Hi guys! Huge thanks to everyone who read and reviewed on the last chapter, I love hearing your thoughts on the one-shot as well as your prompts!
Guest 1 - Thank you for your review, glad to hear that you enjoyed that one-shot with Casey and Darcy. I agree, we didn't see much of Darcy with Kyle or Brax and I miss Darcy in the show as well. I have planned to do another set of one-shots, general ones that can be any character, but that will probably be after these Casey ones. I have ideas for both Kyle and Brax with Darcy so keep an eye out for them. Thanks again!
Guest 2 - Thank you for taking the time to review, I appreciate it - glad that you liked that one. Yeah, I can do one with Casey and Kyle as well as one with Casey and Ruby, they will probably in the next few chapters, thanks for the prompts! Like I said to the other guest, I do plan on doing general one-shots for Home and Away which will include ones with Darcy and Brax as well as Darcy and Kyle. Thanks again!
Guest 3 - Thank you for your review, really glad to hear that you enjoyed reading that one-shot. I will be doing one with Casey and Brax anyway so hopefully you will enjoy that one - it will probably be in a few chapters. Thanks for the prompt, I really appreciate it, and yes, all of these one-shots will include Casey and most will include at least one other Braxton. Thanks again!
Thay - Thank you for your review, pleased that you found that one-shot sweet and that you enjoyed reading it. Glad it made you laugh and that you found it funny. Like I said to the other guest, there will definitely be one with Casey and Brax in the following chapters - thanks for the prompt and I hope you like that one when I write it. Thanks again!
Also, thanks to FrankElza and rannisaurus who left a review!
I have also uploaded a one-shot called Kyle Braxton - Without a Voice if anyone wants to read that!
I hope you enjoy this one-shot, please don't forget to review and if you have ideas, feel free to give me a prompt!
Big Brother Casey - this was a prompt given to me by a guest who wanted one with Casey and a Braxton sister
3. Big Brother Casey
"Jess, Case, you're gonna be late!" Brax shouted from the kitchen to his younger siblings who were still in their rooms getting ready for school.
Fourteen year old Jess came into the kitchen first, dressed in her Summer Bay High School uniform shortly followed by fifteen year old Casey who was also in his uniform.
Jess and Casey both grabbed a piece of toast as Brax looked at them sternly.
"What have I told you two? I don't want you to screw this up," Brax said. He wanted them to have the opportunities that he and Heath didn't, he knew that Summer Bay High was their last chance and reminded them of it constantly.
"I know, sorry Brax" Casey said with his mouth full of toast, he sprayed Jess with crumbs as he spoke, causing her to squeal in disgust.
"C'mon then," Brax sighed as he picked up his keys, "I'll give you a lift."
"Stay out of trouble," Brax said as he parked outside the school, letting his brother and sister out.
As Casey and Jess walked into school, where they had been students for less than a week, they saw a group of people gathered closely together, whispering as they walked past. The words they could pick out were 'River Boys' and 'gangs'. Casey and Jess got this a lot as their older brothers were part of, and Brax was the leader of, the River Boys, who had already stirred things up in Summer Bay.
After a morning of English, Maths and Art for Jess and Science, Maths and Music for Casey, they left school together for lunch, just the two of them as they hadn't exactly made any friends at their new school yet. They ate at the Diner, where Colleen dropped a few disapproving comments along with glances at the two of them every few minutes and then Jess and Casey walked along the beach to get back to school. The two of them were discussing their new school, school wasn't exactly a strong point for either of them and as always, they stood out and were already known to the other students and teachers because of their brothers and the River Boys. They were never known for their own characters or personalities, they were always known by others because of their brothers and their reputations.
"Wait," Casey said as he stopped walking to check his pockets, "I think I've left my phone in the Diner."
Jess sighed at her brother and said, "Go get it then, quickly, you know what Brax said about being late."
Casey jogged off back in the direction of the Diner as Jess put her bag down and waited for her brother to come back.
A few minutes later, Jess looked up from her phone because she realised that someone was stood in front of her, their hands in their pockets as they loomed over her, blocking the sunlight.
"Well, well, if it isn't baby Braxton," the voice sneered.
Jess quickly picked up her school bag and walked away until he grabbed her arm, causing her to turn back to face him.
"C'mon don't be like that," Hammer smirked, his tone showing that he was clearly enjoying himself.
"Get off me," she said looking straight at him, her voice sounding stronger than she felt. With everything that was going on with the River Boys and Jake's gang, Brax had told Casey and Jess to stay away from them all, including Hammer, who was Jake's Pirovic's little brother. He didn't want to include them in what was going on, but somehow, like always, they managed to get dragged into it anyway.
Hammer must have noticed Jess looking around to see if Casey was back yet because he commented, "Not so tough now that none of your brothers are about are you?"
Jess realised that he was referring to the encounter last week, when there was a bit of a fight between the River Boys and Jake's gang. It had started when the four Braxtons, along with Brody, Sam, Stu and a couple of other boys, were on the beach, they had all just been for a surf when Heath spotted Hammer with some of the other members of the gang that Jess recognised but didn't know by name.
The two separate gangs were stood facing each other, with Hammer mouthing off. He then turned to the youngest Braxton and commented on how pretty she looked as his eyes looked her up and down, causing Brax and Heath to charge towards him. Heath grabbed him by the shirt, threatening to kill him if he came anyway near his little sister, or so much as looked at her.
The River Boys squared up to some of the rival gang's members, they were also protective of Jess – they had known her since she was a kid and as Brax's little sister, they had a sense of loyalty as well.
Luckily, Mr Stewart turned up at the right time, saying that he would have to call the police if this carried on. Thankfully, Hammer and his shadows turned away, but not before a wink at where Jess was stood with Casey, who had his arm around her protectively.
But now Hammer was right, she was on her own. She had grown up with her three brothers, had gotten close to the River Boys and knew how to defend herself but Hammer was stronger than her.
"I said get off me Hammer," Jess repeated, stalling for time.
"And why would I do that?"
As Hammer smiled to himself, Jess brought up her other hand that he wasn't holding, which was her weaker arm, and attempted to punch him but unfortunately for Jess, Hammer managed to stop her, resulting in him holding both of her arms, leaving the Braxton sister completely trapped and defenceless.
"That wasn't very nice was it?" Hammer said, "Maybe I should teach you a lesson, maybe it'll show those brothers of yours to not mess with us."
Not even a second after those stomach-churning words came out of Hammer's mouth, someone shouted, "Oi!"
Jess sighed in relief at the familiar sound of her brother's voice, his timing couldn't have been better.
"Let go of her!" Casey shouted as he came closer to the pair.
Hammer let go of one of Jess's arms, but kept hold of the other, and turned his attention towards Casey, "Oh look, another one joins us!"
"Get lost Hammer," Casey told him. He glanced over at his younger sister, despite the small age difference, he was really protective of her and they got on really well. Jess gave a small smile, to show that she was okay.
Casey, who was normally quite composed and non-violent, grabbed Hammer by the front of his shirt, just as Heath had done earlier that week.
"I'm not gonna ask you again," Casey said slowly, "Get off my sister and go."
It might have been because of the anger in Casey's eyes or the fact that several surfers were now looking their way, but whatever the reason, Hammer surprisingly let go of Jess's arm.
Hammer walked away from the two and both Casey and Jess were glad to see him go. He turned back to them when he was still in hearing distance and said, "This isn't over!" He then carried on walking and left the beach. Straight away, Casey turned to his little sister.
"You okay Jess?" Casey asked in a concerned tone.
"Yeah I'm fine," she told him as she rubbed her arm where Hammer had held on tightly.
"I'm sorry," Casey apologised, "If I hadn't forgotten my phone, then-"
"Hey," Jess cut him off, "It wasn't your fault. Thanks, y'know, for what you did."
"It's my job isn't it," Casey said as he put his arm around his sister and hugged her to his side, "I'll always look out for you Jess - me, Brax and Heath will, always."
Casey glanced at his phone and said, "We'd better go back to school or we're gonna be late and Brax would kill us!"
As the pair walked back to Summer Bay High, Jess said, "We don't have to tell Brax do we? I mean, him and Heath are just going to make everything worse."
"Okay," Casey agreed reluctantly, "But if Hammer ever does anything, or tries anything, you better tell me!"
"I promise," Jess said.
Casey only said yes because he didn't want Brax and Heath to go deeper into this gang rival thing, that was another reason as to why he was so close to Jess, because their older brothers always wanted to protect the two of them because they were the youngest and as children, Casey and Jess had always got on and Casey had always looked out for Jess, even though there was just a small age gap of over a year. It had always been that way – Casey remembered a particular time where he looked after Jess, even though he was quite young himself.
Six-year- old Casey and five-year- old Jess were playing in the back yard happily, the two of them enjoying the company of their sibling - as the youngest two, they spent a lot of time together and even though they had the occasional disagreement, they got on really well.
Casey went to get some juice from the kitchen for the two of them and when he came back out, he saw Jess on the floor crying. The two bottles of juice in his hand forgotten, he rushed over to his younger sister and he noticed the blood on her knees from where she must have fallen.
"I fell over and it hurts Casey," Jess cried.
Casey remembered the first aid kit in the kitchen; he had seen Brax get it out many times for all of them – Heath, Jess and Casey.
"Wait here," Casey instructed. He couldn't quite reach the cupboard in the kitchen so he got a chair to stand on in order to retrieve the first aid box from the cupboard.
Casey went back outside, with the box in tow. He placed it on the ground beside his sister and opened it up, examining its contents.
He remembered that Brax always used to wipe away the blood, with something that always stung. He got one of the wipes from the box, he didn't know what it said on it as he found reading difficult but he recognised them and knew that he should use them first.
Repeating what Brax always said to him, Casey said to Jess, "It might hurt a little bit, but it's going to make it better."
Jess winced slightly as the wipe came into contact with her injured knee. When he was satisfied that he had got rid of all the blood on both knees, Casey turned to the box again, wondering what to do next.
"Do you want a plaster or a bandage?" Casey asked as he held up the two.
Casey accidentally unravelled the bandages and said, "I think we might have to go with the plaster because this is too long."
"Okay," Jess said, "But can I have the one with the animals on it, not the boring plain one."
"Okay," Casey agreed as he hunted for the animal plasters.
He gently, though a little untidily, placed a plaster on both of her knees.
"There you go," Casey said as he put everything back into the first aid kit, including the roll of bandages that he had messily wrapped up.
"Thanks Case," Jess sniffed, as she wiped the traces of tears on her face.
"Look I'll even put the magic touch on it," Casey said, attempted to cheer his sister up as he lightly tapped both knees.
Jess laughed, "You don't have the magic touch Casey! Brax does!"
"Yeah," Casey said, "But he gave it to me as well. See, your knees are better now aren't they?"
"Yeah they are," Jess said as Casey helped her up.
"Thanks Case, you're the best big brother ever!"
Casey carried the first aid kit back inside as Jess followed, "Really?"
"Yeah but don't tell Brax or Heath, they might get jealous!"
"Okay it'll be our little secret," Casey smiled as he put the first aid kit back into the cupboard and put the chair back.
He was touched at his little sister's words, and even then at that young age, he knew he would always look out for Jess.
As Casey reflected on that memory and as he glanced at his sister who was walking beside him, Casey realised even though it has been nearly ten years since that incident and even though Jess was a teenager, he would still look out for her because he was her older brother and he'd always be there for her, whether it was against Hammer, a scraped knee or just someone to rant to. He would always be her big brother Casey.
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