Ava watched as her nephew sat out on the beach looking at the sunset. Since Kaitlin left, this is all he could do that would make him happy. Johnny walked up to Ava and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"He'll get over it," he told her.
"It's been weeks, Johnny," Ava said turning towards him, "Bradin should have been over her weeks ago. He knows that they won't be able to handle the relationship with the distance between them. Kaitlin also has racing going on now."
Bradin walked into the house and opened the refrigerator.
"How are you doing?" Ava asked him.
"Fine," he said closing the refrigerator and walking out of the kitchen,
Bradin sat in his room looking at pictures from Kaitlin's birthday party. He smiled at a picture of him and Kaitlin kissing. His fingers were through her hair as a smile formed on their faces. He missed everything about her. He couldn't stand being away from her.
A knock sounded on his door. "What?" he asked.
The door opened and in walked Nikki. "You really miss her don't you?" she asked him.
Bradin looked at his sister and back at the pictures. Nikki leaned on a wall near him.
"A lot of people miss her," she said, "Aunt Ava is worried about you."
"I don't care," he said closing the photo album.
"She's just a girl," Nikki said.
Bradin glared at her. "She's not just a girl!" he yelled, "She's the only girl who has made me happy."
Nikki threw a section of the newspaper onto his lap and walked out of the room. Bradin looked at it and saw an article about racing. He read over it finding out that nationals are in Playa Linda. He turned to another page in the section that read the racers that were a part of nationals.
"Kaitlin Bailey," he read, "Holy shit."
His heart sped up due to excitement that filled his body. He began to smile and yell yes because he was so happy. His aunt ran into the room.
"Are you okay?" she asked worriedly.
"Okay?" he asked "I'm wonderful! Kaitlin's coming back to Playa Linda to race in nationals."
"Really?" she asked.
"Yes. I get to see her again," he said hugging his aunt. Ava hugged him back to let him know that she was happy for him.
Kaitlin sat in her hotel room in Playa Linda nervous about the race the following day. She didn't want to race it especially after what happened last time she was in the position.
"Ma?" she asked.
"Yes, sweetie?" her mother asked looking into the room.
"Can I go for a walk?"
"Sure. Maybe walking will do you good."
Kaitlin walked around on the beach staring out at the water. So many things were running through her mind. She didn't want to do what she was thinking but she had to. She walked up to Bradin's and knocked on the door. Ava answered.
"Kaitlin!" she yelled hugging her. Kaitlin slowly put her arms around Ava to hug her back.
"How's has Bradin been?" she asked.
"He's been worried. He hasn't heard from you in a long time."
"What?" she asked. "Then, why hasn't he returned my phone calls or letters?" Kaitlin asked with confusion.
"I never got any messages or letters from you," they heard.
They looked behind Ava and saw Bradin. Kaitlin walked passed Ava and hugged Bradin tightly. He smiled and hugged her back. He rested his head on top of hers and tightened his grip.
"I missed you so much," he whispered.
"I missed you too. I thought you found someone else."
"I thought the same about you," he said, "I never heard from you. I thought that someone else took your heart away from me."
She shook her head. He smiled and kissed her. Ava walked away to leave the two alone. She was happy that they saw each other again and began to wonder who kept the messages and letters away from Bradin.
Kaitlin and Bradin pulled away from each other and smiled. They hugged each other again. Bradin took Kaitlin deeper into the house. Jay walked in and froze.
"How could you?" Kaitlin asked him.
"What?" Jay asked as if he didn't know what she was talking about.
"You never told Bradin that I called!" she yelled, "I should have known the day that you saw me and Bradin on the boardwalk. You don't care that I'm happy when I'm with him."
"How could you, Jay?" Ava asked.
"They weren't going to ever see each other again even if they did keep in touch!" he shouted, "Their relationship would crumble if they kept it up the way they were doing it!"
"This was a mistake," Kaitlin said. She turned to Bradin and said, "Maybe we should separate."
"No," Bradin said shaking his head, "I need you, Katie Baby. I love you more than anything."
"It's obvious that no one wants us together, though," she said.
"That's not true," Ava said.
"Bullshit!" Kaitlin yelled, "Whenever I called, no one gave the message to Bradin. And I know for a fact that not all of them forgot to tell him."
"You mean, Jay isn't the only one who answered the phone?" Bradin asked.
"Right," she said a little bit calmly. She looked at the three and ran out of the house.