. Ill be down in a minute take a seat Brax." She went running up the stairs to get dress.
"So…" April looked at Brax "What are the two of you getting up to today?" Brax couldn't look at April as he answered "ahhhhh…. nothing exciting… just have a few things to do." "Really?" April didn't even know Brax very well but it was easy to tell that he was lying. "Does Heath know the two of you are spending the day together?" "Yes" Brax answered still not looking at her. "And what about Charlie?" April tried to inquire further. "April!" Bianca walked into the room saving Brax. "First you don't let him in the house and now you're interrogating the poor guy! Brax and I are spending the day together in the city because he needs my help with something and that's it there is nothing more to it! Come on Brax lets go." She grabbed her handbag and walked out of the house.
For the first hour of the drive the pair didn't talk at all. "So a bit nervous are we?" Bianca asked trying to break the ice. "Yea just a little" Brax answered. "A little" Bianca laughed "sorry Brax but you seem super nervous not just a little." "I'm worried as well as nervous. I keep thinking what happens if she says no? I mean it took a while for her to realise that she wanted to move in together and this is so much bigger. I don't want to scare her away by moving to fast so maybe I should forgot the whole thing or at least wait until we are living together." He answered not even trying to hide how he was feeling.
"Darryl Braxton! She loves you and I know she will say yes. Anyway aren't you Braxtons meant to be fearless? Your brother is the same, you know, wants everyone to think he is tough." Brax smiled for the first time that day. "Don't tell Heath I told you but I think you might scare him a little. He has been with a lot of chicks in his time but never anything serious. Plus his girls normally follow him round like love sick puppies so he is finding you a bit more… um….. lets say challenging."
Bianca grinned "You say that like it's a bad thing Brax. I like being a challenge means I know a guy really wants me if he is willing to work for me. However I'm willing to make it a little, just a very little bit easier for Heath because he has a lot to cope with at the moment with Darcy. Besides I think you boys might secretly like strong woman, Casey has Ruby and of course you can't get enough of Charlie." Brax laughed "when you say it like that I guess we do. I think Casey is the smartest of us three though. Look how fast he got Ruby and he seems to be able to keep hold of her!" "That's because he knows how to treat a woman. Seems he didn't learn his moves from his older brothers actually I think he could teach the two of you some things. On that note I want to talk to you about Charlie." she turned to look Brax "you know we are best friends and she means the world to me. She may want everyone to think that she is tough and strong but we both know better. I don't care who you are if you hurt her I will hunt you down and make you feel even worse then she does, do you understand what I'm saying?" Brax nodded not taking his eyes off the road "yes I understand what you are saying but you don't have to worry. I know things haven't been easy for us and I haven't always done the right thing but its different now. Charlie is my world and if anything happened to her I don't know what I would do." Brax turned his head just a little so Bianca couldn't see he had a tear in his eye. He meant what he said she was his world and he wasn't going to lose her.
Bianca could hear the sincerity in his voice and thought she should change the subject before he started to doubt himself again. "Good I just wanted to make sure we were clear. Now you haven't told me how you are going to ask her..." she said. Brax smiled "I have actually a plan but I will need some help from you and a couple of other people…." They spent the rest of the trip going through the plan and what everyone had to do.