Kaitlin and Bradin sat on the beach later that day in silence. Bradin was holding her in his arms not wanting to let her leave. He ran his fingers through her hair and held one of her hands. Kaitlin turned to look at him.

"What is it baby?" he asked stroking his cheek with the back of his hand.

"Do you still want to be with me?" she asked.

He smiled and kissed her passionately on the lips. He felt her lips form into a smile before kissing him back. Bradin moved so that they were laying down with him on top of her. She wrapped her arms around his neck making him move closer to her so that their chests were touching. Bradin wrapped his arms around Kaitlin's waist to have their waists touching the other's. He slowly moved his tongue into her mouth meeting hers. Their tongues fought for a long time until they pulled away fighting for air.

"I'm guessing that's a yes," she said catching her breath.

He moved his mouth by her ear and whispered, "I love you more than anything. I will wait for you forever if it comes down to it."

"Really?" she asked.

"Really," he said kissing her softly on the lips.

Bradin walked Kaitlin home and tucked her into bed. He sat there admiring her beauty for a long time. She looked at him as he played with her hair.

"You're so beautiful," he told her as he lied down next to her, "I want to stay with you tonight. I don't want to spend your final night here without you."

She nodded and kissed him softly. He wrapped his arms around her small body and pulled her closely. She rested her head and hand on his chest as he lied on his back.

"Good night, baby," he whispered.

"Night."

Bradin woke up alone. He sat up quickly and looked around. Everything was gone from the room.

"No," he said getting up and running out of the room, "Kaitlin!" No one answered him. He began to tell himself that she didn't leave yet. Everything in the house was gone. "Kaitlin!" he yelled.

"Bradin?" he heard. He quickly opened his eyes to find Kaitlin looking down at him. "Hon, what's wrong?" she asked worriedly.

He covered his face up and began to breathe deeply. It was only a dream. He was glad. He couldn't take the pain if she left without saying good-bye to him. He uncovered his face and looked at Kaitlin.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"Stay with me," he said quietly as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Don't worry," she whispered, "I'll always be with you."

Ava and everyone that lived with her went over to Kaitlin's in the morning to say their farewells. Everyone that knew Kaitlin was there already hugging her tightly. Jay looked beyond the crowd and saw Bradin watching Kaitlin closely. He walked up to him.

"Are you okay?" Jay asked.

Bradin shook his head. "I really do love her," he said without looking away from Kaitlin.

"A lot of people do, Brae," Jay told him.

"But, not the way I do. I want to be with her. She's amazing. She is the one that I want to spend the rest of my life with."

"You're young, Bradin. You will find someone else."

"No!" Bradin yelled. "I can't imagine my life without her. Watch at how I will act when she's gone. You'll agree with what I told you before."

Kaitlin walked up to the two guys. "Jay, can I talk to Bradin alone?" she asked.

Jay nodded and walked off. Kaitlin took Bradin's hand and led them to where no one would see them. She went into the bag that she was holding and pulled out a small whale. Bradin smiled and took it from her.

"Why did you get this for me?" he asked.

"It's the animal that you want be if you were an animal. Maybe when you look at this, you can be relaxed and remember me."

"I don't need this to remember you," he said, "You're in my heart, Kaitlin. That's where you'll always be. You're never going to leave it."

She smiled. She saw Bradin bite his bottom lip. "You okay?" she asked.

He took his hoodie off and handed it to her. "So the guys don't try to take you away from me when you get back."

She smiled and kissed him. "I love you," she said looking into his green eyes.

"And, I love you."

They smiled and kissed. They walked back out to the front where Kaitlin's father approached them. He told them that they had to go. Bradin pulled Kaitlin into his arms for the final time for who knew how long. He never wanted to let her go.

"I'll call and write," she whispered.

He lowered his head by her ear. "I love you, Katie Baby."

She smiled. "What?'

"It's my nickname for you," he told her.

"I love you, too." They kissed.

Bradin watched as the car with his love drove off. Everyone began to leave once they were gone. Ava walked up to Bradin.

"Will you be okay?" she asked placing a hand upon his shoulder.

He looked down at the whale from Kaitlin. "It will be hard," he said facing his aunt, "but, I'll try to survive."