Braxton House - the Garden
"Why is Tyler saying you're his chick when we've been dating?" Casey asks.
"I didn't know you were brothers." Denny says, confused as to what had been said.
"And that makes it any better?" Casey asks.
"I thought I was the only guy you were with?" Tyler asks her.
"Hang on, you said we were just friends, that's why I was still dating Casey." Denny says.
"Just because we would never be in a relationship, it doesn't mean you can go dating other people." Tyler says.
"Excuse me?" Denny scoffs. "You don't own me, if I want to date other people then I will. You're a dick." She shakes her head.
"I second that." Lucas whispers, Kyle nodding at him in agreement.
"I thought we could be good friends, but I don't even want to know a guy like you." Denny says. "Casey is twice the man you will ever be." She says, about to leave when Casey stops her.
"You never saw him romantically?" He asks, having fallen really hard for her.
"No, we were friends. I really liked you, I do like you. I'm sorry for this, I made a mistake thinking I could have a male friend and it be normal." Denny says.
"Everyone makes mistakes." Casey says.
"I'd love to see where things go with you, if you're still interested?" Denny asks.
"No, you can't keep seeing him and treat me like the bad guy!" Tyler huffs.
"Tyler, don't be mean!" Lucas glares at him. "You don't control her, so don't tell her what she can and can't do."
"You're taking her side over mine?" Tyler scoffs. "What happened to it being us over anything?"
"That was a pact we had when we were kids, we've got more brothers now and I'm realising that my childhood was not normal. They don't force me into anything like you did." Lucas says. "Everything had to be done your way or you weren't happy. Well things have changed. You need to accept that nothing can be how you want anymore."
"Kyle?" Tyler firmly stares at him to take his side, which Brax instantly picks up on.
"If you expect them to choose sides, don't bother." Brax glares at him. "I've warned you not to do that and you can pack your bags now if that's the route you want to take."
"So you're on her side as well?"
"I'm on the boys side. Just because you were born before them, does not mean you decide what they do." Brax says.
"Of course you'd back your baby brothers up. No wonder Casey turned out like a deadbeat moron with a father figure like you." Tyler hisses.
"You dick!" Casey glares, throwing a forceful punch Tyler's way, knocking him a few steps back.
"That's it!" Tyler huffs, rugby tackling Casey to the ground.
They all watch on as the boys punch it out on the ground, it getting more violent by the second. Brax and Heath grabbed a brother each, pulling them away from each other before real damage was done. None of them were expecting it to have led to a physical fight, and it affected the two youngest triplets more than the others. It didn't stop Tyler and Casey trying to get at each other though.
"Stop!" Kyle shouts, taking a step forward. "Just stop it!"
"Stay out of it, Kyle." Tyler warns, getting a harsh punch in the back from Heath, who held him back. "Ah!" He groans.
"You can't control me and Lucas, force us to be on your side just because we're triplets. I don't care about that, I will never choose you. I can't even believe I'm related to you. You're so blind to everyone else's feelings, make others feel bad just so you can feel some sort of buzz. I don't understand you." Kyle says.
"You'd side with them?" Tyler scoffs, shoving Heath off him before taking a step back.
"No, I wouldn't side with any of you." Kyle defiantly says. "If it comes to me needing to take a side, I will walk out and won't come back. If I have to live without a family, I'll do it. I've done it before and I'll do it again if this carries on. You've got a choice to make, all of you have a choice - carry on arguing like this all the time, or accept that we're brothers and should stick together. And don't choose family for the sake of playing 'happy families'. If none of you want to change, say now." He says, ready to pack up and leave if it came to it.
"I choose family." Lucas says, not wanting to lose Kyle now after everything he'd done just to be with them. "And I will go with you." He lightly smiles, Kyle smiling back, never wanting to lose him either.
"No choice needed, family comes first." Heath says, walking over to his favourite triplets.
"Think you know what my choice is." Brax says, glaring at Tyler before heading over to get a beer.
"We've been through too much, I'm not letting you leave that easily." Casey says to Kyle, joining his brothers.
"That was so powerful from Kyle." Bianca whispers to the girls, who agree.
"You're being ridiculous giving an ultimatum." Tyler shakes his head.
"This is how our family runs, if you don't like it, get out." Heath glares.
"Not without those two." Tyler says, pointing at Lucas and Kyle.
"Then you have to change." Lucas says. "I'm giving Brax permission to kick you out if he wants."
"It's my house but sure, you can give me permission." Brax mutters, getting a smirk from his brothers.
"Sorry, I was just making a point." Lucas smiles.
"A good point." Brax says as he joins them. "There's only room for one boss in this family, and that's me." He says.
"Fine. I'll give into the fact that your brothers are-" Tyler says before being interrupted.
"Finish that sentence and you will be out of this house quicker than you came in." Brax warns.
"Seriously, stop it." Lucas sighs at his eldest triplet, Kyle noticing he was getting upset over it, so pulls him inside with Bianca following them.
"You're upsetting Lucas and have been every time you make choices for him. Surely the thing at the top of your list should be providing everything you can for him, including happiness?" Emily says.
"How about you keep out of it? You're just the whore that sleeps-"
"Oi!" Brax hisses, shoving him hard in the chest. "Don't talk to her like that."
"It's not like you're her biggest fan. You're just waiting for the second she cheats on Kyle again so you can swoop in and save the day!" Tyler says.
"I might not be her biggest fan but she is Kyle's girlfriend and I would never say a bad thing about her for the sake of it. She's proving to me that she cares about Kyle, maybe you should be taking advice from her. She knows how to use a second chance right and is putting Kyle's feelings first, something you should be doing." Brax says. "Now get your things and get out of my house, you're not welcome here anymore."
"Like I'd want to be part of this family. It's just as toxic as I first thought." Tyler says, barging past them all to head to his room.
"I think I'm going to go." Denny mutters, standing awkwardly by the gate.
"Denny, wait." Casey says, taking a few steps over to her.
"Let's give them some privacy." Ricky says, moving them all inside.
"Brax." Emily says as she walks beside him. "I just want to say thank you for sticking up for me."
"Kyle loves you, I won't get in the way of that. I can see you love him too." Brax says.
"More than anything." She smiles as they walk into the living room.
Braxton House - Inside
"Casey has been out there with Denny for a while, do you think they're okay?" Emily says.
"They were talking about the whole situation when I took some antiseptic out for the cut on Casey's cheek." Bianca says.
"What happens now with Tyler?" Lucas asks his big brothers.
"I can't really afford to fire him with the amount of people using the gym right now." Heath says, glancing at Brax. "It would take too long finding someone new to hire that has the right qualifications, then training them up to our schedules."
"You'll have to keep him on until you do find someone. He just won't be able to be on the same shift as Casey or you'll have a repeat of today." Brax says.
"Where's he going to stay?" Lucas asks.
"He's not coming back here. He can stay in the motel or find somewhere to rent out." Brax says.
"Okay." Lucas nods. "And if you find someone better for the gym, you can fire Tyler."
"Really?" Heath frowns.
"I've known Tyler my whole life, this is normal for him. I don't see him changing his attitude just because we want him to. He is always going to put himself first, treat girls like that, tell us what to do. I can't do it anymore." Lucas sighs. "He's my big brother and I'll always love him for the things he did for me but I've got you guys now. I really thought he would accept you like I have and change his bossy nature to finally let someone else take charge."
"He had been doing that until he started hanging around with River Boys." Kyle mutters.
"I told him to stay away from them, I also warned them to not get him involved in their crime." Brax says.
"I don't think he's been listening." Lucas says. "I saw him with a group of guys the other day and they looked dodgy like the River Boys he was with before, no offence to you or anything."
"None taken." Heath laughs. "Just don't go saying that around them, ay."
"Why?" Lucas frowns.
"He's messing with you." Brax says. "Least you can use common sense to not hang around the River Boys as well."
"They're not the type of people I would hang around with. I like Casey and Kyle's friends, they made me feel welcome." Lucas says.
"And we didn't?" Heath asks.
"You did but you're my family, so that's different." Lucas says.