Sean and Bradin sat in the hospital waiting room waiting for results on the girls. Someone walked up to them as they peered at the ground. They looked up to find Kaitlin with a brace on her leg and a doctor behind her. Sean got up and hugged her tightly. Kaitlin broke into tears.
"Stacey's gone," she whispered to him as she sobbed.
"What?" he asked pulling away and looking at the doctor.
"Your other friend has died," the doctor said, "She bled to death. I'm sorry, son."
Sean looked at everyone not wanting to believe them. He looked at his best friend as he backed away from her with tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry," Kaitlin said.
Sean ran off. Kaitlin moved to run after him. But, once she stepped, pain shot through her leg. She grabbed her leg tightly. Bradin and the doctor sat her down.
"Stupid me," she said.
"No," Bradin said, "You're not stupid."
"Fuck that!" she yelled. "It's my fault that Stacey is gone and Sean wants to die now that the love of his life has died! if I stayed in New York and ignored you the way I was, this would have never happened!"
"Stop it," Bradin said, "It's not your fault."
Sean sat in his room bawling his eyes out over Stacey's death. He didn't know what else to do. A knock sounded on his door.
"Go away!" he yelled.
"Sweetie, your friends are here to see you," his mom said.
He got up, stormed out of the room, down the stairs, and up to Kaitlin and Bradin.
"It's all your fault!" he yelled to Kaitlin.
She turned to Bradin. "I told you," she said, "It is my fault that her and her baby died."
"Baby?" Sean asked with confusion.
Kaitlin sighed and turned to Sean. "Stacey came over to my house because she had to tell me something. After you left the hospital, the doctor said that she was pregnant."
Sean stared at her in disbelief. "You killed her as well as our child?" he asked.
"She didn't kill them," Bradin said.
"Stop sticking up for her!" Sean screamed, "She can fight her own battles!"
"You're not caring about the only person besides Stacey that has ever cared for you! You don't give a damn that Kaitlin almost died and that she wanted to risk her own life for all of us!"
"Bullshit," Sean said turning to walk away.
"Hey!" Bradin said grabbing his arm. "It's true! You saw what she did! She offered Sarah and Tanner to take her life instead of ours!"
Sean punched Bradin. "Touch me again and I will kill you," he threatened.
Kaitlin reached for her wrist where a bracelet was. She unhooked it and gave it to Sean. "This friendship is over," she said calmly before walking away.
He looked at the bracelet in his hand. He gave it to Kaitlin when they promised to be friends forever. He looked up to find Bradin running after Kaitlin. Sean ran to the open door and watched as the two walked away. He could tell that Kaitlin was really upset. He, then, began to realize what he said to Kaitlin. If he tried to apologize to her, she wouldn't listen. It would take a miracle for her to forgive him.
Bradin sat with his arms around Kaitlin trying to calm her down. They were sitting on a bench in the park alone.
"Don't listen to him, baby," he told her as she sobbed into his shoulder.
"I wish it was me," she sobbed softly.
"Baby," he said, "Don't say that. I don't want that. Your mom won't want that. I know that Stacey won't want it. And, Sean wouldn't either. Even thought he's mad at you for absolutely no reason, he wouldn't want you dead."
"I wish I could believe you," she said pulling away. She turned to him and said, "I don't want to sound rude, but I want to be alone right now."
"It's okay, baby," he said kissing her. "Call me tomorrow. Okay?" She nodded and kissed him back. "I love you," he whispered.
"I love you, too." Bradin got up to leave her alone. "Hey," she said causing him to turn around, "Take care of that eye."
He smiled. "I will, baby." He turned and granted her wish of her being alone.
Kaitlin sat there thinking of everything that Sean said to her. She knew that he was right. It was her fault that Stacey and her unborn child are dead. She thought back to months ago when she thought of herself as a mistake. She wished she never came back to Playa Linda. She should have kept to herself in New York and not tell anyone of what was going on in her life. She screwed everything up. She got up and walked to her house.
"Sweetie," her mother said running up to her and throwing her arms around her, "The police called. I'm so sorry."
Kaitlin slowly placed her arms around her mother and hugged her back. "She was pregnant. Sean hates me."
Her mother pulled away and looked at her. "Why does he hate you?" she asked.
Kaitlin walked over to the couch and sat down. Her mother sat beside her. Kaitlin began to explain what happened hours ago.
"Now, I'm thinking about my decisions in life. Was it right to move back here?" Kaitlin asked looking at her mother with tears in her eyes.
"It was," her mother told her, "You made a good decision about moving back here. Are you still going to Stacey's funeral?"
"Yeah. I'll just avoid Sean," Kaitlin said.
"Do you think that you'll ever talk to him again?"
"I'll probably talk to him in the next lifetime."
"Come on," her mother said standing up, "You should get to bed. You need the rest."
Kaitlin got up and walked to her room with her mother's help. Before her mother left, Kaitlin spoke up.
"Why didn't dad want me?" she asked.
Her mother turned around and looked at her not knowing what to say. "The truth is… I don't know. He wouldn't tell me either. I guess he was scared to raise a child because he thought he wasn't good enough to be a father."
Kaitlin lied her head down on her pillow and closed her eyes. Her mother walked out of the room closing the door behind her.
Her mother could hear Kaitlin begin to cry as she left. She couldn't stand to see her daughter act like this. This is how she acted her entire life. She couldn't help but think that her daughter thought of herself as the biggest mistake in the entire world. She would somehow try to prove to her that she was wrong.
