"Everything okay?" I asked as I walked out of mine and Brax's bedroom a little while later, carrying Ruby in my arms
"Yeah, everything's fine, isn't it mate?" Brax questioned, patting Casey's shoulder
"Yeah, we've had a good talk" he replied "how about I take my beautiful niece out and I take Mum too?"
"Are you sure you don't need to go and see Sasha?" I enquired, raising an eyebrow
"I'll go when I get back. Right now I just wanna spend some time with this one" he informed us
I nodded and smiled warmly, handing Ruby to Casey. Brax and I watched as he put her into her stroller and then knocked on Mum's door, both of them making their way out of her room a few minutes later, saying their goodbyes before leaving…
"Lunch?" I questioned
Brax nodded and I made my way into the kitchen to sort us out some lunch…
"Case will be okay won't he?" Brax asked as we sat eating lunch a little while later
"Where did that come from?" I enquired "yeah, he'll be fine. You've seen how great he is with Rubes. If Sasha is pregnant, and that's a big if, then they'll work it out and he'll be a great Dad, just like you are"
He smiled and moved his face towards mine, kissing me softly as Bianca and Heath walked into the house…
"Gross" he proclaimed "ooh, sandwiches"
"Heath" Bianca scolded "we've just had pizza. How can you be hungry?"
"I'm a growing man" he informed her, winking, making her blush
"Alright, now that's enough" Brax chuckled lightly "Heath, I thought you were working?"
"I was but Liam needs some extra money" he replied "so I'm not back until tomorrow"
I smiled and so did Brax, our thoughts being broken as Casey rushed in the door, holding a wailing Ruby in his arms…
"Oh my gosh, what the hell happened?" I proclaimed, hurrying over, Brax following
"I went to get ice cream and Mum must've taken her eye off of her for a second. She fell on one of the rocks" Casey explained
"Brax, we need to get her to hospital, now" I exclaimed worriedly, taking Ruby from him
"Charlie, Brax, I'm so sorry" he sighed
"It's not your fault mate, don't worry" Brax replied, patting his shoulder as he grabbed his keys
I smiled warmly at him and the three of us made our way out of the house to the hospital…
"Sid" I proclaimed as we rushed into the A&E department, Ruby's cries having stopped
"Brax, Charlie, what seems to be the problem?" he asked, raising an eyebrow as he came over to us
"Mum and Casey were with Ruby at the beach and she fell on the rocks. We know it might be nothing but is there any chance you could check her over?" I questioned
"Of course, come through" he replied, guiding us into a cubicle
Finally, after being thoroughly checked over there was nothing wrong with Ruby. Brax and I thanked Sid, shouting a free meal for him and Lisa at Angelo's. He reciprocated our thank you and took us up on our offer before we left, driving home. As we were about to walk into the house we heard Heath and Cheryl's raised voices…
"Eh, eh, eh, what's going on in here?" Brax proclaimed as we walked in the door
"Ah, thank goodness you're back. How's my Ruby?" Mum questioned
"Mum, are you drunk?" Brax asked, raising an eyebrow
"I had a couple, that's all" she informed us "now let's have a look at my granddaughter"
"Don't even think about it" Brax proclaimed, pushing her away "don't you think you've done enough damage?"
"What're you trying to say Darryl?" she enquired
"How could you take your eyes off Ruby when you were at the beach? Anything could've happened" he informed her
"But it didn't, did it? She's fine, aren't you darling?" she questioned, moving towards her and Charlie
"I think it's about time you left Mum, don't you?" Brax asked, pushing her away again
"What do you mean?" she questioned
"If you wanna drink yourself to death then you can go home and do it. We don't want you here" he informed her
"You don't mean that" she stated
"Don't we? Take a look Mum" he sighed
I watched as Cheryl looked around at her sons and Bianca stood next to Heath, and then finally to Brax, myself and Ruby…
"Fine, I know where I'm not wanted" she proclaimed, stumbling from the room to pack her things
Ten minutes or so later Cheryl emerged from the room, her bags in hand. She took one last look at all of us before stumbling out of the door, Brax shutting it behind her…
"You okay mate?" he asked Heath, raising an eyebrow "Case?"
"We're fine" they informed him
"What about you B? You okay?" he questioned
She nodded and Heath wrapped his arm around her waist as Brax made his way over to me, wrapping his arm around my waist, pressing a kiss to my hair…
So, it's quite clear Cheryl hadn't changed. What do you wanna happen now?
