"Here" Brax smiled as he handed Frankie a glass of scotch "Drink this"
"Thanks" Frankie smiled as she took the glass and took a sip "Typical I'm supposed to have come back to help you deal with your problems and here I am off loading mine on you"
"Its ok, and to be fair getting pregnant at 18 was kind of my problem too" Brax smiled as he sat on the sofa next to Frankie "So what happened?"
"Simple really we had sex and I found out I was pregnant, I didn't want a kid so I decided to have an abortion" Frankie explained as she took another sip from her glass "Except I didn't realise at the time but the place I went to was dodgy"
"How did you find out?" Brax asked curiously.
"I collapsed on the beach, Tegan called an ambulance and that's when they told me. The equipment they had used to perform the abortion with hadn't been sterilised properly, I got an infection and then there was nothing the doctors could do. It was either have a hysterectomy or die" Frankie sniffed as she recalled the terrifying ordeal.
"Shit" Brax sighed "I had no idea"
"Why would you?" Frankie said with a weak smile as she reached forwards to pour herself another scotch "It's not like I broadcasted it or anything"
x-x-x
After everything he had found out recently Romeo was finding it difficult to sleep, he was sat at the kitchen table in the Walker house. Indi woke up and realised her husband wasn't by her side and decided to go and find him "Hey what are you doing out here?" she asked as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Couldn't sleep" Romeo replied as he stared at the photo Frankie had given him "I just wish I could remember even some of this"
"You were only a baby Romeo, how could you remember" Indi sighed "Have you thought anymore about what you want to happen next…whether or not you want to find out more"
"I don't know" Romeo replied "She seems nice enough but…"
"She's a Braxton" Indi finished Romeo's sentence "Well not literally but you know what I mean. Maybe she isn't anything like them I mean we have seen the clothes she wears and the car she drives, maybe it's just the people she associates with"
"Maybe" Romeo said as he turned the photo over, written on the back was Frankie's mobile number.
"It can't do any harm just to call and meet up with her, maybe she can fill in the blanks" Indi suggested "Besides it'd be good to have some family around"
x-x-x
After a couple of hours Brax and Frankie had worked themselves through an entire bottle of scotch "Hey do you remember Declan Marsden?" Brax chuckled as a memory entered his head.
"Ooh you mean the creep from year 8" Frankie laughed.
"Yeah the one I had to surgically remove from your locker" Brax laughed.
"Only because your punch planted him there" Frankie couldn't help but smile "I think he thought you were going to kill him" Frankie laughed.
"You should do that more often" Brax said as he looked at Frankie.
"What?" Frankie smirked.
"Laugh, you haven't done that for a while" Brax replied as he moved a strand of hair from Frankie's face.
"Don't" Frankie exhaled as she tried to move away but for some reason she was glued to the spot, she felt helpless as Brax moved forwards and kissed her gently "Brax stop" Frankie pulled away but didn't stop looking into Brax's eyes.
"Is that what you really want?" Brax said as he looked back at Frankie.
"No" Frankie shook her head and moved forwards to kiss Brax, but this time it was more passionate.
x-x-x
Frankie opened her eyes one at a time as she heard a foraging sound coming from the kitchen, as Frankie looked down she saw a tanned arm wrapped around her. The 'one crowded hour' tattoo on the arm told her all she needed to know. The previous night hadn't been a dream; because the evidence was lying right next to her "Brax wake up" Frankie shook Brax.
"Hmm" Brax groaned.
"Brax" Frankie shook him again "Wake up I can hear Darcy in the kitchen; she'll be knocking in a minute"
Brax opened his eyes and looked around "Ow" he moaned as he put his hand on his head "How much did we drink last night?"
"That much" Frankie sighed as she pointed to the clothes which were scattered around the bedroom "Listen, I'm gonna go out there and make sure Darcy's ready for school, you wait here until I come back ok"
Brax nodded and grinned widely at the flustered woman in front of him. Frankie slipped on a red kimono and headed to the kitchen.
x-x-x
After 20 minutes of rushing around Frankie was finally ready to take Darcy to school, Brax waited for them to leave before heading into the bathroom for a shower.
x-x-x
Heath had hardly slept and he was desperate to talk to Frankie about what had happened the night before so he decided to call by, Heath didn't even bother to knock on the door because he knew where the key was hidden.
He was surprised when he walked into the kitchen and saw Brax sat at the table "What are you doing here?" heath asked.
"I stayed last night; Frankie was upset" Brax replied quickly "I slept on the couch"
"Where is she?" Heath asked as he looked around.
"Taking Darcy to school" Brax replied quickly "How come you're here anyway?"
"I wanted to talk about last night" Heath frowned "Didn't expect you to still be here"
Suddenly the front door opened and then slammed shut "Brax you still here" Frankie voice called through the house.
"In here" Brax called out, Frankie made her way into the kitchen.
"Hey listen I think we need to get our stories straight, Darcy asked me if we had a sleepover last night because she heard you in my bedroom" Frankie cut off as soon as she saw Heath standing beside Brax.
"The couch huh" Heath spat "I didn't think it would be long before you let him into your bed again"
"Heath please" Frankie tried to calm him down.
"No, you're a whore Francine Callahan always have been always will be" Heath snapped causing Francine to slap him.
"Your not exactly an angel yourself heath" Francine retaliated.
"Yeah well at least I didn't kill my sister" Heath regretted his outburst instantly.
"That's enough, get out" Brax interrupted pushing heath towards the door.
"He's got every right to be angry" Frankie sighed a she felt herself relax into Brax, he put his hand on her shoulder, he turned her so he could hug her but Frankie pulled away "We can't do this again, Brax you need to go…I meant what I said before whenever me and you get together people always end up hurt…we're toxic"
Ok so I would really like to hear your thoughts.
The next chapter will be quite an intense one.
Next time-
Romeo and Frankie talk about their 'family'
Frankie opens up to Brax about Tegan's death.
Darcy is rushed to hospital, but what secret is Frankie hiding?