Kaitlin sat on top of a rock looking out at the waves of the ocean. She was confused. Luke wanted her dead all of these years. But, whenever they got into a fight, he always tried to get her back. She never tried to get him back. He always came to her. Then, the night of the accident popped into her head. Was he trying to kill himself? Or was he trying to kill her?
"Hey," she heard. She looked down and saw Lucas standing there with Bradin.
"Hi," she said looking back out at the water. The two guys climbed up and sat down beside her.
"How are you doing?" Lucas asked. She shrugged not looking at either of them. "What actually happened the night of the accident?" he asked.
"I don't want to talk about it. I'm still confused," she said.
"Are you ever going to dance again?"
"I don't know," she said with a sigh.
"Why did you give it up in the first place?" Bradin asked her.
"Because I'm stupid," she said, "I gave up on it when it had nothing to do with us driving off the road."
"What?" the guys asked.
"Nothing," she said not believing what she just told them.
"You drove off of the road?" Lucas asked.
Kaitlin got up and walked away from them knowing that they were going to ask a lot of questions about what she said.
The two guys looked at each other and decided to follow her.
"Kaitlin," Lucas said as he and Bradin ran up to her, "we're sorry we said anything."
She shook her head as she kept looking at the ground. Out of nowhere, she went flying to the ground when someone ran into her. They began to hit her.
"You bitch!" Pete yelled as he hit her. Bradin and Lucas scrambled to get Pete off of Kaitlin. "It's because of you that my brother is dead! He tried to kill you that night, not himself! How could you?"
"Stop it!" Lucas yelled to Pete who went after Kaitlin again.
"She killed my brother!" Pete yelled.
He got out of the guys' grips and kicked Kaitlin in the side before walking away with anger.
"We have to get her cleaned up," Bradin said to Lucas, "Help me take her to my house."
Lucas and Bradin helped Kaitlin up and walked her to Bradin's house. There, they sat her on the couch. Lucas stayed with Kaitlin as Bradin went to get some medical products.
Bradin came back the same time that his aunt walked in.
"What's going on?" she asked him.
"I need to clean up a friend who got hurt," he said walking over to the couch. She looked at the person Bradin was treating to find he was treating a girl.
"What happened?" she asked.
"I'll tell you later," Bradin said.
"I'll clean her up," Ava said, "You're doing it wrong."
Bradin made room for his aunt and let her clean Kaitlin's cuts.
"Oh my god," Ava said when she saw Kaitlin's face. She got the medicines and cleaned her face up right away before it could get infected. She dried Kaitlin's face from the tears that were on her face after she was done curing the wounds.
"Bradin," his aunt began, "why don't you take her to the bathroom so she can wash the tears off of her face and feels clean. Lucas can tell me what happened."
Bradin nodded and stood up. He helped Kaitlin up and gave her support since she couldn't walk due to a sore side. He led her up the stairs and to the bathroom. He let the cold water run for a minute before letting her clean her face. He knew that the cold water would make her feel a little better. He watched Kaitlin splash cold water onto her face. He held a towel in front of her so she could dry her face. After drying her face, she leaned on the sink. She looked at Bradin.
"Thank you," she said.
He smiled. "It's no problem," he told her, "really."
She looked at herself in the mirror. Bruises and cuts were all she could see. She made a fist and closed her eyes. When she opened them and looked back at herself in the mirror, she saw Bradin standing behind her.
"Do you want to go for a drive? I know a place about an hour away where you can think," he offered.
"You'd do that?" she asked.
"For you, I'd do anything," he told her.
"I mean it, thank you," she said.
He kissed her cheek and helped her down the stairs. "Aunt Ava, can I use to car to go for a drive?" Bradin asked.
"How long will you be gone?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said, "It all depends on when Kaitlin wants to come back."
"Go ahead," she said, "The keys are on the kitchen counter."
