(12:18pm) 2 hours and 8 minutes later…

Summer Bay – Caravan Park – Sally's House – Open Space Living Room and Kitchen

"It's so good to have you home." Sally said as she finished hugging Rocco.

Smiling Rocco replied: "If it helps, I'm happy to be home."

Walking in with Rocco's bag, Johnny asked his brother: "Where do you want your bag?"

"If you give it here, I'll take it upstairs."

"No, you're going to sit down on the couch and not move." Cassie said as she pointed at the sofa.

Looking at his girlfriend and then his brother and Sally, Rocco sighed: "Do I have to?"

"If I were you mate, I'd do as you were told and sit down. I'll put this in your room." Johnny informed him then headed for upstairs.

Watching his brother leave the room, Rocco decided to do as he was told and sit down: "So how's he been?"

"What do you mean?" Cassie asked as she sat down beside him.

"What with the wedding exploding because of you know who and then his arm and me going missing."

"He's actually been doing ok, granted he did apparently take off from the hospital before he was discharged."

"What?!"

"He wanted to look for you and didn't care about what happened to himself." Cassie explained

"Please tell me Sally you told him off." Rocco said as Sally brought him a drink.

"Oh, don't worry both me and Ricky told him off." Sally laughed.

"Good."

Ric who had been quiet the whole time eventually spoke: "So does it feel weird being home yet?"

"Honestly, I'm just happy to be able to see you all and not worry about whether or not I'm going to be found."

"Well, we found you and you're never leaving mine or tadpole's sights again." Cassie informed him "Oh and speaking of tadpole…"

Cutting his girlfriend off, Rocco says: "You asked Ric and Matilda, didn't you?"

"How did you know?"

"Well, I may have asked Belle and Kyle as well."

"You two are as bad as each other." Ric laughed "But I'm looking forward to being a godfather."

"Is that so you can quote the films?" Cassie and Rocco both said at the same time.

"Got it in one." Ric replied just as his phone received a text "Mattie's home, so I'm going to love you and leave you all. Tell Johnny I said bye."

"We will." Sally said and with that Ric left "I need to go and sort out a van, so I won't be long."

Watching her leave, Cassie smiled: "Eventually we are alone."

"Well, we aren't technically alone. Johnny is upstairs and tadpole will be able to hear everything we say."

"You know very well what I mean."

"I do." Rocco laughed "When you left last night, Heath told me about what happened."

"I was being silly and got worked up worrying about you." Cassie told him.

"Yeah, I get that, but you could have put tadpole at risk."

"I know but in that moment after what I'd heard Rachel say made me think that I was going to be left to look after tadpole on my own and that scared me so much."

"Cassie, I promise you that no matter what happens I will always come home." Rocco promised her.

"Good." Cassie said then kissed Rocco.

Meanwhile…

Summer Bay – Yabbie Creek – Northern Districts Hospital – ICU – Kyle's Room

"Are we sure this is a good idea?" Brax asks Ricky as she takes her phone out of her pocket.

"Look Amanda thinks it'll be good for Belle to at least see Kyle and the only way to do that is video call." Ricky replied "Because after all it's only meant to be family in here which means we shouldn't have even let Ruby in."

"Okay, but if this backfires…" Brax started to say.

"Brax it won't." Ricky tells him.

Just then her phone rang.

VIDEO CALL…

Ricky: Hey Belle, how are you?

Belle: I'm good thanks. Can I see Kyle please?

R: Sure.

Ricky moves over to the bed and places her phone the phone stand on the table so the teen could see Kyle.

R: There you go Belle. Now me and Brax are just going to pop to the canteen so take as much time as you want.

B: Thank you.

With that Brax and Ricky leave to grab something to eat.

B: Hey Kyle. I know you can't see me but I'm hoping you can at least hear me. We are home and we safe so you can wake up whenever you're ready and I promise Brax, Ricky and the rest will all be here with you. Granted I might not be allowed in the room still but hey that's why video calls were invented right?

Belle is silent for a couple minutes as she just watches Kyle.

B: Good news by the way, the spider that me bit wasn't deadly as you can tell. Oh, and from what I've heard both Colby and Rocco have been discharged already. I wonder how Cassie will take it when she finds out that Rocco has asked us already to be godparents. Personally, I don't think she'll mind because at the end of the day she got him back. This conversation is going to be totally one sided I see, that's okay I think I can talk enough for both of us.

Belle laughs at that expecting Kyle to say something about how much she talks.

B: I miss your voice and it's only been 24 hours since I last heard it. Irene said that Brax told her that the ventilator is temporary to give your lungs some time to heal after coughing up blood. Still, that doesn't comfort me at all, I will be much happier when your awake and talking. I've just remembered Ruby popped by last night before she left and told me that Casey has planned your joint 18th birthday party. I don't know whether you should be worried or happy. She didn't tell me what he had planned but she did make a point to say that you would probably enjoy it.

For the next hour Belle continued talk to about everything and anything until Brax and Ricky returned and said that the phone needed charging. Belle had quickly hung up after that with Ricky promising she would let Amanda know as soon as Belle could get into see Kyle in person.