Danny walked back to Lexi's room. Calmed himself. Waited till he was completely sure he was a hundred percent calm when he walked in and closed the door.

"Where's mum and Ethan?" Lexi asked worried.

"She's disposing of his his dead body!" he said darkly.

Lexi's eyes widened, jaw dropped. "w..what?"

Even Missy and Mrs Elliott didn't know whether or not to believe him.

She has taken him home!" he looked over at Daniel. Smiled softly.

"Look dad…"

"Lexi I don't wanna hear it. I'll tell you what I told him. You are forbidden to have a relationship with him. And he won't be in here seeing you again!"

Lexi's face changed slowly. It went from normal to shocked, to angry to completely livid. "Nana take Daniel for a walk please. Leave Missy though this could get ugly!" Lexi warned.

Danny looked amused.

As soon as Mrs Elliott left the room with Daniel Lexi blew. "Who died and made you lord and ruler of my life?"

"Lexi until you are 18 your life is under control of me and your mum!"

"I don't think so! I'm 16 soon!"

"Lexi this isn't up for discussion!"

"God can you sound any more condescending? Being all calm and rational when this is nothing to do with you!"

"You were both 15 Lexi. 15!"

"Well father let me tell you something. This is MY life and I forbid you from forbidding me to have a relationship with the person I love. And he will be in here again and you will be civil to him!" she said cockily.

"Lexi don't push me!" Danny warned.

"Dad don't you push me! And don't dare make me chose! I'm sorry but you'll lose. I love him too much to allow you to ruin this. Whoever makes me chose will lose coz they are proving they don't love me!"

"You'd pick a boy over me, your mum and Daniel?" he asked incredulous.

"No I'd still see mum and Daniel. I just wouldn't wanna see you. At this moment I'd definitely pick him over you. Your pushing me into a corner. And for your information it was my fault! I started it and I wouldn't let him up! And before you came in he was telling me he regretted not waiting and when I'm better he wanted an adult relationship with NO physical side!" Lexi spat at him.

Lexi lay back in her bed breathing heavily. She closed her eyes and blanked her dad.

(X)

Ethan walked through the house. In his bedroom he picked up the biggest bag he could find. Filled it with candles. A torch. Assorted batteries. Clothes. His walkman for when his Ipod ran out. A pad and a pen. A magnifying glass. He'd been a cub scout growing up. He finally grabbed a picture of Lexi and walked into the kitchen. Took a bottle of juice and water. Some non perishables too. Crisps ect. Danny was so gonna be sorry! He left the house. He'd been careful of what he said to Alice. He couldn't tell her what he was doing. He walked backwards and smoothed the dust behind him till he came to the rocky bit. He didn't wanna be tracked.

(X)

Night was starting to fall. They spent a couple of hours at hospital but now were driving home. They'd had a kettle in Lexi's room for Daniel's bottles which had enabled them to stay longer. Now Danny sat in the car and brooded in silence Lost in thought. Every so often he'd look down at Daniel and touch his face softly. Mrs Elliott sat in the front beside Alice. Missy had stayed with Lexi. Danny had tried to say he would but Lexi had declared that she didn't want him there. She'd told him that if Ethan wasn't welcome then neither was he! Danny refused to budge as did Lexi. Father and daughter were both too mule headed and alike in their stubbornness for their own good. Danny had declared that he would be back tomorrow and Lexi had retorted quickly not without Ethan. Then they had glared at each other and looked almost identical! It had been 4 days since BMT implantation. Too early to know if it was working but if Lexi's attitude was any indication she was gonna be fine.

"We've got to talk to Ethan Danny." Alice said. "And you are going to be a mature adult and listen to him."

Danny rolled his eyes. They pulled into leopards den. "C'mon Daniel needs a bath." Danny said ignoring her previous statement.

"Mum check Ethan for me will you?"

"Sure." she popped her head in his room. "He's asleep in bed." she said to Alice looking at the mounded blanket.

Danny and Alice filled Daniel's baby bath.

"Is my wee man gonna be a water baby?" Alice asked lowering him in the water. Danny supported him as Alice washed. "Mummy and daddy are gonna get you boats and fishes and submarines and everything!" Alice murmured to him babyishly. "Then you can be diver Dee jay saving the deep blue sea!"

He was soon all clean and wrapped in his towel. Alice took him to his changing mat and lay him down.

"What you plan on saying to Ethan?" Alice asked. She looked down at Daniel. Smiled and softly dried his arms and legs.

Danny handed her the talcum powder. She covered Daniel in it careful not to get any in his mouth and then she rubbed.

"Well." she said singsong at Daniel though it was clearly aimed at Danny.

"I dunno." he said and handed her a nappy.

"You could start with sorry!" she suggested. "You did sorta belittle his feelings and accuse him of using her which we both know isn't true!"

Danny handed her a royal blue one piece romper suit. It had a clown on it. "Wee Dee Jay has a clown on his jammies today! She made a face and pretended to juggle.

"If he smiles it's wind you know!" Danny said.

"Quiet!" she said playfully and squeezed the talcum powder bottle under his nose so a puff came up and tickled him.

Alice had him in his jarmies in no time.

"How do you do that?" Danny asked. "It takes me like 10 minutes and that's just getting his arms and legs in. You get it done in like one."

"If took any amount of time with Lexi her fathers temper would rear it's head and she would kick off!"

He smiled. "She is sorta like me temper wise. When it comes to who she loves." he conceded.

"And a lot like ME in other areas Danny."

Alice lay Daniel in his rocking crib in their room. Rocked him softly. "Danny they love each other give them a break. I admit them sleeping together was wrong. WELL wrong but it's done. We can't change that. And plus Danny how many times did we almost lose control? The only thing that stopped us was the lack of protection. If that hadn't been a problem would you have stopped. Could you?"

Alice was right there. The only thing that stopped him and Alice was that they didn't have any protection. "I'll admit to that."

"And he did protect her. Remember that. If we had did that this conversation wouldn't even be happening!"

"I'll admit that too!" he said smiling.

"I also know that she asked him to do it when she got her diagnosis and he told her no. Didn't want her first time to be a waste.

"Really?" he asked.

"He didn't plan it Danny. He's a good kid. And he'll do right by her. And he's already told her when she'd better nothing physical for at least a year. By then this thing between them will probably have fizzled out!"

"She mentioned that." Danny murmured.

"Think of it Danny. She'll have a boyfriend so you won't have to worry about boys sniffing round her. Ethan doesn't fall for the same trick twice so she'll get him in that position again. A whole year Danny maybe longer of not worrying." Alice said slowly.

"I suppose I'd better apologise then!"

"Yeah I think you should!"

They picked up the baby monitor and knocked on Ethan's bedroom door.

"Mum said he was asleep." Alice told him.

"Should we leave him?"

"No we'll wake him. He'll be hungry."

They walked in his room. "Ethan." Alice said walking towards him she shook the mound and shrieked when Ethan's 'head' feel off.

She looked and saw a melon lying on the floor. She looked at Danny and pulled back the sheets. They were looking at strategically placed blankets. There was a brown envelope with Alice's name on and a white piece of paper with writing on it. "You'll be sorry!" Danny read out loud.

"Oh God what has he done?" Alice cried. "WHATS HE DONE!" she ran to his wardrobe. All his clothes still hung there. His CD stacker still full. She turned to Danny.

"Didn't I tell you this would happen? Look what you've done Danny! He's hours in front of us!"

"He'll be close Alice don't worry. Me and dupe will find him." he said calmly.

"You'd better Danny!" she warned.

She then picked up the brown envelope and tore it open.

Dear Alice.

I'm sorry firstly, I love you and Lexi but I refuse to stay where HE is! And don't bother looking for me. I'm gone. He wants me away from Lexi tell him he got his wish! Do me a favour tell Lexi I'm gone later. I don't want her worried about me. Give Lexi and Dee jay plenty of love from me.

Love you all

Ethan

X

PS there's card in the envelope one with a new charm and a message. This has been planned for a while. Give them to Lexi. One a day please. Thank you Alice x

What does it say? Danny asked.

"Congratulations you got what you wanted. He's AWAY from her. And not to bother looking for him coz we won't find him. From the tone of that letter he isn't coming back!"

"Me and Dupe…"

"It's too late tonight Danny! It's dark and he's out there alone! Coz of you! If anything happens to him I swear I'll never forgive you!" she spat and walked away.

Danny was in 2 minds as he stood in Ethan's room. On the one hand he thought Ethan was a good kid and wouldn't do anything stupid. On the other hand he knows Ethan is hurt and might be reacting emotionally rather than rationally. And Ethan's emotion were extremely volatile without bringing the wilderness in the mix. He felt dread pool in the pit of his stomach.

A/N me thinx ethan is being very very silly goin out in the bush by himself. will he die or b ok? read on x