Brax was surprised by the amount of people who had turned up for the man's only night, granted quite a few of them were River boys. But there was also a lot of locals Sid, John and Alf to name a few, were there 'supporting their local business' obviously. Not to mention Aden and Casey who used the excuse they were supporting Aaliyah, and of course heath who had quite openly admitted to wanting to have a good time.

Aaliyah was a little nervous about tonight; she desperately wanted it to be a success. Brax had done so much for her in the past and she knew he would never except money from her so doing this for him was the next best way to pay him back.

Bianca and Irene offered to have Kyle and Riley for the night, Liam had agreed to work. As Aaliyah was getting the stage ready she was shocked when one of the girls came running out of the dressing room "Ali we have a problem, Kelsey has pulled out and without her we have no-one to lead" the girl explained.

"Can't one of you lead" Aaliyah wondered, the girl shook her head.

"None of us have led before" the girl exclaimed, Aaliyah frowned.

"Francine you have being doing this longer then I have, surely you could lead, just for tonight" Francine looked at the floor.

"I can't, and Kylie and Sophia say if there is no-one to lead they are not doing it" Francine explained.

"What's going on?" Brax noticed the worried look on Aaliyah's face.

"Nothing its fine, come on" Aaliyah said to Francine as she led her back inside the office. Brax looked a little confused, Aaliyah came back to talk to him.

"One of the girls have pulled out" Brax's eyes widened "But don't worry I have someone to fill in"

"Who?" Brax wondered.

"Me" Aaliyah replied with a smile, Brax just stared he couldn't believe Aaliyah was doing this. Before he had chance to say anything in response Aaliyah turned on her heels and disappeared back into the office. Brax made his way over to the bar where Heath, Aden and Casey were stood.

"Is there a problem?" Heath asked.

"Nah not now. One of the dancers has pulled out so Ali's stepping in" Brax said, Casey choked on his drink.

"She's what" he cried, Brax and heath both grinned at eachother.

"Hey its ok mate, Aaliyah knows her way around a pole pretty well. I'm sure she'll be fine" Aden teased as he watched the stage curiously. Heath and Casey did the same. Brax went up and introduced the girls. He turned on the music which was Blues Brothers- Peter Gunn's theme.

All four girls came out wearing Black ¾ Mac's and black platform sandals. They had there hair in loose buns and were wearing trilbies and sunglasses. Casey was blown away as Aaliyah approached him; she put her hat on his head and started to undo her mac before turning and walking back on stage. The four girls joined eachother and removed their mac's revealing the corset and panties they were wearing, Aaliyah's were black and red. All the men cheered as the girls continued with their act.

"I knew I was missing out on something" Brax joked as he watched Aaliyah do her raunchy dance.

"Watch it Braxton" Casey grinned as he too watched his beautiful girlfriend.

Angelo's was filled with loud cheers as the girls finished and went to get changed.

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As Aaliyah came out of the office she was shocked to feel two arms around her waist she let out a squeal "You looked beautiful" Casey said as he turned Aaliyah round to face him.

"You're not angry with me?" Aaliyah wondered as she reached her arms around Casey's neck.

"Nah, you looked awesome out there, besides it was only a one off right?" He asked cautiously.

"Well actually I was thinking I might…" Aaliyah grinned as she watched Casey's face drop "Relax I'm kidding" Aaliyah was only winding him up.

"Well if you did feel like doing it again, I'm sure we could get a pole fitted somewhere at home" Casey smiled. Aaliyah hit his are playfully, Casey laughed and moved forwards for a kiss.

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After her successful evening at Angelo's and all the recent drama, Aaliyah was pleased to get back into her day-to-day routine. She dropped Riley off at school and then headed home to get on with some housework. Kyle was asleep for most of the morning so Aaliyah managed to do all her jobs, she decided she would treat herself to some lunch at the diner. As she walked along the beach with Kyle in his pram she heard her phone ringing, she took it out of her bag and answered it "Hello" she listened for a reply.

"Oh Hello Mrs Jenkins is everything ok?" Aaliyah asked curiously. The woman asked her to go into school; there was something they needed to talk about. Aaliyah was a little worried by Mrs Jenkins request. She quickly made her way back home, got in the car and headed to Riley's school.

Riley was already sat in the head mistresses office when Aaliyah got there "Hey baby" Aaliyah said as she hugged Riley "What's the problem" she asked curiously. Aaliyah noticed another teacher had joined them it was Miss Poole; she was Riley's class teacher.

"Sit down Mrs Cooper" Mrs Jenkins said pointing to an empty chair next to Riley "There is something Miss Poole and I need to discuss with you, its about Riley" Riley put his head down as Mrs Jenkins explained why they had called Aaliyah in.

"Is he in trouble?" Aaliyah wondered.

"No, No of course not. It's nothing like that" Miss Poole reassured her "The thing is when Riley got changed for P.E today we noticed some bruising on his back and then on his leg"

Aaliyah's eyes widened she had seen the bruises on his back but not on his leg "Where on his leg, Riley show me baby" Aaliyah said as she watched Riley lift his shorts to reveal his bruises. "Oh my god, how did you do that?" Aaliyah cried. Riley just shrugged.

"That's exactly what he did when we asked him" Mrs Jenkins had now started to talk.

"I appreciate you bringing them to my attention but I don't understand why you couldn't tell me after school" Aaliyah had an idea what was coming next.

"Well, we wondered if anything had happened at home lately." Miss Poole saw the change in Aaliyah immediately "We understand Riley has a new baby brother and we know how inquisitive children can be…"

"Hang on are you accusing me of doing this" Aaliyah was furious.

"No Mrs Cooper, but Riley did inform us of the recent changes to your living arrangements" Miss Poole added. Aaliyah was even more furious at this woman's suggestion.

"Are you saying Casey did this?" She spat angrily. None of the women spoke "I don't believe this, Casey would never, ever harm Riley" Aaliyah was now standing.

"I'm sorry Mrs Cooper we had to ask what with him being a Brax…" Mrs Jenkins tried to calm Aaliyah down but she just made it worse.

"A BRAXTON, how dare you. Do you honestly think if I didn't trust Casey I would allow him anywhere near my children" Aaliyah couldn't hear anymore she quickly grabbed Riley's hand and led him out of the office.

"Mrs Cooper you can't just take him out of school" Mrs Jenkins called after her.

Who can't, besides I think he looks a little peaky" Aaliyah stormed out of the school and opened the car door for Riley to get in. She climbed into the drivers seat and turned on the engine before turning to face Riley "Look sweetie I'm going to ask you this once and I want you to tell me the truth" Aaliyah said softly "Did Casey do this to you?" Riley shook his head.

"No mum, they were just being stupid. I don't see what the problem is they don't even hurt" Riley replied, his comment had sent alarm bells ringing in Aaliyah's head. She started the car and drove, but she didn't go straight home her first stop was the hospital. Aaliyah opened the door for Riley to get out and then unstrapped Kyle from his seat.

Aaliyah took a deep breath as she waited in the hospital waiting room for a doctor to see them.

Please let me know what you think.

A few people have mentioned to me about the new storyline between Casey and Henri, and I have to admit it is starting to freak me out a little now lol. Anyways please R & R much love Nikki x x

Coming up-

Riley goes for tests, what are the results?

Aaliyah does a test of her own, what is it and what are the results?

Liam and Bianca finally agree on a name for their daughter.

Coming soon-

Aaliyah and Casey's relationship is tested!

Aaliyah pays Johnny a visit!

Who is there to comfort Aaliyah when her world comes crashing down around her?

(And just a clue, it isn't who you would expect) I would be interested to hear who you think it is. And just as an incentive to review. Whoever reviews will get a sneak peek of the next chapter!