To all my fantastic readers I am so sorry for my lack of reviews, but unfortunately I have been in hospital for a few weeks with a kidney infection. I really hope ow things have finally sorted themselves.
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It had been almost two weeks since Courtney came home from hospital. Jett had gone back home and Brax was trying to help out as much as possible.
Brax had gone round to see Courtney with some information he had been waiting for, the results of the paternity test. Brax walked into the house and was surprised when he couldn't find Courtney, it wasn't until he looked out of the back window that he spotted her, she was in the yard grooming one of her horses.
Brax was a little saddened as he watched the shadow of the woman he remembered, she was half her size now almost like a walking skeleton with skin, he hair was thinner and her skin wasn't the glowing bronze it used to be. It was more translucent now, Courtney was sick and it had become more obvious over the last few weeks.
Brax gathered his thoughts and took a deep breath before he opened the back door and walked out into the yard towards Courtney "Hey what are you doing here?" Courtney smiled as she continued to brush the horse. Courtney was wearing a pair of denim cut off shorts and a loose fitting red check shirt, which practically buried her tiny frame.
"I came to show you this, it came this morning" Brax replied as he waved the piece of paper at her.
"Oh is that?" Courtney said before being cut off mid sentence.
"The results" Brax sighed "Yes its official, I have a son"
"Phew that's a relief, at least I don't need to track down the other 10 possible fathers" Courtney joked "I'm kidding, hey I'm going for a ride did you want to join me" she asked Brax as she put a saddle on the horse she had brushed.
"What you want me to get on the back of that horse with you?" Brax seemed amused by Courtney's suggestion.
"Yeah why not?" Courtney frowned "Oh my god you have never ridden before have you"
Brax shook his head "Nah and I don't plan on starting now"
"You do if you're planning to raise my son" Courtney laughed "Oh come on the leader of the River Boys cannot seriously be scared of horses"
"He's our son" Brax corrected "And no I'm not scared it's just I'm err…"
"Scared" Courtney teased "I have lost count of the amount of times I've been on the back of your trail bikes in the past. A horse is a piece of cake, oh come on…Don't you trust me" Courtney mocked sulking "Live a little"
"Ok fine" Brax finally gave in, he couldn't help but smile as he watched Courtney doing a little victory dance "You big kid" he laughed.
x-x-x
Leah pulled up slowly outside the house; she was hoping she had the right one. Courtney and Leah had forged some kind of friendship over the last few weeks. They didn't have much of a choice seeing as their son's had started to spend lot of time together.
Leah had driven over to Courtney's house to bring Courtney some groceries, she waited on the front porch patiently for someone to answer the door, but no-one did. It wasn't until she turned that she noticed Brax's Ute parked along the side of the house, it was then she heard the laughing coming from the back of the house.
As Leah walked into the back yard she was less than impressed to arrive just in time to see Brax helping Courtney down off the horse, he had his hands resting on Courtney's hips and they were both laughing "Oh my god you're face" Courtney laughed as she looked up at Brax.
"Yeah well we don't need to tell anyone about this" Brax frowned, suddenly their was a moment that Courtney and Brax stopped laughing and just looked at eachother for a few minutes.
"Relax your secrets safe with me" Courtney smiled as she pulled away awkwardly and grabbed the horse's reigns "Oh hi Leah" Courtney added as she led the horse back inside the stable.
"Hi" Leah said with a small smile, she was a little annoyed by what she had seen "Hello Brax, what are you doing here?"
"Oh I just came by to show Courtney this. It's the results of the paternity test" Brax smiled as he showed Leah the papers. Leah's heart sank a little as she read the papers Darryl Sean Braxton IS the Biological Father of Jett James.
"Oh that's great" Leah replied with a fake grin. Secretly Leah was hoping that Jett wasn't Brax's son, she had seen how well Brax and Courtney had connected over the weeks and if she was honest she had to admit she was a little jealous of how close they seemed, and the fact they shared history didn't help either.
"Did you want to come inside for a drink?" Courtney asked a she walked out of the stable.
"Er no thank you I have to get back to work, I have just come to bring you a few things from the grocery store" Leah smiled "Its just some milk, bread and a few treats for Jett"
"Oh thanks Leah, you're a star" Courtney smiled "I'll get my purse"
"A personal shopper can't be bad" Brax teased.
"Yeah well what can I say" Courtney replied with a smile before walking inside the house.
Leah waited for Courtney to disappear before turning to Brax "Do you think you're doing the right thing, getting into this" Leah frowned at a shocked Brax.
"What horse riding?" he replied with an amused tone.
"No, this…this thing with Courtney" Leah snapped a little.
"What thing?" Brax was clueless "I'm just helping out"
"Really and she knows that's all it is does she?" Leah spat, something had taken over her all of a sudden.
"What's this really about?" Brax asked it then dawned on him "Look I thought I'd already told you I wasn't interested in anyone like that right now, I'm still getting over Charlie"
"Here you go Leah?" Courtney interrupted as she handed Leah some money, she hadn't heard the conversation between Leah and Brax "Are you sure you won't come in for a drink or some lunch?"
"No thank you I have to get back" Leah replied not taking her eyes off Brax "I hope you know what you're doing" she added before turning and walking out of the back yard.
"Ok so what was that about?" Courtney frowned as she turned to Brax.
"Nothing, just Leah being Leah" Brax replied "Hey what was that I heard about lunch"
"Always thinking about your stomach, I see that hasn't changed" she giggled as she walked inside the house. Brax followed closely behind her.
x-x-x
"So what do you want?" Courtney asked as she washed her hands and opened the fridge door.
"How about Pizza?" Barx suggested "I'll get one delivered"
"Yeah ok, Pizza sounds perfect" Courtney smiled as she sat on the sofa next to Brax, she waited for him to dial Angelo's and order a pizza before continuing "So now you have your paperwork what did you want to do next?"
"Well I've already asked my lawyer to draw up some kind of legal documents for you to sign in regards of what will happen to Jett after…" Brax trailed off, he found it hard to say the words.
"Good" Courtney quickly replied "It'll be nice not having to worry about what will happen to him"
Brax frowned as Courtney went quiet "You ok?" he could see the tears in he eyes.
"Yeah it's just when I think about him growing up and the things I'm going to miss I…"
"Hey come here" Brax sighed as he pulled Courtney into a tight hug, he could feel her tears soaking through his shirt.
"I'm sorry you don't need to see me like this" Courtney quickly remembered herself and pulled away, she wiped the tears with the palm of her hand.
"Its fine" Brax sighed "I want to help you"
Courtney couldn't help but laugh a little when Brax said this.
"What?" he wondered curiously.
"What the hell happened to you?" she smiled as she cocked her head to one side.
"I fell in love with the right woman I guess" Brax shrugged, and then his face saddened as he remembered the beautiful woman he had lost.
"I'm sorry, I didn't meant to bring up bad memories" Courtney apologised "I know when Tyler died I felt like I had lost everything. I swear if it wasn't for Jett then I probably would have given up by now. Funny thing is it wasn't until I found out I was dying that I realised I had so much to live for" Courtney reached over and put her hand on top of Brax's "Life's for the living babe, don't spend to long dwelling on the past I'm sure that's the last thing she'd want"
Courtney's words reached out to Brax and for the first time he realised it was ok for him to get on with his life, no matter what happened Charlie would still be a big part of it.
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