BRTINEY'S TRAILER

Britney Spears, her manager, video director, and choreographer sat in Britney's trailer watching videos sent in from dancers all over Playa Linda. They didn't find anyone that they really liked or needed that much.

"Maybe we should give up and use the dancers that we have," Britney's video director said.

"There has to be someone good," Britney said, "Not all of the dancers were that bad. We could use them just this once. It's not like they're going to become professional."

SURF TEAM

Playa Linda High School's surf team practiced for the first time since Luke left. Some guys were off. But, they made it up and tried until they got the trick they were working on down. Bradin walked out of the water and sat down beside Lucas and Susan.

"Nice job out there," Susan told him.

"Thanks," Bradin said.

"What or who is on your mind?" Lucas asked. "You seem to have something on your mind."

"I'm really worried for and about someone," Bradin said, "That's all."

"Kaitlin?" Susan asked. Bradin nodded. "I hope you know that she quit dancing."

"I know," he said, "She shouldn't have. She's amazing at it."

"Britney would have loved her," Susan said.

"What?" the guys asked.

"Britney Spears is coming to Playa Linda to put on a charity concert for kids who have cancer or any type of disease. She wanted to use talented dancers from the area to help her put the concert on."

The guys couldn't believe it. "And, she's not doing it?" Lucas asked.

"No," Susan said, "We need her if any of us want to get in. She helped choreograph some of the moves to 'Overprotected' and look how we turned out. We're all amazing."

"She means that much to everyone that knows her?" Lucas asked.

"She means more than that," Susan told her boyfriend.

"I saw her surfing after the party yesterday," Bradin said.

"What time?" Lucas asked.

"Around the time I left," Bradin said.

"This must have been something bad for her to do that," Susan said.

LUKE'S HOUSE

The surf team walked up to Luke's house after practice to see how his parents were holding up. Mark rang the door bell and it opened within minutes. Luke's brother stood there. He was a guy in his mid-twenties, tall, muscular, tan, black hair with blue eyes.

"Hey guys," he said.

"Hey, Pete," they all said at once as Pete let them in.

"How are you doing?" Bill asked.

"We're hanging in there," he said, "Wait out here. Kaitlin is here talking with my parents. They don't want to be disturbed."

Lucas and Bradin looked at each other worried. The guys stood around talking to Pete. Bradin looked in the direction that the living room was waiting for Kaitlin to come out. They all heard 'Stronger' by Britney Spears come on and walked into the living room. Kaitlin and Luke's parents were watching a video.

Kaitlin watched a video that Luke made of her doing her version of Britney's 'Stronger'. Tears filled her eyes as she remembered the good times during the making of that video. She got up and ran out of the house.

"Kaitlin!" Pete yelled chasing after her.

The night of the accident entered Kaitlin's mind. Her yelling at Luke and Luke…

KAITLIN'S HOUSE

Pete walked up to Kaitlin's house after losing her when he was chasing her. For someone so small like her, she could run fast. He rang the doorbell and pounded on the door until it opened.

"What's going on?" her father asked Pete.

"Kaitlin ran out of our house after seeing the video she and Luke shot a while ago for the first time. I don't know where she went."

NIGHT

Rain fell everywhere that night. You couldn't escape from it. Kaitlin sat in the cemetery at Luke's grave. She stared at his name as she ran her fingers over it. Her wet hair fell in front of her eyes. When she moved it behind her ear, she saw someone standing behind the grave. She peered up to see Pete through the rain. He stuck his hand out for her to take. She looked at him not knowing why he as there.

"Let's go talk," he said loud enough for her to hear over the rain, "People can't stand to see you like this."

She got up and walked away from him not wanting to talk to him. She heard him following her. She turned around and yelled, "Leave me alone!"

"I care about you!" he yelled, "I don't want to see you like this!"

By this time, she was in tears. Pete couldn't tell because of the rain falling around them. "I want to be alone," she said.

He grabbed her arm and dragged her away. She tried to fight him off, but failed.

LUKE'S HOUSE

Luke's parents sat in the living room watching television when hey heard the front door open. His father looked to find Pete and Kaitlin. Pete threw Kaitlin to the ground and kicked her.

"What are you doing?" his father yelled running up to them. He knelt beside Kaitlin who was crying up a storm just like the one outside. "Dear," he said to her.

"Leave me alone!" she yelled scrambling to get up. Luke's mother walked up to them.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Our son just kicked her," her husband told her. She looked at Pete.

"Why?" she asked.

"She wouldn't talk to me," Pete told his mother, "She's been like this since the drunk driver hit her. Someone needs to teach her a lesson."

"Don't abuse her! She's been through enough!" his father yelled at him, "If you touch her in any way like that again, I'll have you arrested. I don't care if you're my son."

"What about what we've been through?" Pete bellowed, "We lost a member of the family and everyone has been going to Kaitlin asking how she's been. They've all been ignoring us!"

"No, they haven't," his father said, "And, they're worried about Kaitlin because she was in the accident."

Kaitlin lied there listening to Luke's family argue. As she sat there, she heard something else besides the arguing that was going on. She opened her eyes and found herself in the car. Luke was at her side with an angry face on. She looked around and saw that it was where the accident took place.

"Luke!" she yelled. The family stopped arguing and looked at Kaitlin with confusion. "Luke!" she yelled once again.

"Kaitlin," Luke's mother said worriedly, "He's dead. Stop it."

"No!" she screamed as more tears escaped her eyes, "NO!"

"Kaitlin, stop it," his mother said once again. "What's going on?"

Kaitlin was still in the car. She saw Luke and then blacked out. "NO!" she screamed for the final time. His mother wrapped her arms around Kaitlin and held her tightly as she sobbed. "It's all my fault," she cried, "It's all my fault."

"What's your fault?" Pete asked.

"That your brother is dead!"