BRAX'S POV:

"Mum, what're you doing here?"

"Are you not going to invite your mother in?" she asked, completely ignoring my question

"When you tell me what you're doing here, yeah" I informed her, standing up and moving to the front door

"Her brother's been in touch, told me where you were" she replied "now can I come in?"

I glanced at Ricky… "No, no you can't"

"What?" she inquired

"I said no" I informed her "you can't just turn up here after more than a year of no contact whatsoever and expect everything to be hunky dory"

"I don't expect that" she admitted "I just want to see my boys"

"Well you've seen me, Casey's asleep, and Heath's at the movies" I replied

"Can I see them tomorrow then?" she questioned

"Maybe. But I think it'd be best if you and I met up first and had a chat, don't you?" I suggested

She stayed silent for a minute or two and then nodded her head, signalling yes… "Where shall we meet?"

"The diner" I informed her "it's a ten-minute walk from here"

"I'll find it" she assured me

I nodded my head… "I'll see you then"

"See you then" she mirrored

Ricky shut the door on her as she turned and walked away and turned to me… "Brax?"

"I just need some time on my own" I admitted, making my way into our bedroom

RICKY'S POV:

A little while later after checking in on Casey, seeing he was fast asleep, I shut his door and walked to mine and Brax's bedroom, shutting the door behind me…

"Hey" I greeted him, breaking the silence

"Hey" he mirrored

"How you doing?" I questioned

"For the first time in a long time, my head's a mess" he admitted "her being back, it's thrown me"

I sighed and sat down on the end of the bed next to him, resting my head on his arm… "What do you think she's doing here?"

He shrugged his shoulders… "I guess I'll find out tomorrow"

"Do you want me to be with you when you talk to her?" I inquired

"You've got enough on your plate without my Mum adding to your dramas" he replied

"But I love you, so if you want me to be there, I will be" I informed him

He turned his head to me and smiled at me warmly, leaning forwards to gently capture my lips with his… "You have no idea how much I love you, do you?"

"At this moment in time or in general?" I questioned

"At this moment in time" he replied

"I'm getting the picture" I admitted, pursing my lips together as I watched his eyes darken "Brax…"

Cupping my cheek with his hand, he pressed his lips to mine again, gently moving us further up the bed till my head was resting against the pillows, his body on top of mine…

BRAX'S POV:

I pushed the hair out of Ricky's face as I pushed myself into her, her hands sliding up from my lower back to my shoulder blades. Kissing her softly, I moved my hands down her body, her back arching as I allowed my hands to run over her bare chest and to her waist, lifting her legs higher, sliding deeper into her. We watched each other intently, our eyes never leaving each other's, a smile appearing on my face as I felt one of her hands come up to wrap around my neck, her fingers running through my hair…

"I love you" I breathed against her lips as I felt my orgasm drawing closer

"I love you too" she mirrored, her movements to meet my hips stopping, the fingers that were running through my hair pressing hard against my scalp, her eyes squeezing shut as her orgasm ran through her

Watching her come was the undoing of me and I let my body collapse against hers, my lips pressing soft kisses to her bare flesh…

Think Brax and Ricky both needed a bit of comfort what with everything that's going on in their lives right now, don't you? And what's Cheryl doing back in the picture? More drama on the way…