It had been just over a week since Johnny took Riley from school. Aaliyah's life had finally started to go back to normal. She had spent as much time with Casey as she could get away with.

Aaliyah smiled widely as she read the message on her Iphone- Hey Gorgeous, can't wait to see you later, be round yours about 7 Case x x.

"What are you smiling at" Bianca asked curiously, interrupting Aaliyah's thoughts.

"Nothing" Aaliyah replied taking a sip of her coffee. After a hectic few days Aaliyah had finally managed to book that lunch date with Bianca. Aaliyah hadn't spoken to her since she found out Bianca was pregnant, and boy did they have a lot to talk about. "So how are you feeling, have you had any sickness?" Aaliyah smiled as she ate a mouthful of her pasta. "Yes, but it isn't morning sickness it's like 24 hour sickness" Bianca sulked. "Oh babe, bless you. I was like that with Riley, have you tried ginger" Aaliyah suggested, Bianca shook her head "I used to drink lemon and ginger tea and eat ginger biscuits when I was having Riley. Believe me it's a god send, you should try it" Bianca replied with a nod "Yeah, thanks I will" she seemed grateful for the advice. The friends talked for a bit longer before going their separate ways.

Aaliyah headed down towards the beach, she had arranged to meet Heath, Darcy and Riley down there. She scanned the beach looking for them, after finally spotting them she headed over to them. As she got closer she could see the huge fortress they were building. "Hey mum, look at what we've made" Riley smiled happily digging a hole. "Oh wow that's awesome buddy" Aaliyah replied sitting in the sand between him and Heath, she picked up a spare spade "Can I help" she smiled. Riley nodded before carrying on with his digging. After a couple of hours of digging and paddling in the sea both Heath and Aaliyah decided it was time to go home. Heath stood up and gathered the children's Buckets, spades and towels, before reaching his hand out to help Aaliyah stand up. He pulled her up gently and handed her the bag with Riley's things in.

Heath found it amusing that Aaliyah was struggling to get up the sand dunes in her flip flops "Are you just gonna stand there and laugh at me or are you gonna get down here and help me" Aaliyah spoke in a mock aggressive tone. Heath slid back down the dunes, as he reached her he picked her up and ran up the dunes. Aaliyah let out a squeal, both Riley and Darcy were laughing at them. When at the top Heath gently put the woman back on her feet. "My knight in shining armour" Aaliyah giggled before kissing Heath on the cheek. Both Riley and Darcy said Yuk.

Unbeknown to them, someone was lurking in the shadows and had seen the whole thing. Johnny!

Johnny recognized Heath from the night he had brought Riley back to Aaliyah's place. As he watched Heath and Aaliyah together he felt his blood boil. He now realized exactly why Aaliyah had rejected him that night. His first instinct was to follow them.

As Heath pulled up outside Aaliyah's house, he remembered Aaliyah saying there was a favour she needed to ask him "So what's this favour?" Heath asked getting out of his Ute. Aaliyah was helping Riley undo his seat belt. "Er…I think my sink is blocked would you mind checking it for me? Aaliyah smiled cheekily.

Heath nodded "Yeah no problem" he replied following Aaliyah into the house. He headed straight to the sink, the tools he needed were already under there in a black tool box. Before getting under the sink he took his shirt off. Aaliyah threw him a confused look. "I don't wanna get it wet" he smiled as he bent down under the sink starting work on it. Aaliyah poured Riley and Darcy a drink and took it into Riley's bedroom with some cookies, before checking her phone. She was a little disappointed she didn't have a message from Casey.

"Hey can you just help me with this?" Heath yelled he was struggling with the U-bend. Aaliyah knelt beside him to help, as Heath turned the pipe a gush of water spurted out absolutely saturating Aaliyah. She let out a squeal as the cold water hit her torso. "You Idiot" she giggled as she rushed into the bedroom, she took off her wet clothes and replaced them with a Kimono. Before she had time to fasten it she heard an urgent knock at the door. Heath answered it wearing just his shorts. Aaliyah came rushing into the lounge to see who was at the door. To her horror it was Johnny, as he watched Aaliyah coming out of the bedroom fastening her Kimono and Heath stood in front of him wearing nothing but shorts, Johnny saw red. He grabbed Heath and punched him clean in the face before forcing him against the wall, punching him again and again. "No, Johnny get off him" Aaliyah yelled as she tried to pull Johnny off Heath. Johnny didn't back down "Johnny, let him go, stop it, it's not what you think!" Aaliyah shrieked.

All the commotion had brought Darcy and Riley into the lounge "Daddy, stop" Riley cried in horror. Riley's voice made Johnny stop immediately. As he moved away, Aaliyah rushed to Heath's side. "You've been seeing him haven't you?" Johnny spat.

Aaliyah shook her head "No" she replied bluntly. "But what was all that at the beach, I saw you kiss him" Johnny's tone had softened a little. "Yeah, a kiss on the cheek, it was a joke" Aaliyah explained in an annoyed tone. Johnny just stormed off.

Aaliyah helped Heath to the kitchen; she took some peas out of the freezer and put them on his head. "I'm so sorry" she apologized. "Hey it not your fault" Heath replied wincing at the coldness of the peas on his cuts. "Sorry" Aaliyah felt terrible, it was her fault Heath was in pain.

Later that night, when Riley was asleep and Heath and Brax were out, Casey went round to see Aaliyah. "So I saw what Johnny did to Heath" He said as he walked into the kitchen. "I know I feel terrible" Aaliyah replied as she walked towards Casey. "Hope Heath's not too mad about it?"

"Nah, he said he would have done the same if it was his wife" Casey smiled "What exactly did happen to make Johnny think there was something going on"

"Well, I asked Heath to fix my sink; he took his shirt off before starting the job" Aaliyah smiled as Casey's eyebrows raised "Then I went to help and the pipe squirted out a load of water. I went to get changed and that's when Johnny arrived" Aaliyah explained.

"And that's it?" Casey snapped. Aaliyah noticed the tone in Casey's voice. "Oh my god Casey Braxton, you're jealous" Aaliyah teased. Casey shook his head "No…I ju…" Casey tried. Aaliyah raised her eyebrows. "Ok, yeah maybe just a little bit, I mean come on look at you" he said putting his arms around her waist and pulling her closer to him. Aaliyah smiled "Well you know its abit hard to look at me properly with all these clothes on" Aaliyah spoke seductively. She pulled Casey into a kiss. "Really, well we'd better fix that" he said between kisses undoing the buttons on her shirt, before finally picking her up and carrying her into the bedroom.

Aaliyah woke up to the sound of loud knocking; she looked at the clock which read 7.49am before hurrying to the door. Casey had already left the house the night before, so not to raise suspicion.

As Aaliyah opened the door she was shocked to see the figure stood in front of her. "Oh my god Scotty" she screeched throwing her arms around him. "What are you doing here" she exclaimed finally letting him loose to breath. "Can I come in first" Scotty nodded towards the lounge. "Yeah, of course"Aaliyah stepped aside to let the man in. "Can I get you a drink or something?" she asked finally remembering her manners. Scotty shook his head "No I'm good ta"

"Please sit down" Aaliyah said pointing towards the sofa. Scotty sat on the sofa and Aaliyah sat next to him. "So what are you doing here" Aaliyah was curious to now why this friendly face had returned. "Johnny said I had to look out for you" Scotty started to explain "He told me about Dylan, and said I had to come and stay with you for a few days" Aaliyah responded with a nod. Before she had chance to reply she was interrupted by the voice of a very excited child "Uncle Scotty" Riley cried as he ran straight into Scotty's arms. "Hey buddy, let me look at you" Scott pulled Riley away to get a better look at him. "Wow you've grown so much since I last saw you" Riley grinned proudly "I've been eating my veggies". Scott and Aaliyah both laughed at the little boy's outburst.

Scott was Johnny's oldest and closest friend. They had been mates since primary school and did everything together. Scott wasn't just Johnny's best friend; he was his second in command and had shared some of Johnny best and worst moments. Johnny trusted him with his life and because of this Aaliyah also trusted him with hers. Which is why Aaliyah didn't think it was strange that Johnny had sent him.

After they had all eaten breakfast Aaliyah decided to take Scott for a tour of the bay, finishing on the beach. They sat and watched Riley playing in the sand, "So, do you think you and Johnny will get back together" Scott asked very boldly.

"I don't think so. Don't get me wrong, I still have feelings for him I always will, he's Riley's father. But I just don't love him like that anymore. Perhaps I've just grown up I don't know" Aaliyah replied picking up sand and letting it filter through her fingers. "Oh Ali, that sucks. I now he still really loves you"

"I know and that what makes it so hard" Aaliyah added finally before getting up.

Aaliyah loved having Scott to talk to. It was great catching up with him after all this time.

Heath had offered to have Riley for the night so the pair could go for a pizza at Angelo's. As Aaliyah walked towards the bar she saw Scott talking to Brax (Aaliyah had introduced Scott to the Braxton's a couple of hours before, and not surprisingly they all got on like a house on fire.) Scott turned to greet the woman, as he did he couldn't help but grin to himself "You look nice". Aaliyah smiled "Thank-you, have you ordered any drinks" she asked sitting on the bar stool beside him. Scott smirked handing her a glass of red wine. "You remembered" Aaliyah was shocked that after all this time Scott had remembered what Aaliyah liked to drink. Mind you, Scott was like the big brother she never had. He knew everything about her and vice versa. "Listen do you wanna grab a table" he asked stepping down from the stool. Before Aaliyah had chance to reply Scott's phone rang, after a few words Scott hung up and turned to Aaliyah. "Johnny wants us to meet him, he said it's important" he told her. Aaliyah was now stood up ready to go.

As Scott pulled up on a road beside Reefton Lakes, Aaliyah noticed a change in him. He seemed nervous and edgy. "You ok?" she asked touching his arm. Scott pulled it away "We should go and find Johnny?" he replied as he quickly got out of the car. The pair walked slowly up the road "Johnny told me about Dylan threatening you the other night; you must have been relieved when that Casey kid turned up?" Scott said breaking the silence. "Yeah, it was pretty scary. Casey couldn't have come at…a…better…time" something dawned on Aaliyah as she said the last few words "Hang on, who did you say told you?" Aaliyah knew something wasn't right "Johnny" Scott responded quickly. It suddenly dawned on Aaliyah "Hang on, Johnny doesn't now what happened with Dylan, I didn't go into detail" Scott's face dropped when he realised he had just dropped himself in it. Aaliyah just stopped dead "Why am I really here?" Aaliyah exclaimed, tears filling her eyes. Her fears were confirmed when she heard the voice behind her "Hello princess".

Aaliyah spun round quickly to see Dylan and 3 other guys stood there holding bats. The realization hit Aaliyah like a brick; she now knew that Scott had betrayed her and Johnny. Scott had brought her to Dylan knowing fine well what Dylan was going to do to her.

Before Aaliyah had chance to respond, Dylan lifted up the bat and WHACK. Everything went black.

Well I'm slightly happier with this chapter. I hope you like it. Please R & R. It's really nice to hear what you think x x

Coming up-

Who finds Aaliyah? And have they found her in time?

Casey struggles to keep his emotions inside as he watches Aaliyah fight for her life?

Johnny is back for revenge on Dylan and his gang, and this time he is more dangerous and deadly than ever!