A/N: Hey guys! So sorry I haven't updated in a few days! I've been so busy lately:(( I just quickly got this up in the last half n hour, so I hope you guys still enjoy It! Thanks for all the reviews, I love reading all of them:) I hope you like xxo
2 years later...
The Braxton brothers were growing up fast, Brax couldn't believe that his little brother was going to be starting school for the first time tomorrow, going into prep. Heath was now nine and was starting year four the next day as well continuing to send Brax mad everyday with his constant complaining of having to go back. The older brother had left school and had a full time job within the school hours down at the local pub, he'd hated it to begin with but the pay was decent and that's all that mattered. Their mum was still going out almost every night and would bring home a new man half the time As well.
Their father had left not long after Casey's third birthday, leaving Cheryl for her best friend. Casey didn't understand what happened and kept asking his Mum where Dad had gone, resulting in Cheryl getting angry almost every time for Casey asking. Heath was mature and understood exactly what had happened, he didn't care, nothing seemed to matter to him. Brax was over the moon the day that his father had left, even if it did mean becoming the man of the house and basically having to do everything, but he already did that to begin with. He was glad their father was out of the picture for a while, no one was getting abused except Casey only getting the occasional smack from his Mum...
Casey was the first up and ran into his big brothers room, he climbed up onto the bed and began jumping up and down, causing Brax to groan tiredly. "Ugh, Case" He mumbled, trying to rub his eyes and get rid of the sleep that filled them.
"It's first day of school Brax!" Casey shouted excitedly, still jumping up and down on the bed. The older brother smiled and nodded, he grabbed Casey's arms and pulled him towards him, trying to calm him down.
"I'm glad your excited Case" Brax laughed, Casey nodded eagerly, his eyes so wide that Brax thought they were going to bulge out of his head.
"Well, we better start getting ready hey?"
Casey nodded and jumped off the bed, waiting eagerly for his big brother. "I'll start the shower and you hop in, make sure you brush your teeth"
Casey nodded and followed his brother into the bathroom and jumped into the shower, Brax left him alone and walked out to go and wake up Heath. The older brother walked into Heaths room and opened the door, crossing the room and opening up the curtains, the sun blinding through the young boys room.
"Eugh" Heath moaned before grabbing the sheets and shielding his eyes from the harsh light. Brax moved and pulled away the sheets, locking eyes with an unimpressed Heath.
"Wake up, it's your first day. Don't think your getting out of it, it's a new year Heath and I really want you to try hard, please?" Brax asked almost begging. Heath rolled his eyes and reluctantly nodded, pushing his blanket off.
"Okay, okay" He sighed before getting up and walking into the bathroom, trading places with his little brother.
Brax couldn't believe that he was dropping Case at school, he still seemed so young in Brax's eyes. He was proud of how mature Casey was for his age and how intelligent he was getting...
"Heath, I'll drop you to your room first then I'll take Casey to his" Brax explained as he walked into the school grounds with his two brothers.
"Yeah okay" Heath grumbled, Brax shook his head, annoyed with his brothers bad attitude. Casey was excited, but as he looked around what felt like a huge school, he became increasingly scared, worried that he was going to get lost.
Brax arrived at Heath's new class room and bent down, "Heath, please just try and not get into trouble with your mates and can you go and check on Casey at lunch time please?"
Heath grumbled and shook his head annoyed, "I'm not his baby sitter". Brax shook his head annoyed and put his hands up in the air in defense
"Alright Heath, don't look out for your five year old brother then. Just make sure that you pick him up and wait out the front of the school together. Don't leave him" Brax ordered, Heath nodded and walked off, meeting up with his mates.
Heath was beyond annoyed that Casey was now at the same school as him, because now Casey would try and sit with him at lunch, putting a social drainer on his reputation. Much like Brax with his circle of friends, Heath was the leader of his small friendship as well, a couple of Brax's mates younger brothers were Heaths mates too. He met with his circle of friends that were hanging around the basketball courts...
"Hey mate" Heaths best friend, Lachlan called out, passing the ball to Heath who took it and tried to make the shot from where he was, but failed.
"Hey" Heath said grumpily, dropping his bag to the floor. One of Heaths other mates Nate came barging through the basketball courts, dropping his bag roughly to the ground, picking up the ball that had come rolling his way
"Oi, I've got a plan for lunch" Nate said, coming up to join his friends, a sly look on his face as he bounced the basketball repeatedly around
"What's that?" Heath asked, taking the ball from Nate's hands and taking another shot, this time achieving.
"Prep kids start today, why don't we give them something to be scared about. Tell them the myth about what the big kids do to the new kids"
Heath smirked, somewhat liking the idea, but his smile soon faded away when he thought of his little brother. "How about we stay away from the prep kids"
Nate chuckled, "Have you gone soft Heath?"
"No, but my little brothers in that grade, his already scared enough" Heath retaliated.
Brax was waiting around with a lot of other parents, everyone was staring at him, judging him immensely between their social groups. He didn't care what other people thought, that was until he heard the loud mouth of his mother coming down the footpath, shouting out at her sons. Brax sighed and rubbed his head anxiously, wondering what the outcome of this would be.
"Mum!" Casey grinned, running up to his mother, who was obviously hung over, probably still drunk.
"Yeah, Hi Case" Cheryl said, ignoring Casey's gestures to be picked up.
"What are you doing here mum?" Brax asked. Cheryl scoffed and got even more angered at Brax's question
"I am allowed to come and see my own son on his first day can't I?!" She shouted out, now all eyes were on them.
"Oh, mind your own business!" Cheryl shouted out. The bell rang rang and teachers from each class came out, calling out their class names. Brax ushered Casey to his room, their mother following behind.
"Bye Casey, be good yeah?" Cheryl said before hugging her son and waiting impatiently for Brax.
Casey hugged tightly onto his big brother, "Have fun today mate, remember that Lachie is at the school to and if you want to see him go to the office. Make sure you listen to the teacher too, alright?"
Casey nodded and hugged tighter, Brax didn't want to let his brother go, this was just another stage of him growing up. "Brax, you have to let me go. I want to go in" He grinned, eagerly trying to get out of his brothers grip.
"Alright, bye. Love you" Brax said before watching Casey run off into the room, not bothering to look back. Brax sighed and Cheryl turned to look at her son as they began to walk out of the school grounds.
"I need to borrow some money. I spent mine on food" Cheryl said, not bothering to look her son in the eyes, Brax stopped and shook his head
"What are you talking about, I brought food. You obviously brought alcohol and spent it gambling"
"Uh, come on Brax. I know you have plenty, just help your mother out for once!" Cheryl shouted, Brax dug into his pocket picking out his wallet. He pulled out several notes and shoved them into his mums hand.
"I'm going to work" He said before storming off and out into the streets.
Brax was furious that his mother was now starting to try and live off him, he knew where her money was going and it wasn't all in the right places. He opted to just forget about it, to just focus on his job today and he couldn't wait to pick Casey up and hear about all his stories...
Heath walked out of the bathrooms at lunch, he glanced over to the prep playground that he could see from where he was. He could make out Nate and Lachlan from behind and gathered it was the rest of his group. He made his way over to where the group was and could hear a young boy crying, Nate turned around and laughed.
"We were just telling this young boy about what all the big kids do to the new kids, flushing their heads in the toilet. Want to finish it off?"
Nate stepped aside and Heath met with a teary-eyed face of his little brother, "Case" Heath mumbled, before bending down and hugging his little brother
"Is...Is this your brother?..." Nate questioned wearily, worried that Heath was going to make Nate pay for hurting his younger brother
"Yeah it is. I told you not to go and pick on the prep kids and you did and you did it to Casey!" Heath shouted out, he placed Casey down on the floor and turned to his group.
"You are so going to pay for what you did!" Heath shouted angered, Nate was about to speak before a teacher appeared out of Casey's class room.
"What happened here?" She asked, all the boys turned and looked at the teacher, each swallowing a lump in their throats.
"I got lost" Casey lied, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand. Heath bit down on his lip, seeing whether the teacher would believe him or not.
"Aw. That's okay Casey. At least you found some big kids to show you round, right?" The teacher asked, narrowing her eyes at the older boys.
"That's Heath, his my big brother" Casey smiled proudly, pointing up at Heath.
The teacher nodded and Heath ruffled up his little brothers hair, "Sure am" He said before the bell rang, the teacher ushered the boys off and called her class in. Heath walked ahead of his group, angered with the situation he just got put in. He knew Casey would tell Brax when he got home.
Heath turned and walked back to Nate and pushed him into a wall, "Don't ever do that sort of thing to Casey again. The only reason I went with Casey's lie was so that I didn't get into trouble and yet I still probably will!". He said sternly, before, letting Nate go and following the path to his classroom...