2 years later
Heath Braxton walked the beachfront of Yabbie Creek, carrying his surfboard under his arm. Wherever he went the townspeople of Yabbie Creek would stare at him, wondering what trouble he'd give to the town now. He glanced around and saw his mates in a big group about one hundred meters from where he was, he picked up the pace and jogged to where his mates were.
"Aye Heath, party planned tonight. You in?" A mate asked, Heath nodded and chucked his board to the ground.
"Where's it at?" He asked the gang, another member raised his hand
"It's at mine, parents are out" Max said, he put his hands in his pockets and dug through it, fiddling to get out what he wanted, he pulled out a small packet of what looked like tiny pills.
Heath smirked and nodded his head, "You gonna get more?"
Max nodded and grabbed his board, "On my way now. Party starts whenever, say six-ish see you soon mate"
Heath watched as the group disappeared and he was left with just his best mate, "So how you going to get Brax to let you go, he won't let you"
"I'm eighteen, I can do whatever I like. He can't tell me what to do" Heath retailiated back. Chris nodded and grabbed his board from the sand, beginning to wax it.
"You coming out?" He asked Heath, the teenager shook his head and pointed down the other end of the beach
"Nah, I went down there. Better surf and babes" He winked before grabbing his board now and lifting it under his arm
"I'm going to head home. See you in a few hours"
Heath began the short walk home, glancing at his clock he knew that Brax would be home and sighed, his mate was right. Brax wasn't going to let him go out to this party, Heath didn't care, he was going no matter what. He was an adult now and he could do what ever he wanted to.
He walked up to his small house and left his board outside before opening up the door, Casey was sitting at the table, his books spread all over it.
"Hey Heath" Casey smiled as his big brother walked into the house, Heath screwed his face up when he saw all the books spread across the table.
"Nerd" He muttered, Casey sighed and went back to reading his book.
Heath started searching for Brax, walking into every room and getting annoyed when Brax wasn't in one of them. "Where's Brax?" He asked agitated, walking out to where Casey was studying. He pushed Casey's books off the table annoyed, taking his agitation out on Casey.
"He had to pull an extra shift tonight. So he won't be home till six. He said he'd bring home dinner" Casey said annoyed as he reached down to grab his books, he slammed them back down on the counter
"Thanks for that" Casey mumbled, Heath glanced up annoyed at Casey.
"I told you that you don't need to go to school, be part of the gang!" Heath shouted annoyed, Casey rolled his eyes
"And I told you I like school, I want to go"
"You're the worst excuse for a Braxton Casey" Heath said annoyed, Casey had enough and gathered his books before storming off the his room, leaving Heath to have the lounge room and kitchen area to himself.
Casey sat in his room, annoyed with Heath and his ability to put him down constantly, whether it was about school, his lack of girl friends or even his ability to stand up for himself. For some reason he felt like Heath always had it out for him, he wasn't sure why. But he wished Heath would just treat him nicely like when he was younger and actually cared.
Heath glanced at his clock, it was almost five thirty now, he'd already had a shower to freshen up and threw on some clothes before having a snack to eat, unsure of what food would be at the party. He walked into Casey's room to see him still with his head in the books.
"Oi, I'm going out to party tonight at Max's. Don't tell Brax, just tell him I've met up with some girl"
"Why don't you call him and tell him?" Casey asked, glancing up from his books.
"Because he won't let me go, so just tell him that, alright?"
"Yeah, okay" Casey mumbled before watching Heath leave the room and the front door slam shut.
Heath walked down the street, feeling good about himself and all the trouble they were going to get upto tonight. He'd taken six pack out of the fridge before he'd left, knowing this would only be a small portion on what they would be drinking.
Brax walked in to the house, he already knew something was up when he couldn't hear Heath shouting out at the game that was being played on the television or Casey mucking around with Heath.
"Hey Case. How was school?" Brax asked, knowing Casey had been having some troubles with some kids lately.
"Yeah was fine. How was work?" The younger boy replied glancing up at Brax who was getting dinner ready, but was distracted by trying to look for Heath.
"Yeah good. Heath out for a surf still?" Brax asked, walking over to where Casey was sitting
Casey's eyes darted around the room and he felt Brax's eyes penetrate into the back of his head, "Casey?" Brax pressured
"His out with some girl" Casey said fastly, Brax sighed in relief when Casey said that. He headed back to the kitchen table and put dinner on the plates for him and Casey
"Thanks" Casey said quietly, shutting his book and taking the plate out of Brax's hands, smiling at the smell of the pizza.
Heath had only been at the party for an hour and had already polished off his six pack and onto his seventh drink, a concoction of vodka, juice, beer and whatever other spirits the boys could land their hands on.
"Ay, Maxey! Where's the pills?" Heath shouted, his words almost slurring into one. Max came out almost as intoxicated as Heath was, he held out the packet that contained only four pills.
"This all you get?" Heath asked, his head swaying backwards. Max shook his head
"Nah, more inside mate. This'll do for the moment" He said before walking off to go and talk to a few girls. Heath shrugged and downed the pills and finished it off with sculling the drink.
The pills were slowly progressing their way through Heath and three drinks after them weren't sitting so well. He'd taken drugs before, but he'd never actually felt this bad before. His body was shaking and he was finding it hard to walk properly.
Max came over, "Ey, mate. Looking a bit green. Drink up some more, it'll disappear soon"
Heath nodded and took Max's word for it, he took the drink and threw it back, feeling the burn of vodka go down his throat. The feeling didn't feel any better and he actually desperately wanted to go home.
He took a seat on a nearby bench and put his hands in his head, trying to stop everything from spinning around. Chris walked by, no where near as drunk as Heath. "Mate, you right?"
Heath struggled to get up and fell into Chris's body, "Woah, Heath. I think I should take you home. Come on" Chris said hoisting Heath up and starting to walk out of the party.
"What did you drink?" Chris asked worried about his best mate, Heath shrugged and dropped to the curb, starting to empty his stomach. Chris sighed, they weren't far from the Braxton's house, thank god.
"Heath, were nearly at your house. Brax will fix you up" Chris said before helping Heath re stand.
"Brax is so-oo gonna kill me" Heath mumbled, Chris laughed lightly
"Doesn't he know you went out?" Heath shook his head
"Got Case to lie for me"
Heath started to feel even worse if that was possible, he felt weak, like his body was trying to give up on him. They turned into their street and were almost home, "Heath, mate. We're seriously nearly there"
"Can't" Heath mumbled, Chris sighed worriedly and felt like he was dragging Heath to his house.
"Brax, Brax!" Chris shouted out worriedly as they got to the family's home.
Brax could hear his name being yelled from outside, the voice sounded worried and Brax wasn't worried about someone coming to cause harm. He had a bad feeling that something was wrong in his stomach though, he opened the door and was just in time to see Heaths eyes roll into the back of his head and slump into Chris's chest before falling to the ground.
"Heath!" Brax shouted out before he took off to where Heath had just collapsed, bending down beside the young adult, he felt for a pulse and was relieved when one was there.
"What happened?!" Brax shouted out alarmed at Chris, who was trying to help roll Heath onto his side.
"We were at a party, I didn't really get to see him much and when I did he was absolutely plastered. His taken drugs too"
Brax sighed and ran his hand over his head, he heard the scatter of feet running down the driveway and looked up to see Casey shocked, pale, his eyes wide with fear. "Heath?" He chocked out before Heath began to jerk in all sorts of directions.
"Case. Call an ambulance!" Brax said chucking him the phone that Casey couldn't even catch, it fell to the floor and Brax glanced up
"Casey!" He shouted out angry, "Call the damn ambulance!"
Casey barely nodded and stumbled to pick up the phone and call for an ambulance.
"Far out Heath. What the hell have you done to yourself" He said worriedly, rubbing his brothers head back as soon as he stop fitting.
Brax looked up at Casey, his eyes full of anger. "Why the hell didn't u tell me the truth Casey, if something goes wrong. I'm blaming you!"
Casey looked sad now, Brax was angry at him and the last thing Casey ever wanted was that. He never thought that Brax would speak to him like that.
"I'm sorry" Casey said quietly, sinking down to the ground, his eyes plastered on his big brothers
The sound of bells and whistles sounded the area and soon enough in a blur of sudden movements the paramedics had loaded Heath into a trolley and were waiting for Brax to come with them, once he'd finally finished talking to Casey.
"I want to come Brax, his my brother too!" Casey shouted out upset, Brax shook his head and glanced around before laying eyes back on Casey
"I don't care Casey. I'm not having you go to the hospital and see him like that. It's final, Chris will stay the night and I will see you tomorrow morning, got it?" Brax demanded, Casey went to shake his head but Brax's angered look on his face soon turned it into a nod
"Please, get me if something goes wrong"
Brax nodded, "Of course. Now try and get some sleep, he'll be okay"
Being the eldest brother had its ups and downs, especially when you were the sole careers of two teenage boys. Brax did love it but he wished that sometimes he could just take a day out to himself and not have to worry about one of his brothers messing up.
Watching over Heaths body and the tubes that were attached to his body made him feel sick. Why did Heath do this to himself, what was he wanting to achieve in the end of it. Maybe Heathneas begging out for his attention. Was there something that he was missing.
A couple of hours passed and Brax was getting more frustrated that Heath haven't woken up yet. He swore he could hear shouting coming from outside and his door busted open, a young teenager standing there, his eyes glued to the figure in the bed, his eyes running over the multiple tubes.
"Casey" Brax said alarmed, he got up and stood in front of Casey and gently shook him out of his transition. Brax felt angry that Casey had disobeyed him, but he also was now felt that the company was good.
Chris ran in not too much later, "Sorry Brax. He just wouldn't listen to me"
Brax nodded and sighed getting up, "It's alright mate. Thanks for looking after Heath and making sure he got home safe. You right to get home?"
Chris nodded, "Yeah, text me how Heath is tomorrow?"
Brax nodded and watched as Chris left the room, shutting the door behind him. He glanced over to see Casey had taken a seat on the other side of Heaths bed and was resting his head beside Heaths hand.
"Brax?" Casey asked softly, the older brother glanced over at Casey and nodded his head in acknowledgment.
"Do you hate me?"
Brax shook his head, "No way Case. I didn't mean what I said before, I was just worried and angry that Heath had drunk his self stupid and taken drugs"
Casey nodded, "I should have told you where he really went"
"Yeah, but you were just looking out for Heath at that time. Don't worry about it, eh?"
Casey just nodded and returned his head to be beside Heaths hand, starting to fall asleep.
Not long after, Brax was slowly falling asleep him self when he swore he could have seen Heaths eyes start to open. "Heath" Brax said quietly, alerting Heath that he was safe
"Eugh!" Heath shouted out, tasting the awful taste in his mouth.
Brax chuckled lightly, "Well. That's what you get for overdosing"
Heath sighed and lifted his hand to find that Casey had fallen asleep on it. "Why's he here. I don't think it's very good for him"
"I told him to stay home, he got here himself with Chris. Was worried, what do you expect. He saw you fitting"
Heath nodded, "Sorry, I just wanted to let loose, but I think a drink or two might have been spiked" he said cautiously
"Was Max there?" Brax asked, Heath bit his lip and his eyes darted around the room, similar to when Casey was lying earlier in the evening.
"It was his party, wasn't it?"
"Yeah" Heath said, he watched Brax sigh and shake his head in annoyance
"I told you that kid was trouble. Look, I'm dead tired, you look it too. Go to sleep and we'll talk in the morning"
A/N: hey! Thanks for the reviews and pm's all mainly consisted on wanting some Heath dram actions, so I hope you liked that snippet Of that age bracket. Let me know what you would like to happen next - Brax will be 25, Heath 20 and Casey fifteen. After the next one it will be when they boys come to the bay. Like in the summary it will be different to the show. Lemme know what you would like:) and please review hehe:) xox