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Braxton House
"Kyle, you're back?" Casey frowns as his brother walks through the door.
"Only to hang out, I'm still staying at Irene's." Kyle says, sitting down on the couch next to Lucas. "I was at work but Brax wouldn't let me do anything 'strenuous' so I finished early."
"It's going that well huh?" Casey smiles as he joins them on the couch after putting his glass of water on the table.
"I know he means well but I'm not going to have a breakdown the second things get tough. Although I was grateful for the short shift, I've had no energy today." Kyle says.
"How come?" Lucas frowns.
"It's just a side effect of the meds I'm on. Nate said they should pass soon." Kyle says. "What're you two up to today?"
"Not much, so I doubt you'll find us fun today." Casey says. "Tyler is at work and Heath is at the hospital with Bianca. They find out the gender today."
"Already?" Kyle asks. "Isn't that a lot further along?"
"Apparently not. Just don't ask Bianca because she'll give you some very gory details about giving birth." Casey says.
"I'm sure she wasn't that bad. It's not like she's even close to giving birth yet, she's only… How far along is she again?" Kyle asks.
"Lucas thinks she's about 23 weeks along but I think she's about 25 weeks." Casey says.
"Wait, but can't you find out the gender a lot earlier on than that? And we haven't even known that long, so both of you have to be wrong." Kyle says.
"Oh, that's true." Lucas says. "Would it be rude of us to ask her something like that?"
"Not when we're the uncle of the baby. I don't think so anyway." Kyle says.
"Actually, she must be earlier than that because her bump isn't even that big." Casey says. "So maybe like 10 weeks or something."
"Are you listening to yourselves?" Brax laughs as he walks into sight with Ricky.
"Why aren't you at Angelo's?" Casey asks.
"Everything is covered so we were sorting more things out for the wedding." Brax says.
"And for your information, Bianca is 24 weeks pregnant, they just found out further along because she wasn't having any symptoms." Ricky smirks. "She's also popped late, which means her bump started growing further along in her pregnancy."
"So how does that work with the gender?" Kyle asks.
"They were going to keep it a secret until birth, but they've now decided they don't want to wait." Ricky says. "Any more questions about pregnancy?"
"Maybe some that will make you use protection?" Brax jokes, getting a whack from Ricky.
"I think Bianca has already managed that, hey Lucas?" Ricky laughs.
"I don't think that was my fault, Casey asked the stupid question about babies getting stuck." Lucas says.
"Well now you know." Ricky smiles.
"Why don't you three go out and do something instead of sitting around here all day?" Brax says.
"There's nothing to do." Casey says.
"Isn't your age in to getting drunk?"
"I'm on meds and have a brother that denies that." Kyle says.
"Good point." Brax nods. "Well we've got that list you wanted sorted if you want to keep yourselves busy with that?" He says as Ricky grabs it from her notebook.
"Yeah, we can do that." Kyle nods, taking it from her before walking out with Casey and Lucas so their brother wouldn't listen in.
"Well that got rid of them quickly." Ricky laughs. "Don't you reckon we should have chosen some of the other places though?"
"It'll be fine, I've got money put aside to add to whatever they're planning and we made sure Bianca would use it. I think this would be a good distraction for Kyle and it's something they can all do together." Brax says.
"Yeah, you're right." Ricky nods.
The Pier Diner
"We've got it written down and when we're ready, we'll see what we're having." Heath says after filling his brothers in on the scan.
"And don't think Ricky didn't tell me about you boys this morning. We're family now, you can ask me if you ever have questions." Bianca smiles.
"We've already learnt our lesson from that. Now this list we have is more than expected." Casey says, handing it over to them. "They've given exact places, which I'm guessing is more Ricky because Brax wanted it to be for her, so we need to look into things for him to do as well."
"That will be easy enough. We could all pick a place and write down the best things around. It would have to be things for couples to do though, as that's the main reason they're going." Kyle says.
"I think a spa day would be out of the question." Heath smirks. "Actually, what would that leave?"
"What about… The best restaurants near where they would be staying?" Lucas suggests. "It's romantic for them both and also something they could both enjoy. "
"Yeah but that's only one thing. We want this to be a few weeks long, so we're going to need a lot more than meals out." Kyle says.
"Then how about to start with, we all do research on these places and take note of the best things around the area. Then when Tyler finishes his shift, we all come together with our findings and narrow it down to a couple until we all agree on a place." Bianca suggests.
"Yes Miss Scott." Casey smirks, feeling like a student again.
"Kyle, which place did you say they wanted the most?" Lucas asks as Bianca shakes her head at Casey.
"They wrote a list, isn't that what you wanted me to get from them?" Kyle frowns.
"Yeah but I thought if you knew the place they liked the most, then we could try and focus on that one." Casey says.
"I think it was Greece, but it could have been Portugal." Kyle says, trying to remember. "I'm not sure."
"Well why don't we focus on them both and we could try and get more hints out of them." Lucas says. "How long until we would need to book it though?" He asks.
"We've still got time." Bianca says. "I think if we can get it booked and ready for the week before the wedding, that can give us time to focus on other things."
"Okay, well should we order food while we do it?" Lucas suggests, them all agreeing.
"Kyle, could I have a word first?" Heath asks.
"Sure." Kyle nods, walking outside with him. "What's this about?"
"We haven't had a chance to talk about what I said to Bianca." Heath says.
"Heath, it's fine." Kyle sighs.
"It's not, Kyle!" Heath huffs. "You shouldn't have been listening because you took it the wrong way! You're the best brother and I took advantage of that. When you came along, we did a lot together, even though I never took into account that you wouldn't like it. I should have taken more time getting to know you properly so we could have done stuff together that would have actually meant something." He explains.
"Well it's happened now, there's no point dwelling on it." Kyle mutters.
"But you're not listening to where I'm going with this." Heath says, Kyle lightly nodding for him to carry on. "I get on with Tyler and Lucas well because they like the same stuff as us and they're like you. It shouldn't be like that because you're my brother as well and you gave me a reason to stick around here, so I should be giving you more of a chance. I've got my life in order now with the girl of my dreams and we're starting a family."
"But that's got nothing to do with me."
"Yes it does because I was ready to leave for good and then you came along. I had to stick around because Brax wanted help breaking up the fights between you and Casey, and I started to get to know you. I realised we had stuff in common that we shouldn't have, but that was down to having a shit father." Heath says. "We didn't have the best childhoods, and I'd like to think we could have if we all knew about each other sooner, but I guess we'll never find out."
"What's this got to do with what you said?" Kyle asks. "About Tyler and Lucas?"
"You can't laugh or tell anyone about this." Heath firmly says, getting a nod in reply. "Tyler and Lucas are just like you in a lot of ways, which you obviously know about and the reason I get on with them more is… It's because I want them to be you." He says, glad Kyle didn't laugh, or actually do anything. "We don't hang out like we used to and I feel like I've lost my little brother. I know it sounds lame, but I don't want to feel like that."
"I'm still me. I just thought you hated me now you've got better versions of me." Kyle mutters.
"That's not true. You'll always be the best triplet." Heath says, pulling Kyle in for a hug. "Can we work on things?"
"Yeah." Kyle nods as they pull away. "I didn't realise things had changed that much."
"It's okay." Heath says. "Now let's go get some food." He smiles.