"What and you believe her?" Leah frowned.

"Yeah I have no reason not to" Brax replied harshly "Courtney wouldn't lie to me" Brax snapped before turning and walking away.

As the night progressed Leah was getting more and more jealous as she watched Brax and Courtney having fun, they were laughing and talking about old times.

After the night was over Brax drove Courtney and Jett home "Hey listen I was wondering me and VJ Patterson are working on a trail bike and I thought maybe Jett might like to help" Brax suggested.

"Oh please mum can I?" Jett interrupted excitedly.

"Jett mate go inside while I talk to Brax?" Courtney smiled at her son, who surprisingly didn't argue. He just took the key off his mum and headed to the front door.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to put you on the spot like that" Brax quickly apologised.

"No it's ok, It'll do him good to spend some time with you and VJ, it's just" Brax noticed Courtney seemed pre-occupied.

"You ok?" Brax wondered curiously

"That woman in Angelo's earlier" Courtney tried to explain how she felt "Brax I can't help feeling I'm stepping on someone's toes"

"What Leah?" Brax exclaimed "Nah Leah's just a mate"

"Are you sure she sees it that way Brax, she was giving me some quite harsh glares earlier" Courtney asked.

"Was she?" Brax seemed shocked "I'll talk to her, hey listen I know this isn't a great time to talk about this but I have spoken to my lawyer about Jett and they have advised that I have a DNA test, to avoid any paternity disputes when anything happens to you"

"You're asking for a DNA test?" Courtney exclaimed she seemed annoyed.

"I know its crap but…" Brax quickly tried to make things right with her.

"Brax relax its fine, I understand, you can't just take my word for it" Courtney smiled Brax was relieved she understood "Just do one thing for me, don't tell Jett what you are doing, he's only just let you in"

"Ok yeah that's fine" Brax replied "Do you need help to you're door?"

"Oh what you mean all that way over there" Courtney replied with sarcasm in her voice "I think I can managed them few steps"

"Alright well I'll come and pick up Jett tomorrow" Brax added as he watched Courtney get out of the Ute, she seemed to be walking quite delicately.

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Courtney took a deep breath as she walked into the lounge she didn't want Jett to see the pain she was in "Can I go and help Brax and VJ?" Jett seemed excited.

"Yes mate no go and get ready for bed" Courtney gasped as she made her way into the kitchen and pulled out some prescribed painkillers. As Courtney pulled a glass out of the cupboard she came over all dizzy she fell to the ground. The glass smashed as it fell out of Courtney's hand. Jett came rushing out of his bedroom in his jeans and PJ t-shirt "Mum" he cried when he saw Courtney laid on the floor "I'll call 000" he said as he helped Courtney to her feet and walked her to the sofa.

Courtney could feel the room spin as she waited for the ambulance Jett sat next to her and held her hand "Its ok mum, they'll be here soon" he reassured her.

Jett decided to call Brax when they arrived at the hospital, Brax didn't take long to arrive "Hey I'm looking for Courtney James" Brax said as he approached a nurse.

"I'm sorry we don't have anybody of that name here" the nurse replied.

"Oh hey Brax" Jett interrupted from a side room "Its ok he's with us" Jett smiled at the nurse before leading Brax into Courtney's room.

"Are you ok?" Brax asked curiously, he couldn't hide his concern from the young mum "Have they said what's happened?"

"Just a virus and a bit anaemic" Courtney replied "I should be able to go home tomorrow"

"Oh that's good, not having a virus but…" Brax stuttered.

"I know what you mean, hey listen I know its short notice but can Jett stay with you tonight, its just I don't want him going to a temp foster carer" Courtney asked.

"Er…yeah that's fine" Brax replied a little cautiously. Brax wasn't worried about Jett stopping with him, he was thinking about the fact he hadn't told Heath or Casey he had a son yet. Maybe now would be a good time he thought to himself.

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Jett followed Brax cautiously into he lounge of the Braxton's house, Casey and Heath were sat watching some late night comedy show when they arrived "Hey" Casey frowned as he looked up and saw the nervous looking boy stood beside his brother.

"I need to talk to you both for a minute, hey Jett why don't you take your bag into the room on the left" Brax pointed to his bedroom.

"Brax what's going on, who's the kid?" Heath asked as he watched Jett disappear into Brax's room.

"His name is Jett and he is going to be stopping with us tonight" Brax explained.

"What for" Heath frowned "Why can't his family look after him"

"We are his family" Brax said as he took a deep breath.

"Huh" Casey finally joined the conversation "How?"

"He's your nephew?" Brax said bluntly.

"Wait are you saying Jett is you're son?" Casey exclaimed trying to get his head around Brax's news.

"Yeh" Brax replied.

"Are you sure mate? I mean his mum could be lying. Who is his mum?" Heath asked.

"Courtney James" As Brax answered he watched as Heath's eye brows rose.

"Shit" Heath sighed as he thought about the young girl Brax used to date during High School. As soon as Brax said her name Heath knew there was no doubt, the Courtney Heath remembered would never lie about something like this.

"So why isn't Courtney taking care of him?" Casey wondered.

"She is, but she can't tonight because she is in hospital. She's got cervical cancer" Brax explained causing Heath and Casey to share a glance.

"Poor kid" Heath said under his breath "Have they said how long her recovery will take?"

Brax just shook his head "There is no recovery; Courtney isn't going to get better. She's been given 6 months to a year"

"Jesus, no wonder the kids messed up" Heath said without thinking causing a reaction from Brax.

"Watch your mouth, he ain't messed up" Brax defended Jett instinctively.

"Sorry" Heath quickly apologised when he saw how furious Brax was.

Brax just let it go when he saw Jett waling back into the lounge "You alright mate?"

"Yeah, err my phones just died and mum said she would call me later" Jett said nervously as he waited for a reply.

"Oh right here use mine" Brax offered Jett his phone out of his pocket. Jett smile as he took the phone.

"Thanks" he said "Is it ok to take it in the room?"

"Yeah sure" Brax replied.

"Yeah just don't do a runner out the window with it" Heath couldn't help himself. His smile quickly disappeared when he saw the look on Brax's face. Brax relaxed a little though when he realised Jett was laughing.

"Nah I don't take phones. You might want to keep hold of your wallet though" Jett said as he looked straight at Heath. Casey and Brax shared a glance as they listened to Jett's quick witted response.

It was obvious to them all now that this kid was definitely a Braxton.

Sorry I haven't updated for a while but I haven't been ill. Luckily I am on the mend now though so I decided to add this chapter.

Hope this chapter was ok, please review and let me know. Much love as always Nikki x x