Kylie, Amanda, and Kaitlin sat in Kylie's house getting ready for the dance. Kaitlin was forced by her friends to put on make up to impress Bradin because Kylie and Amanda knew that he liked Kaitlin. The last time that she was forced to do something, as Kaitlin recalled, was racing in the championship for state and getting into an accident. She knew that make-up wouldn't hurt but hated to be forced to wear it. As Kaitlin was putting on eyeliner, Amanda screamed and turned up the radio. Sarai "Ladies" was playing. It was the song that they first danced to years ago at a dance. Kaitlin was lucky that she finished putting the eyeliner on because Kylie grabbed her arm and they began dancing.

Bradin, Mike, and David rang the doorbell to Kylie's house. As they waited, they heard music blasting from above their heads.

"Do you think they're rehearsing for tonight?" David asked.

"Who knows?" Mike asked.

The door finally opened revealing a girl about fourteen. "They're upstairs," she said pointing up some stairs knowing why they were there. The three guys headed up the stairs.

Kaitlin was so into the song that she walked out of the room as it ended and walked right into someone. She turned around quickly and saw that she ran into Bradin.

"I'm sorry," she said.

"No biggy," he said with a smile. "Are you girls ready to go?" he asked.

"Yeah!" they yelled. The guys looked at the girls as if they were scared.

"We're excited. We love dancing," Amanda said.

"We can tell," David said as he and the guys laughed.

As they walked, they all talked and laughed. Mike began to get feelings for Kylie and David began to like Amanda. They got to the dance and waited to get inside. Once they were inside, Kylie dragged Amanda and Kaitlin to the floor. Mike and David followed. Bradin stayed behind and thought.

Kaitlin saw that Amanda and Kylie were dancing with Mike and David and decided to wait for the dancing. She walked off of the floor and looked for Bradin. She found him leaning against a wall staring at the floor. She smiled and walked up to him. He looked up at her and smiled.

"Dance with me," she said.

"No," he said shaking his head.

"That wasn't a question," she said as she pulled him onto the dance floor. He laughed at himself as they stopped. "Come on," she begged, "Please?"

Bradin laughed once again as she stuck her bottom lip out and pouted. "You're so cute," he said laughing as he pulled her close to him. She grinned and they began to dance.

Kaitlin and Bradin took a break after dancing for so long. They sat with their other friends.

"Have fun?" Mike asked.

"Yeah," they said at the same time.

"Are you ready to do the dance?" Amanda asked Kaitlin.

"Not yet. I just got done dancing and need rest."

"We'll give you ten minutes to rest and then meet us at our spot. We're going to go dance," Amanda said as she and David walked back onto the dance floor followed by Kylie and Mike.

Kaitlin placed her arms on the table and rested her head on her arms. Bradin put his head near hers.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

She looked at him and softly said, "Yeah. I'm just tired."

Bradin noticed a tear escape her one eye. "What's wrong?" he asked wiping the tear away.

She sat up and sighed. "It's just that when Amanda said that I have ten minutes, my mind wondered off to my racing accident. My coach said that I had ten minutes until I finish the race as I was on the track racing."

More tears began to escape her eyes. Bradin saw her move to wipe her tears away. He got there first. "Do you want to go for a walk after you dance?" he asked.

"You came here to dance. I don't want you to leave and have a bad night because of me."

"The only reason I came was to hang with you and see you happy when you dance," he told her, "I don't care if we leave early."

"You're too nice," she said.

"So, is that a yes?" he asked.

"You can stay. I'll go."

"We both stay or both go. You pick," he said, "I don't care what you choose."

"I'll choose to go." He smiled.

Kylie ran up to Kaitlin and yanked her out of the booth where she was sitting. Mike and David joined Bradin because the girls left to go dance on stage. The guys waited and waited until they finally heard people scream and scramble to the stage. They knew they wouldn't be able to see. So, they stayed where they were and sat on top of the seats. The music to Destiny's Child's 'Lose My breath' came on. Girls walked out onto the stage.

Bradin smiled as he watched Kaitlin dance, she was really good. As she went to do a move, she fell to the ground. He got up and ran to the stage to see if she was all right. Mike and David followed. Bradin moved Kylie and Amanda out of the way so he could see if Kaitlin was okay. She got off of the stage and walked out of the dance.

Kaitlin walked outside with her arms folded in front of her. She was so upset that she ruined the dance. But, she wasn't crying over that. As she danced, she could hear the people in the audience chant her name a well as her friends'. Her mind wandered off to her race when everyone there was chanting her name because she was about to finish either first or second place.

"Kaitlin!" she heard. She turned around and saw Bradin running after her with her friends not far behind him. Bradin reached her and placed his hands on her arms. "What happened? Are you okay?" he asked worriedly.

Kaitlin didn't know what else to do besides fall into his arms. Bradin wrapped his arms around her and held her because she needed someone right then. He felt her crying so hard into his shoulder because she was so upset. Their friends approached them quietly.

"What happened?" Amanda asked Kaitlin.

Kaitlin didn't say anything. All she could do was think about her racing accident and what happened that day.

"I think it's time that we head home," Bradin said. Everyone nodded and told Kaitlin that they hoped she would get better.

Bradin walked Kaitlin and put his coat on her shoulders. She was somewhat calm at this time but still upset. She turned to Bradin.

"I'm sorry," she said.

"Don't be," he said, "I told you earlier that-"

"Bradin," she began but couldn't find what to say.

"Kaitlin, listen to me. I know why you ran out. You saw your racing accident. I'm sorry I just brought it up, but I think that's why you ran out. Don't be sorry about it. You're still not over it and I understand that."

"I'll make tonight up to you," she said looking at the ground as they continued walking.

He smiled to himself. "You can make it up to me when you're better than you are now," he told her, "I want you to be happy. I'm not going to force you to do anything that you don't want to."

"You're sweet," she told him.

"So are you," he said placing his arm around her shoulders.

They arrived at her house and hugged. "I'll come by in the morning and see how you were doing," he told her.

"Thank you," she whispered.

He kissed her cheek and watched her walk into her house.