CASEY'S POV:

"There you are!" Denny proclaimed as I stood at my locker the next morning "I've been looking for you everywhere!"

"Why? What's going on?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow at her as I turned to face her

"I heard you'd been arrested," she informed me "what happened, Case? Was it to do with Ben?"

"Who did you hear that from?" I inquired

"It's all over town," she admitted "I'm guessing Ben's mates started it. So, was it to do with him?"

I nodded my head, signalling yes… "He wanted to rob Angelo's, but it's a long story."

"We've got time." she replied "Come on, you can walk me to class."

Smiling at her warmly, I waited for her to grab the books she'd need and then followed her out of the locker room…

BRAX'S POV:

"Kyle…" I called as I stood behind the bar, checking through the books

"Yeah?" he asked as he walked out of the kitchen

"Do you think you can manage this place yourself tonight?" I inquired, raising an eyebrow at him

"Sure," he replied "is there something wrong?"

"No, I just need to spend some time with my family," I admitted "any problems, you can call me, okay?"

He nodded his head, signalling yes… "Have a good night."

"Thanks." I replied, shutting the books and making my way out of the restaurant

RICKY'S POV:

"How do you fancy a barbecue for dinner?" Brax asked me as I walked out from Katie's room having put her down for a nap that afternoon

"What's the occasion?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow at him

"Does there have to be one?" he asked "it gives you a night off and a chance for us to have some family time, Heath and Bianca included."

"And who's looking after the restaurant?" I inquired

"Kyle," he replied "he's more than proved his worth just recently."

"Sounds like a plan to me then." I informed him, smiling at him warmly

"Great, well I'll go and pick up some meat then," he stated as he stood up from the kitchen table "and pick Case and B up on the way back. Can you get in touch with Heath?"

Nodding my head, signalling yes, I smiled at him warmly as he moved across to me and kissed me softly…

"Love you." he informed me as he walked out the front door

"Love you too." I mirrored

CASEY'S POV:

"Alright, Casey…" Matt, one of Ben's friends greeted me as he sat down next to me as I worked in the library

"Yeah, are you?" I questioned

"Not really, no, because you see, our mate has been arrested and charged with assault;" he informed me "wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?"

I swallowed a lump in my throat… "He beat me up. He deserves to pay."

"Casey, Casey, Casey" he sighed, chuckling lightly as he gripped my shoulder "Ben didn't do anything wrong, he just gave you what you deserved, you know that…"

"Casey" Bianca's voice called

"Teacher's pet." Matt whispered in my ear before standing up and leaving the library

Composing myself quickly, I finished off what I'd been working on and made my way over to Bianca, smiling at her warmly…

"Was Matt giving you grief?" she inquired as we walked towards the school exit to meet Brax

"No, we were just talking." I informed her

"You can tell me, y'know?" she replied

"It's fine, honestly." I assured her as we reached the car park, Brax's car already parked in one of the spaces

BRAX'S POV:

Bianca climbed into the passenger seat and Casey climbed into the back seat… "Good day, you two?"

They both nodded their heads, signalling yes. Glancing at them both before smiling at them warmly, I started the engine again and pulled out of the parking space I'd acquired and drove back to the Bay…

So Casey is being tormented for having Ben arrested, oh dear, will it ever stop?