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Chapter 19
Christmas and New Year's was well and truly out of the way for the Braxton household, when Charlie had woken up a little later then usually and headed downstairs to greet the rest of the family who were stilling in the kitchen having breakfast.
Brax: Good Morning Mrs Braxton
Charlie: Morning Babe, I will never get sick of you saying that too I and you have been doing it for 10 years already.
Brax: I know Babe. Kids hurry up finish eating I need to drop you two off with Uncle Heath for the day.
Alexis: But daddy, I don't want to go to Uncle Heath's; I want to go with you and mummy.
Brax: I don't want to argue with you this morning little miss. Now go upstairs and get yourself dressed since you're a big girl like you keep telling us all.
Lucas had managed to get dressed and organised before he came down for breakfast so he was allow to watch 10 minutes of TV before they had to leave. Lucas liked spending time with his Uncle Heath; he admired him even though that annoyed his mum quite often. Alexis had finally managed to get herself dressed and joined Lucas in the lounge room, when Brax shortly followed carrying Emily in his arms.
Brax: Babe, I'll be back shortly to pick you up just taking the kids now.
Charlie: Alright Mr Braxton. I love you.
Brax: Alright Kids… Let's go get in the car.
Lucas ran out and jumped into the car, and while Alexis kept trying to protest about going to her Uncle's for the day, Brax put Emily into the car.
Brax: Alexis Charlie Braxton, get into the car now otherwise you will not be allowed to go to the beach tomorrow.
Alexis: But Daddy…
Brax: No buts. This is your last warning.
Alexis jumped into the car as quickly as possible; she didn't want to have to stay at home with a babysitter tomorrow while the rest of the family went to the beach to celebrate her birthday. She had been looking forward to her birthday for months now. Brax had finally dropped Lucas and Alexis off with Heath, and had informed Heath that if Alexis is naughty while she is there he has to tell him, so he could arrange a babysitter to stay at home with her tomorrow while the rest of them went to the beach. Brax then continue on to Ruby and Casey's place to drop Emily off there for a few hours so Brax and Charlie could go to the hospital in peace for her final check-up and ultrasound of their baby.
Brax arrived back to the house to pick Charlie up to take her up to the hospital, but when he walked in he couldn't find her "Babe, Charlie, Charlie where are you", Brax called out. He headed up the stairs of the house and had a look in all the bedrooms, and when he walked into their bedroom he noticed blood on the ground. Brax ran into their bathroom to find a passed out Charlie lying on the floor. Brax swept her off the ground, and ran downstairs with her in his arms and rushed her off to the hospital, where she was quickly crowed in my doctors who took her off into a room to be examined.
Over at Heath and April's house
Alexis: Uncle Heath!
Heath: Yes Alexis?
Alexis: I want to go home; I don't want to be here.
Heath: Too bad for you isn't it. Now either go outside and play or sit down and colour in.
April walked in and overheard Heath and Alexis's talk, and just shook her head. April was due a month after Charlie was and she was heavily pregnant at the present time and really didn't have the patience to deal with the kids at the moment, but she knew that she needed to help Charlie and Brax out after everything they helped her through.
April: Heath, don't be so mean to her. Everyone has been through a lot lately. Come on Alexis let's sit down and do some arts and craft and you can show me how good you are.
Heath: Yeah ok April.
Heath walked outside to kick the footy around with Lucas, but he really needed his brothers here to talk about everything that had been happening. He couldn't be with April, she was too much for him to handle, and he knew Bianca would be angry with him if he left her. Heath wasn't happy, and hadn't been for a while now he just wanted to go back to his bachelor life. However he wanted to be a father to this baby, unlike the father he was to his first born Darcy.
Lucas: Uncle Heath, when will I get to hang out with Darcy again? I miss playing footy with her.
Heath: Darce will be coming along to Alexis's birthday party tomorrow mate.
Lucas: She hasn't been around for a while now.
Heath: Yeah I know. I miss her too mate.
Over at Ruby and Casey's place
Ruby walked out of the nursery, and over to her fiancé Casey where she put her arms around him and pulled him for a romantic kiss.
Ruby: Finally got Emily and Cody down for a nap, now we can have our time for a little bit.
Casey: Mm… and what do you have in mine angel?
In the background the phone starts to ring
Ruby: Hold that thought, let me get the phone.
Ruby walked over and answer the phone and there was a distressed Brax at the other end of the line, "Brax, Calm down I can't understand what you're saying", Ruby was saying into the phone. All of a Sudden Casey noticed the colour change in Ruby's face "Ok we will be right there, let me see if Heath can take Emily and Cody first". With that Ruby hung up the phone and turned around to Casey "We need to go to the hospital, it's Charlie".
