At the Campsite…

"Casey we need to talk to you without Kyle around and for that matter Phoebe as well." Belle said to him once she was sure Kyle and Phoebe had gone.

Wondering why she had to talk without the his brother and Phoebe around, Casey asked "Why do you need to talk to me without them around?"

"Well for starters we don't want Kyle to hear any of this conversation and secondly Phoebe would just complain that we are meddling into Kyle's live before the Bay."

"Is this about what he told us guys while we were at the beach?"

"What did he say when you were at the beach?"

"That he was in foster care. If it is then I don't know anything about it because he didn't even tell me and you all know how close the two of us are."

"Well I guess you already know part of it then."

"Part of it? There's something else you want to discuss about Kyle?"

"Yeah there is. So come and sit down and we can talk."

Casey now even more intrigued to know what was going on stopped what he was doing and walked over to join the others at the campfire.

On the walk to the lake…

Kyle and Phoebe walked hand in hand to the lake completely unaware of 1) the conversation that was going on about Kyle back at the campsite between their friends and 2) the fact that they were being followed by Ray who after nearly being caught by the guys on the way back to their camp had decided to lay low and wait to see what was going on before following them again.

"This is nice." Phoebe said to her boyfriend as they walked through the trees.

"It's lovely. Plus, spending it with you and the others is great." Kyle said still beaming from opening his presents.

"So you had a good birthday then?"

"Of course I did you know how I don't really like celebrating my birthday as much as most people do but this was different Pheebs."

"What do you mean by this was different?"

"I feel like for the first time since my mam died like I actually belong."

"Kyle, why haven't you felt like you belonged before now? I mean you have been in the bay for three years and that's one more than me and I felt like I belonged from the moment I met everyone."

"I don't know I think it's because I've never stayed in one place for long before getting packed off to the next place and I guess I've just been waiting for Brax to send me to another family because he didn't want me anymore."

"Brax wouldn't do that after all as he keeps telling you 'You're Family' so doesn't that make you think that your staying here in the bay for good?"

"Yeah I know but that's what my foster parents over the years always said and just as I would settle down and think that maybe I was going to be staying for good, a social worker would show up and take me away."

Phoebe stopped walking and turned to look at Kyle, she noticed his smile had disappeared "Kyle, trust me when I say Brax is not going to ship you off to somewhere else. He really cares about you Kyle look at when you were getting bullied at school because you're how shall I put this, a swot."

"Cheers Pheebs!"

"It's the truth but I love you for it don't I? Anyway the truth is Brax cares about, heck we all care about you Kyle and we never want to lose you. Got it?"

Looking up at his girlfriend, "Got it. I never knew that was what you loved about me" Kyle laughed.

"There's a lot I love about you."

With that the two lovebirds continued on their journey to the lake laughing and talking about music, while Ray quickly followed in pursuit.

Back at the Campsite…

After filling Casey in on everything that Ricky had told Sasha, they all sat in silence until Casey spoke "I don't get I mean we all knew he got bullied her but that was because he was being his usual geeky self and that new guy didn't like but I don't understand why Kyle never told me any of this. I thought me and him were meant to be brothers. And before you say it I know that technically he's Brax and Heath's brother and no relation to me but we always said that blood didn't make someone family."

"We know but the truth is Casey, I personally think he didn't want any of us to know after all he never mentioned that his mum died or he was in foster care. Has he?" Maddy said trying to make Casey understand that wasn't just him that Kyle didn't tell.

"I know that Maddy but I thought his mum was still alive he's always talking to someone on the phone and he calls her mum."

"Are you sure because Phoebe told Ricky who then told me that his mum had died?"

"Yeah I'm sure actually it was only last week that I heard him on the phone talking about his birthday and how he wished and I quote 'I wish you and Callie where going to be here mum as I would love you both to meet my brothers and friends.' So she can't be dead."

"Hang on who the hell is Callie?" Aden asked releasing there had to be more to this than what they were all being told.

"I assumed she must be his sister if he was talking to his mum."

Thinking of the most logical reason for Kyle calling someone mum April spoke up "Yeah but if Kyle was in foster care like he said to you all on the beach and like Ricky told Sasha then perhaps the person he called mum was his foster mum from Melbourne and therefore Callie is probably his foster sister."

"Yeah but that doesn't explain why he called her mum does it April?"

"OH! Don't talk to my girlfriend like she's stupid!" Xavier shouted loud enough for the whole National Park to have heard.

"He's not talking to me like I stupid Xav. I think what Casey was trying to say is why would he call her mum if she wasn't."

"Exactly. I'm sorry Xavier and I'm sorry April if that's how it sounded, I'm just trying to make sense of this whole situation."

Ring Ring

Ring Ring

Just as Oscar was about to say something that could maybe help him make sense of the situation he was interrupted from someone's phone ringing.

"Whose phone is it? Whose family are checking in to make sure they are ok?" Matt asked as everyone got up to go and check their phones.

Finding the source of the ringing which was coming from the inside of the boy's tent Casey said "It's mine and it's Brax checking that we got here ok and that Kyle is having a great end to his birthday."

Xavier responded to Casey "And here's me expecting Marilyn to be the first person to text to make sure we are all ok. Not Brax!"

As soon as the words left Xavier's mouth the others all burst out laughing nodding in agreement with what he had said.