Chapter 6

Brax, Casey and Heath were sat in the Braxton house, reading the message on Aaliyah's phone. Aaliyah had taken Riley to the beach, the message had confused Brax. "Why would someone sabotage Ali's car and then tell her about it?" Brax finally spoke. "Maybe it wasn't the same person" Casey replied looking at Brax. "Shut up" Heath answered smugly. "No, hang on he's got a point go on case?" Brax was intrigued as to what Casey was thinking. "Well Aaliyah said Johnny took care of her even from behind bars. What if he knows about Dylan and has got somebody to keep an eye on her?" Brax nodded, his brother had made a valid point. "And like you said before, why would someone sabotage her car then tell her?" Casey ended. Heath thought for a moment "Because they got cold feet" Brax and Casey's head shot up as they looked at Heath to continue. "What if the person who did this got cold feet, I don't know maybe thought about the kid and decided they couldn't go through with it" As much as Brax and Casey hated to admit it, Heath had also made a valid point. "I guess it is possible for him to have an attack of conscience" Brax had realised he was just as confused now as he was when he started. Either way the brother's realised they would have to keep a close eye on Aaliyah for a while…well at least until they found out what was going on.

Friday had come round so quickly. Aaliyah had just started to get back to normal after recent events. It had been a long day at school, she had, had a couple of run-ins with some of the year 12 students. Casey to her surprise had come to her rescue though. She had given him a lift home from school. Things between them were finally getting back to normal. And Aaliyah had to admit, she had missed his company. Casey walked her and Riley to the door before disappearing off into his house.

Aaliyah had spent nearly an hour getting ready for her date with Heath; she had put Riley to bed and was finishing tidying round before there was a gentle knock at the door. As she opened she was shocked to see Heath stood there in a pair of jeans and a blue shirt. She was still in her track trousers and vest top. "Ok, so when I said I hope you are going to make an effort…" Heath smiled, he had noticed her hair and make-up was done and realised straight away she wasn't wearing that to go out, but he couldn't resist winding her up. "You know fine well I'm not wearing this tonight" Aaliyah grinned seeing straight through his joke. As she disappeared off into her bedroom Heath looked at the photos and pictures dotted all over her lounge.

After a few minutes she approached wearing a blue alter neck dress which had diamante detail around the bust line. It flowed over her hips and fell just above the knee. On her feet she was wearing a pair of silver diamante sandals and she had a matching clutch bag, for a few moments Heath was blown away. He couldn't even manage a wow. "Would you mind helping me with this" Aaliyah's voice broke the silence. She handed Heath a diamond floating heart necklace. She turned away from him as he put it around her neck fastening it at the back. Just before he could lean forward and kiss her neck there was a knock at the door. She moved away quickly "Right on cue" she sighed as she opened the door and let Casey in. Heath threw Casey a glare for the interruption. Casey couldn't help but respond with a grin. Aaliyah gave Casey the run down of where everything was, and then turned to Heath. He put is arm out Aaliyah looped her arm through it and followed him to the car.

He pulled up at Angelo's. Brax stopped what he was doing when he saw the pair arrive. Aaliyah looked stunning and Heath didn't scrub up too badly either. Heath walked over to the bar and ordered some drinks before sitting down opposite Aaliyah. Although the conversation flowed steadily all night Aaliyah kept thinking to herself that she hadn't been as captured by it as when she had conversations with Casey. Aaliyah and Heath had discussed Darcy, Riley, growing up and plans for the future.

Casey was sat at home thinking about what Aaliyah was up to with his brother. He hadn't heard Heath take her back to his place yet so that was a good sign. After another 30 minutes of watching meaningless TV Casey decided enough was enough, he couldn't bare the though of Heath being with Aaliyah, he just kept thinking about him touching her, talking to her, maybe even kissing her. He picked up the phone and dialled her number.

Heath was just in the middle of telling Aaliyah a story about when he was a kid, and then her phone rang. She looked at the screen, she recognized the number as her house phone, she answered it reluctantly. "Hello" she said quietly. "Er…Hi, er…I think you should come home, Riley's had a really bad dream and is asking for you" Casey said as he watched Riley- who was in fact fast asleep in his bed.

Heath and Aaliyah were back at the house within 20minutes. "Where is he?" Aaliyah asked Casey who had just pretended to come out Riley's room. "It's ok I managed to get him back to sleep" Casey smiled. Aaliyah didn't answer; she knew very well Casey was lying. "So he just went back to sleep just like that?" she questioned curiously. Casey just nodded. Before he had chance to answer Heath spoke "Well thanks Casey, I'll pay you when I get home" Heath practically threw Casey out of Aaliyah's house.

When Casey went back into his own house, he just walked straight into the bedroom, completely ignoring Brax who was sat in the lounge. He went into his bedroom slamming the door behind him. Once inside the room he turned and punched the wall making a hole. He was so angry, his plan had backfired he was hoping to end Aaliyah and Heath's date, not bring them both home earlier. God knows what would happen between them now.

Aaliyah couldn't help thinking about what Casey had done. As she sat beside Heath on the sofa he leant over and kissed her, the kiss startled her; she got up and headed over to the sink. She got a glass of water and then started to put some stray pots into the sink. God, why couldn't she get Casey out of her head? She had just had the best night with a gorgeous guy and all she could think about was a kiss she had shared with Casey a few weeks ago. She shouldn't be thinking like this about a student, she could lose her job. Her trail of thoughts, were soon broken when she felt two hands on her waist. It was Heath; she could feel his face brushing beside her ear. She felt her heart beating faster "Leave that" Heath whispered seductively in her ear taking the glass out of her hand, before planting gentle kisses down her neck. Aaliyah's breathing was a little heavier now; she put her arm up and around the back of Heath's neck to welcome his kisses. He pulled her round so she was now facing him. Heath pulled her close to him; she could feel his heart racing. He kissed her passionately as she put both arms around his neck. Aaliyah could feel the kiss intensify; Heath then used Aaliyah's waist to lift her up onto the work surface, not breaking off from the kiss. Aaliyah wrapped her legs around him as he ran his hands up her legs lifting her dress, before finally picking her up and carrying her into the bedroom.

Aaliyah woke the next morning to a gentle kiss on her nose; she smiled as she slowly opened her eyes. To her surprise it was Riley. She sat up quickly and looked around the room. Heath was gone. Aaliyah was a little confused. Had she dreamt about her night with Heath? She climbed out of bed and slipped her silk dressing gown on over her underwear, heading into the lounge, before she had time to think she heard a knock on the door. When she went to open it there was no-one there, she walked out onto the drive and looked around but no-one was there. She thought it was probably just kids messing around so she went back indoors. Once Aaliyah was back inside the house, she grabbed her Iphone off the table. She had a message- Great night last night ;-) I thought I'd better leave before Riley woke up. 20 questions, is something neither of us need this morning - The message was from Heath. She felt sick, what had she done. Sleeping with Heath was a mistake all she wanted to do was forget about Casey. To her surprise there was another knock at the door. This time when she went to open it she saw the shadow of a familiar figure through the glass. It was Casey. She didn't get chance to ask him in, he had barged his way in. "Casey, what the hell?" Aaliyah exclaimed angrily. "Do you have feelings for me?" Casey's straight to the point question shocked Aaliyah "Casey I" she managed to choke out. "Look, I know what I did last night was wrong but I can't bare the thought of you with someone else" Casey moved closer to Aaliyah. "I knew you were lying, why would you do that?" Aaliyah spat angrily. "Because I wanted to get him away from you" Casey response infuriated Aaliyah. "We kissed that's all. You don't own me Casey!" Aaliyah moved away from Casey, who then followed her "Besides your plan didn't work did it, in fact it backfired completely" Aaliyah regretted her words almost instantly. She saw the hurt spread across Casey's face. "You slept with him?" Aaliyah could see the pain in Casey's face, the last thing she wanted to do was hurt him. "Casey I…" Aaliyah tried, but Casey didn't want to hear it. He just stormed out of Aaliyah's house and disappeared onto the street. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Riley stood staring at her. "Are you ok mum" he asked a little confused as to why Aaliyah was shouting at Casey. "Yeah sweetie, Mummy's fine, come on lets go fix you some breakfast" she smiled leading him into the kitchen. Aaliyah took another look at her phone hoping for a text from Casey, and there it was 1 message. As she opened her inbox she was horrified -Looking hot Mrs Cooper - Aaliyah quickly recognized the number as the same number who sent her the warning about the car. Aaliyah just dropped the phone in horror. Who the hell was this, and why were they watching her?

Ok so I'm not entirely happy with this chapter. I wanted there to be a little bit more between Aaliyah and Heath than just friendship, it will all make sense later in the story I promise .

As usual R & R. There will be a bit more of Aaliyah and Casey in the next chapter!

Coming up-

Aaliyah is in trouble and needs Casey's help, will he listen?

And who is watching Riley?