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Chapter Fifteen

-Two Months Later-

Brax's P.O.V.
I hadn't been so involved with Casey since Charlie came into my life. I didn't really question him about where he went and what he did, unlike what I use to do. He kept saying he was with Ruby, so obviously I was fine with it. Charlie and my relationship started off a little bumpy, but it's now sailing smoothly. So far, Ruby and Casey have kept their promises, and it's only us who know about Charlie and me. Lately, Leah and VJ have been spending their time with Miles in the city, so it was practically just Charlie and I in the house. Ruby and Casey always spent their time together back at my place. Heath was constantly going to and from the coast with the boys.

Casey's P.O.V.
Tick, tock, tick, tock, went the clock. I was waiting for it to hit three o'clock so that I could get out of school and enjoy the waves. I thought I heard the teacher calling my name, but as soon as I looked up, he was continuing on with what he was saying before. I hated it at school. I always got the worst marks in the class, and as much as the teachers tried to help me, I still didn't understand anything. The only reason I was in here was because of Brax.
"Just keep your head down and study," he always said to me.
It sounded awfully fake coming from him. He obviously did well in school. I heard the teacher call on me again. I looked up, and he was looking directly at me.
"Yeah?" I said. Like always, the class laughed.
"What's the answer?" he asked, pointing at the question on the board.
The board read, If (56ab*76bc+9+abc) + 12bc = (64c-132+69a), find a, b and c.
Are you kidding me? Since when did letters get involved with maths? Maths was only suppose to have numbers with one plus one and stuff. How smart does he think I am? This is a Dex levelled question, not me.
"Casey, the answer?" the teacher repeated.
"I have no idea," I answered.
"Well maybe you should've been paying attention instead of daydreaming."
"Well maybe you shouldn't waste time asking me questions when April there has had her hand up the whole time," I retorted.
"Don't speak to me like that," the teacher demanded.
Who the heck did he think he was, I thought. "It's a free world, I can do and say whatever I want."
"Stop disrupting the class. You can either stay here or visit Mrs Palmer."
I had had enough of this class. I shook the desk as I got up, and stormed out of the class. Instead of visiting Mrs Palmer, I dropped my bag off at home and grabbed my surfboard.

Ruby's P.O.V.
I waited outside Casey's locker afterschool. Ten minutes had already passed, and he still wasn't out of class. I went to his classroom, and April was the only one there.
"Hey Rubes, what's up?" she greeted.
"Hey April! Uh... Nothing really... Have you seen Case around?" I asked.
"Um no, sorry. Not since earlier in the afternoon," she answered.
"Earlier in the afternoon? I thought he was in your class?"
"He is, but he went to the principal's office."
Was she serious? What had Casey done this time? "What happened?" I asked.
"He had a go at the teacher," she told me.
"What the heck? Was that it? Talk about overreacting..."
"No Ruby, he wasn't sent to it. The teacher gave him the option of staying or leaving."
"Oh... Well surely Mrs Palmer didn't keep him for that long... I'll go and give him a call. Thanks April."

Casey's P.O.V.
Once I got out of the water, my phone was ringing. "Rubes?" I said.
"Hey Case, where are you? We were suppose to meet up afterschool."
"Oh yeah... Um, sorry about that. We can catch up now if you'd like?"
"Yeah, of course. How about the diner in five?"
"Yup, see ya babe."
Hopefully she didn't know about what happened earlier. I didn't want her worried or anything.

Ruby's P.O.V.
Casey was already at the diner when I arrived. I ordered before pulling up the chair opposite him.
"So how was school?" I asked.
"Eh... Same old, same old, ya know?" he replied.
"Oh really? So you always get sent to Mrs Palmer's office?"
He let out a huge sigh. "Who told you?" he asked without denying anything.
"It doesn't matter who told me," I said.
"Oh god, it was April wasn't it? Ugh."
"What happened?" I asked, hoping he would be straight with me.
"I was just having a bad day okay? Let's forget this ever happened."
"Yeah, fine, whatever, but make sure you let me know if this happens again," I told him.
"It won't, trust me."
"Good, now can we get out of here? It's getting awfully stuffy."
"Well I just came out of the surf..."
"No, what I meant was, let's get out of Summer Bay," I said.
"Are you serious? What about school Ruby? There's family too."
"School? Are you serious? I wasn't the one acting up today."
Casey shot me a dirty look. I apologised. "Besides, this will give us space from everyone else, and it'll let us cool off," I continued.
"What are we going to tell Brax and Charlie? Brax would kill me for wagging. You know what he says about school."
"Who says they have to know?" I said cheekily.
"But the school will get into contact with them?"
"Fine, we'll see what they say, but either way, we're going."

Brax's P.O.V.
I was sitting at the dining table, waiting for Casey to come home. I had just received a call from the principal, saying he didn't go to her office when he should've. I asked what happened, but all she said was I had to hear it from him. I called his phone, but he didn't pick up. I called Ruby, and neither did she. Finally, I saw his shadows reflecting off the windows.
"Sit down here Case," I called to him as soon as he came inside.
"Ugh, what?" he said grumpily.
"Don't sound so annoyed. I got a call from your school today. Why did you misbehave?"
"I wasn't have a good day."
"It still doesn't mean you have to take it out on your teacher. Did everything I say to you about concentrating at school go in one ear and out the other?"
"I'm sorry man, it won't happen again."
I glared at him. "It better not."
"Um Brax?" he said.
"What is it?"
"Can Ruby and I go up the coast from Wednesday to Friday next week?"
Was he being serious? After what I just said to him, he now wants to go on a holiday with his girlfriend. "Absolutely not," I told him.
"Why not?"
"There's school Casey. Besides, Charlie wouldn't want Ruby going either."
"Then what about all the times you've practically forced me to ditch school for a few days to clear my head huh? Well I guess everything's changed because Charlie wouldn't approve aye?" he said angrily and immediately left the house.