Hey guys I'm Sammy and here's a new fic you all x

Kyle is going to be the main character but most of the bay will have a part in it.

PLEASE REVIEW - I'm begging you :P (any CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is also appreciated.)

Chapter One

Kyle sighed frustrated as he lifted yet another chair and rested it upside down on the table. He was almost finished for the night but he was in no rush to go home, Josh was at Evie's meaning Billie was the only one home. In all honesty he'd thought about not going home but he knew he had to check on Ricky.

Hearing his text tone go off he pulled out his phone, he wouldn't admit it but a major part of him was disappointed when it wasn't Phoebe. Instead it was Jett, with a frown Kyle wondered how Jett even had his number and even more so, why he had Jett's contact in his phone but his confusion faded when he read the message; "Ricky's upset and John's trying to console her. Marilyn's in the city. Come quick"

Placing the final chair down and grabbing his bag, Kyle rushed out of the restaurant.

Arriving home he heard his nephews cries from the front gate and rushed inside the flat seeing Ricky looking stressed out of her mind, jiggling the baby around in an attempt to soothe him, John suffering a horrid case of word vomit, mostly consisting of "It'll be okay…All new parents…I was exactly the same…Well actually I might not have been…Oh the boy sure does have a good set of lungs…" and Jett standing near the door, mostly in preparation to make a quick escape.

"Hey what's going?" He felt all three pairs of eyes on him and realised that probably wasn't the best thing to say in the situation, so instead of saying anything else he just held his arms out to Ricky who silently passed him the screaming baby.

Once wrapped in his uncle's arm the newborn's cries immediately quieted down to small whimpers before the baby simply stopped and looked up at Kyle.

"Oh my word! How did he manage that?" Came a screech from John, almost as loud as the baby's cries before.

"Cheers John but I think we can handle it from here. Jett, mate thanks for letting me know." Kyle said as he ushered them out the door, Jett nodded and made a quick exit while John followed after him, mumbling something about Kyle being a 'baby whisperer.'

Still holding the baby in his arms Kyle looked at Ricky who just shook her head as her eyes glazed over with tears.

"Hey, Hey. Rick, Ricky it'll be okay" Kyle told her as he laid the boy in his cot and went and sat next to the new mum.

Wrapping his arm around her as Ricky let the tears escape, "Rick, it's okay. You're a new mum and you're doing great. He was probably just crying because of Palmer's yapping."

Ricky laughed lightly at the joke, "Kyle, I'm not sure I can do this."

Kyle looked her directly in the eyes, "Ricky, you are going to be the best mum and this kid is lucky to have such an amazing woman for a mother and he's obviously very privileged to have me as his uncle, not sure about Heath though."

Ricky, "But what about his dad? Kyle, Brax is in prison for twenty years. I'm going to be alone for 20 years. I'm sure I can do it for that long."

"Ricky you can though, but you don't have to because you're not alone. You have me, Ash, Denny, Nate and apparently you have Palmer as well. Ricky, you have all of Summer Bay that are going to support you and you will never be alone in this."

Ricky smiled lightly, her eyes still teary as she allowed Kyle to pull her into a hug.

"I just got notified of it myself Leah," Irene told Leah, "She's 15 almost 16 and she'll be here by 5 o'clock. Lord help me when I tell Chris."

Leah smiled, she'd heard all about Chris's jealously when Maddy stayed for just a couple of nights. "You must be excited though, how long is her placement?"

"At least a year…"

"What's a least a year?" Chris asked as he all put ran toward Leah and Irene, a grin plastered on his face as usual.

"Well a foster child is going to be living with me and you're going to be on your best behaviour or else you'll be dealing with me, you got that? No repeats of when Maddy was with us, all right?"

Irene glared at Chris before heading into the diner's kitchen, without waiting for a response.

Irene smoothed her hair as she sent one last look at Chris, who was standing straight, ready to meet their newest house guest.

Opening her front door she greeted the two females waiting there with a smile and welcomed them in, "I'm Irene Roberts, it's a pleasure to meet you both."

The elder lady, smiled, "Judith Daniels, I believe we spoke over the phone? This young lady here, is Charlotte Humphries."

"Charlotte? Hi I'm Chris, welcome to our home! I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay here with us, it's for year isn't it?" Chris announced as he pushed his way forward to meet the girl.

Irene grimaced, Chris was obviously trying to be nice but as normal, he was going over the top.

The blonde teenager smiled, "Hey uh yeah that's okay right? I don't want to get in anyone's way."

Irene smiled, "Of course not love, shall I show you your room? It's just upstairs."

As the four trooped up the stairs, Irene showed them the bedroom that would hers. "I'll take you out and we can pick up a few things to make it yours."

Charlotte smiled and shook her head, "No, it's lovely. Thank-you for doing this."

"It's no trouble at all darl. We're glad you're here." Judith watched Irene and the teenager interact with a smile, she knew Charlotte's past and from the interaction she was seeing here, Charlotte would be safe and happy during her time with Irene.

"Shall were go downstairs and finalise a few things?" Judith asked.

Downstairs the adults went over a few thing and explained to Charlotte how she could, if needed, get in contact with Judith.

"Yep. I know, I've been in care for most of my life, I understand how it works." Charlotte smiled.

"Alright then, I'll keep in contact and have lovely evening." Judith smiled as she made her way to the door, waving goodbye she left.

"So Charlotte I'm one of the owners of the local diner-"

"and I work there!" Chris announced with a grin, "We; Reenie, Leah and I, oh and Maz – we're the diner girls."

"Christopher! Anyway I was thinking we would go and get dinner there?"

"Sounds great but please, call me CeCe, nobody's called me Charlotte for as long as I can remember."

"Sorry about him love, he can be extremely overwhelming at the best of times."

Cece shook her head, "I like him. He's happy. I love happy people, sometimes in foster care you don't meet enough of them."

Irene smiled, Cece was lovely so far, and she seemed very polite and had a small smile on her face the entire time she'd been there. She seemed different to the teenagers that Irene had fostered before, although why she seemed different, Irene couldn't figure out.

"I'm back, here's your menu madam and yours Irene. Leah's just out the back she'll be over in a minute." Cece giggled softly as Chris gave her a menu and sat down.

"So Cece tell us about yourself?" Chris asked, leaning forward and putting his chin on the palm of his hand.

Cece laughed, "There's not much to say, I'm Charlotte Lucinda Sage Humphries and I'm 15 and I haven't been with a family for over a year for the past 5 years and I've been in foster care since I was like 6."

Chris frowned, "How many different places have you lived?"

Cece shrugged, "I don't know, I gave up counting once I got sent inter-state. I'm from Melbourne originally."

In all honesty Chris felt sorry for the girl, he couldn't imagine growing up without a family, no matter how much he felt pressured by them to be someone he wasn't.

"Well you have a family here with us. And the rest of Summer Bay they're great. Do you like karaoke?"

"Who doesn't like karaoke?" Cece said grinning at the randomness of his question.

Irene sat and sipped her tea, watching the two talk. They got on like a house on fire and by the time Leah came over to take their order, Irene had noticed how Cece seemed like a younger, female version of Chris – perhaps a little tamer though.

"Hey guys what can I get you?" Leah asked.

"May I have a chicken burger please? I'm Cece by the way."

"Leah Patterson, it's lovely to meet you by the way. I'm sure we'll be seeing each other a lot, I'm the youth worker at the high school here." Leah smiled.

"Just a salad wrap for me please Leah."

"Can I get a chicken burger as well? Also another strawberry thick shake please." Chris ordered.

"Coming right up."

"Are you staying tonight?" Evie asked her boyfriend as they lay on the couch watching a movie.

"Ah yeah. Kyle's been weird since he broke up with Pheebs and-"

"So I'm your escape? That's why you stay here? Just to get away from your grumpy housemate?" Evie snapped at him.

"What? No I just meant that I'd rather be here with you? If you don't want me to stay, I can go? It's fine." Josh offered.

"Yep. I think that's for the best, you should leave." Evie told him, standing up and heading towards her room, slamming the door behind her.

Josh frowned, what just happened? He had no idea, "Um okay? I'll go then? See you later, I guess." As he headed out the front door he ran into Oscar who raised an eyebrow at him, Josh just shrugged and left the house confused.

"Uh Hey, you're home?" Josh looked up from the novel he was reading to see Kyle standing in the doorway.

"Yeah, Evie was being weird, told me to go, so I went." Kyle nodded and headed for fridge.

Grabbing a beer he called out to Josh, "You want one?"

"Uh yeah thanks." Josh accepted one of the beers Kyle was offering him.

The two then sat in silence sipping their beers before Josh broke the silence, "How's Ricky?"

Kyle nodded, "She's alright, just stressed I think. I wish I could make it easier for her."

"Sounds like you are, from what I've heard you're a bit of baby whisperer."

Kyle smiled lightly at Josh's comment.

"Have you decided to go and see your mum?" Josh's birthday was last week and Kyle knew that his mother had tried to get in contact.

"She shot me. Unintentionally but she still shot me, I've forgiven her but I've done pretty well without her and I just feel like I'm in a good place right now. I think we're all in a good place, for once." Josh nodded his head along with what he was saying.

Kyle raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.

Josh's eyes widened after realising what he said, "Apart from Brax being jail. I'm sorry, I just blanked for a second there."

Kyle shook his head, "Its fine. Sometimes just for a minute I forget about it as well." Sometimes Kyle did forget that his brother was serving 20 years in prison and that his nephew would grow up without his dad, sometimes Kyle forgot about his break up with Phoebe and expected her to just turn up at the most random times, but she didn't because they wanted different things in life and Kyle knew he needed to move on.