Braxton House
"Hey, do you know where Brax and Ricky went with Kyle?" Casey asks his other eldest brother as he walks in, Bianca following seconds later. "Oh hi Bianca, haven't seen you here for a while. Didn't you move in with us?"
"Yes I did, Casey, I've just been really busy at work." Bianca says, smiling at him.
"Oh okay." Casey nods. "You didn't break up with Heath then?"
"I don't know where they are." Heath says, glaring at him. "Why?"
"Cause yesterday they left with overnight bags and Lucas heard from Kyle this morning saying they weren't going to be back for a couple more days." Casey says.
"And you want to know why?" Heath asks.
"Yes." Casey nods. "Why did they take Kyle and not me?"
"You're such a baby." Heath laughs.
"No I'm not." Casey glares.
"Listen to yourself, Casey. They took Kyle away for a few days because he's not been doing great after finding out he's a triplet and they lived with their real mum, Emily cheating on him, then the break up and Brent attacking her. It's been a lot for him to go through and they just wanted to do something good for him." Heath says. "Stop being so selfish in thinking Brax can only do things with you because you are not the only brother he has!"
"This is why Brax never goes away, because you don't know how to be a big brother." Casey shouts, shoving Heath as he storms out.
"What did I say?" Heath moans as they walk over to the dining table.
"Nothing. You were tough on him but maybe that's what he needed." Bianca says. "He's not a little kid that needs to be involved in everything you all do. Sometimes all you have to do is give tough love."
"He needs more than tough love. He acts like a kid half the time." Heath says. "Enough about Casey, how long till we can finally be together."
"I've got a few more exams to mark and then I'm all yours." Bianca smiles.
"Well get on with it, it's been forever since we had time alone." Heath says.
"Be like that and I'll make you wait a bit longer." Bianca winks, walking to their room to get some books.
"You don't seem mean enough to do that." Heath smirks as he follows.
"I could just take longer marking the exams and you wouldn't know any different." She says. "Although while you wait, you could get us lunch." She suggests.
"Okay, how long are you going to be?" He asks.
"Maybe an hour or so." She says as they walk back out to the living room.
"Great. How about I get us something from Angelo's. We never got our first date there because of Kyle being missing, so I could bring it to you." Heath smiles.
"That sounds great." Bianca nods.
Surf Club - Angelo's
"Lucas!" Heath shouts behind the bar, his brother walking out from the storeroom moments later.
"Yep?" Lucas frowns.
"Is my order ready yet?" Heath asks.
"What order?" Lucas asks.
"I phoned you about an hour ago ordering lunch for me and Bianca." Heath says. "Come on, Kyle's meant to be the one to mess this stuff up, not you."
"You haven't phoned me today and nothing came through on the office phone. Are you sure you actually called me?" Lucas asks.
"Well who else would I have called?" Heath rolls his eyes.
"You haven't called me, so I wouldn't know." Lucas says. "Check your phone and see."
"I know it's going to say your name because I know who I needed to call." Heath says as he pulls out his phone to check. "Okay, turns out I called Kyle. So can I get a meat feast and spicy chicken pizza to go."
"Are you just going to ignore the fact that you called Kyle instead of me?" Lucas laughs.
"I think you better ignore the fact that I called Kyle and get me my pizzas." Heath orders, watching Lucas write it on an order note before handing it to another waitress who was heading towards the kitchen. "I see you've worked out how to boss people around in this place."
"Brax put me in charge and I have no idea what to do." Lucas says. "A delivery came this morning and I'm still trying to work out what to do with half of it because no one else seems to know about that stuff, or they're just making life harder for me. I'm not a bossy person and I think they're realising that."
"So you're missing the Braxton genes." Heath smirks. "Don't worry, it'll come out soon." He says as a guy comes up to them, and he could help but chuckle.
"Lucas Moore for Darryl Braxton." They say.
"And in English?" Lucas mutters, not understanding.
"Are you Lucas Moore, standing in for Darryl Braxton, the owner?" They say again. "I need your signature for the delivery." He says, gesturing to the boxes next to him like it should be obvious.
"We've had a delivery today, the next one isn't due until next week." Lucas says. "You've got something wrong."
"We haven't delivered here today. I've spoken to Darryl on the phone and he said for Lucas to sign off on it." The delivery driver says.
"I'm Lucas and I wasn't told about this." Lucas says. "What is this delivery?"
"Liquor and spirits. I don't care if you haven't been told, I need your signature so I can get the rest of my deliveries done before I run even more behind." He grunts, handing him the clipboard.
"Fine, here it is." Lucas says, signing it before handing it back, having no idea what he was going to do with even more boxes that he needed to put away. "What do I do now?" He moans.
"Do you need some help?" Heath asks.
"And how would you know where these things go?" Lucas asks.
"I worked here ages ago before getting the job at the gym. I've got some time before the order, and Brax obviously trusts you to do this."
"You worked here as well?" Lucas frowns as Heath helps him move the boxes out the way behind the bar.
"Yeah, mainly so I could get free booze and food." Heath says. "I barely turned up for shifts and then a space opened up in the gym and Brax had to sweet talk the manager into giving me a job."
"So you got a job there before Brax owned it?" Lucas asks.
"Yeah, only by a few weeks. They left for personal reasons and Brax bought it as Casey was close to finishing school and wanted to be a personal trainer like me." Heath says. "Probably more because it was an easy job for him to get into and he knew Brax would promote him to half manage it with me."
"I like working here. It's nice with it being a family business." Lucas says. "Apart from two deliveries turning up in a day when Brax never told me they were coming. And since when was his name Darryl? I don't think I was told that."
"Don't ever call him Darryl or he'll make you regret it." Heath smirks. "I'm sure you have been told, maybe you just didn't listen."
"Okay, I'll make sure to remember that." Lucas nods.
"Order for Heath." One of the waiters says.
"That's me." He says, taking the two boxes.
"You can't leave me with all of these boxes. I'm going to have a meltdown." Lucas groans.
"They go into the storeroom. If shelves look emptier, fill them up with the same product that you find in these boxes. Any extra is stored in the back, the things with the closest end date at the front." Heath says. "If Brax comes back and moans about it, blame it on someone else."
"I can't blame someone else." Lucas says.
"If you are really our brother, you'll blame things on other people. It works most of the time. But you're only packing the deliveries away, it's a simple thing." Heath says. "Listen, I've got to get back to Bianca. I've told you where it all goes, so you'll be fine." He says, walking out.
"You said to stock shelves, not where it was." Lucas mutters to himself, staring at the boxes as he thinks about what he should do, then he thought about calling his triplet for discreet help but thought against it.
"Kyle?"
"Sorry?" Lucas frowns, glancing at the bar to see someone staring at him. "I'm not Kyle, I'm Lucas. We're triplets." He says, feeling like he was being obvious.
"Oh, do you know where Kyle is?"
"He's gone away for a few days. Can I help with anything?" Lucas asks. "I can take a message or something."
"I'm Derek, Emily's father. I don't want him to feel pressured into seeing her and he shouldn't feel bad about it. She's thought a lot about it and she doesn't want to hurt him anymore. There's no hard feelings." Derek says, walking back out.
"Right." Lucas nods, hoping it would somehow help his brother.