(3:27pm) 3 hours and 9 minutes later…
Summer Bay – The Beach
"Tell me again why you've dragged me to the beach?" Casey asked his girlfriend as he put his stuff down on the sand.
"Because you need to take your mind off what's happening with Kyle and I thought the beach would be a perfect way to do that." Ruby repeated herself for what felt like the hundredth time.
"I'm allowed to be concerned Rub; my brother is lying in a hospital bed with a flipping tube down his throat!"
"I know that Casey but getting worked up over the situation isn't helping anyone, beside I thought they were going to try and bring him round tomorrow?"
"They are but there's a chance he might not wake up. If he does then he'll have to go on dialysis which he probably won't like the idea of."
"Right, for starters stop being so negative."
"Excuse me?"
"There's a chance he might not wake up is what you just said so how about you try saying he's going to wake up?"
"I'm trying to be realistic."
"I get that Casey I do but you need to think about him waking up instead."
Casey sighs in defeat knowing she is right: "Okay, okay I'll think more positively."
"Thank you, now can we go in the water please." Ruby asked.
Smiling Casey suddenly picked her up and ran straight into the water.
Meanwhile…
Summer Bay – Yabbie Creek – Northern Districts Hospital – ICU – Kyle's Room
"Amanda said Belle was very grateful that she got the chance to at least see and talk to Kyle." Ricky told Brax who was watching the heart monitor to make sure that Kyle was still with them.
"That's good." Brax replied.
"Brax, he's going to be okay."
"I know that it's just out of all of them I thought Kyle would be the one I'd never have to worry about and then he collapsed at the restaurant and we found out about the CKD, everything changed. Now we are sat here, and I feel like I failed in keeping him safe."
"How have you failed?" Ricky asked confused "Because last time I checked no one know the plane was going to go missing."
"I shouldn't have let him go in the first place."
"But Brax, you just thought like the rest of us that he was going to see a plastic surgeon in the city no one could have predicted what was going to happen instead."
"It doesn't change how I feel."
"Look he's going to be fine. You know, Ruby was saying that Casey is just as bad."
"How do you mean?"
"He thinks that Kyle isn't going to wake up which is apparently getting him worked up, which is why she decided to take him to the beach this afternoon." Ricky informed him then suggested "Why don't we go and join them?"
"No thanks, I'd rather stay here so that Kyle wouldn't be alone." Brax said just as the door opened.
"I can stay with him." A voice form the other side of the room said.
Turning around, Brax answered: "Aren't you meant to be with your wife?"
"April is with her; thought I'd come and check on Kyle." Heath said as he walked over to the bed.
"Remembered he existed then." Ricky muttered.
"I heard that you know."
"Heath don't start." Brax cut in.
"I'm not. Look I thought that both of you could do with a break and considering I wanted to see Kyle that maybe you could go home or something while I stay with Kyle." Heath pointed.
"Do what you want Heath but I ain't leaving him." Brax said.
Ricky knowing that Brax needed to get out the hospital for a bit finally said: "No Brax, for once this one is right come on."
"I need to stay here Rick, what if he wakes up and he's alone?"
"Then I'll be here so he won't be alone." Heath reminded him.
"See, we can come back in a couple hours but right now you need a break so let's go check on Angelos then go and join Casey and Ruby at the beach." Ricky said as picked up her bag.
"Fine but Heath do not leave him alone." Brax stated to his brother.
"Go." Heath just said pointing at the door.
Watching his brother and friend both leave, Heath went and sat down in the seat in which Brax had just vacated.
Picking up his brother's hand, Heath started to speak: "Hey little bro, sorry I haven't been to see you yet, but I've been with Bianca. She's good actually everyone is apart from you. I know for a fact that both Colby and Rocco have already been discharged and from the sound sounds of it, Belle will be soon then she can come and see you as well. Xavier is due to get out of her at the end of the week, but with Bianca they just want to make sure okay before they here leave to…"
For the next couple of hours, Heath continues to sit and talk to Kyle until Brax returns and Heath leaves to go back to Bianca.
(7:39pm) 4 hours and 12 minutes later…
Summer Bay – Leah and Dan's House – Kitchen
Leah and Dan were currently stood in the kitchen making dinner and just talking.
"Something tells me it's going to turn into world war 3." Dan said after what they said about Marilyn never letting Xavier leave the house again earlier.
"Well, we both know she only wants to keep him safe." Leah replied as she peeled the skin of a carrot.
"Yeah, but there's safe and then overprotective."
"I don't blame her though if that had been VJ that had gone missing like that I would want to keep him in the house where nothing can go wrong because I can watch it him every minute of the day." Leah said understanding where Marilyn was coming from.
Suddenly there was a knock on the front door.
"I'll grab it." Dan told his wife as he left the room.
Summer Bay – Leah and Dan's House – Hallway
Opening the door, Dan was shocked to find his nephew: "Drew."
