RICKY'S POV:
It was now a month later, and I was approaching the 6-and-a-half-months of pregnancy stage. Making my way through from mine and Brax's bedroom that morning, the post came through the door and dropped onto the floor. As I was about to bend down to pick it up, Casey hurried over and picked it up, handing it to me as he stood up straight…
"Thank you, birthday boy" I replied, ruffling his hair
He smiled at me warmly… "I'm 6"
I chuckled and followed him into the kitchen where he was sat eating the breakfast of pancakes that Brax had made to his request… "Yes you are"
"When do I get to open my presents?" he questioned
"Who says you've got any?" Brax inquired
"I've got presents, haven't I?" he asked, looking at me worriedly
"Of course you have" I informed him "Brax is just being silly!"
Casey shook his head and continued to eat. Placing the post onto the side, I walked over to Brax and kissed him softly… "Morning"
"Morning, anything good in that lot?" he asked, motioning to the post on the side
"I haven't checked" I replied, moving over to the fridge to organise myself a juice
Turning back as I put the juice back into the fridge, I saw that Brax had opened a letter and was reading it intently…
"Brax?" I questioned
"We've got a court date" he informed me
"What?" I inquired
"We've got a court date" he spoke again "the 10th June"
"That's two weeks away" I replied
"Yeah" he sighed "we're prepared though"
"Are we?" I asked "we can't have anything going wrong, Brax. This needs to work"
"Come here" he stated, motioning for me to move over to him which I did, his arms wrapping around me tightly "listen to me, you've got to stay calm. I'm going to phone our solicitor when I've taken Case to school and see what he says and we'll take it from there, okay?"
"Okay" I replied, nodding my head in agreement
"Why do I have to go to school on my birthday?" Casey questioned as Brax moved forwards to kiss me
"It's the law unfortunately; mate" I informed him "you done?"
"Yep" he replied
"Go and get yourself sorted then" I stated, clearing his plate away as he did as I said and made his way into the bedroom
BRAX'S POV:
"So you think we're prepared, yeah?" I asked our solicitor as I walked up the driveway to the house
"As prepared as we can be, Mr. Braxton" he informed me "what I'll do is I'll schedule us another meeting for a week's time so we can go over everything once again, and add any last minute details. How's that?"
"That's great" I replied as I walked into the house
"Okay" he stated "shall we say 3rd June? 2pm?"
Dropping my keys onto the table, I walked into the kitchen and looked at the calendar… "Suits me fine"
"Great, I'll see you then" he replied "take care, Mr. Braxton"
Hanging up the phone, I placed it on the side as Ricky walked out of the bedroom, washing basket in hand…
"Was that our solicitor?" she questioned
"Yeah, we've got an appointment with him on Tuesday" I informed her "just to go over everything and to see if there's anything else we can or do need to add"
"Okay" she replied "now you're back, you need to go out again"
"What? Why?" I inquired, raising an eyebrow at her
"Because, if you hadn't forgotten, your youngest brother's having a birthday party tonight and there's things that need to be done" she informed me "so your list is on there, off you go"
"You expect me to get all this done in a matter of hours?" I asked
"You've referred to yourself as Superman, or rather Super Brax before, I have faith" she replied, smirking at me as I glared at her
"I thought we said we weren't going to speak about that again?" I questioned
"The time called for it" she admitted "but now you're just wasting time. Can you please go?"
Nodding my head, signalling yes, I picked up my car keys again and moved over to her, kissing her softly…
Next chapter is Casey's birthday party. I wonder if there'll be any dramas…?