Sorry, short chapter, but I wanted to leave you all on a bit of a cliffhanger haha ;)
Anywho's we've been hearing about Brax and Charlie a lot in the past couple of chapters, so I thought I'd through in a bit of Ruby and Casey as well. Thanks again to everyone who reads and reviews, seriously love reading your theories and comments =)

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Chapter 13

Ruby's point of view

Casey and I had become closer and he was actually a really nice guy. We had been doing our English assignment at my place the past couple of afternoons due to Casey trying to move and settle in to his new house over the past week. "So I was thinking maybe I could come over this afternoon and we could continue that assignment yeah?" I suggested as I sat down next to him in history.

"Umm…why don't I come over to yours? Its just that…my Internet isn't running yet" He nodded as he looked at me apprehensively.

"Umm yeah sure. Just come over after school" I smiled back. School was soon finished and I was at home setting up some space so we could work on our assignment.

"Knock, Knock" Casey was standing at my front door smiling.

"Oh hey" I greeted back as he walked in and we both sat down on the sofa. "So I was thinking we could continue getting quotes from this poem and connecting them to the topic?" I suggested, handing him the poetry book.

"Yeah…actually I worked on a few last night at home" He gave me his note book and I had a bit of a read of them.

"Why don't we ever work at your house?" I asked curiously, grabbing a carrot stick from the plate of snacks I put on the coffee table. He just looked at me. "Casey?"

"Oh um…like I said my internet is down" He looked down at the book.

"Casey I'm not stupid…does it have anything to do with your brothers?" I continued. He sighed before looking at me.

"Its just Heath…with you being the sister of a cop he'll just pick on me and I just wish Brax hadn't have let him move in with us" Casey sighed. "Heath and Brax…they are independent and I can rely on them, but Heath is just so stupid sometimes" Casey continued. "I know you've only ever heard bad things about them and the river boys and their influence, but growing up with them, I suppose I'm just use to it" He tried to give me a smile.

"Well…why do you still hang out with them if they are such bad influences?" I asked, still confused.

"They are my family Ruby…they raised me and its all I've ever known. Brax doesn't want me to turn out like him and Heath and I know that" He nodded. I smiled before taking his hand in mine.

"Casey, if you let the right people into your life, you can have a life away from the River Boys" I looked into his hazel, grey eyes.

"Yeah…I know" He smiled, putting his face closer to mine, slowly kissing my lips. After a while of gentle kissing, we found ourselves now on the couch making out passionately. "Wait…wait Ruby" He pulled away as he was leant over me. "Is this what you really want? To get wrapped up with a river Boy?" He asked, looking at me sadly.

"Casey, this is what I want…and you are no where near a river boy…you're too sweet for that" I giggled before reaching up and pulling him into a kiss.

"What the hell is going on here?" A loud voice broke us away from each other. We sat up only to find Charlie standing at the front door, fuming.