Bradin woke up the following morning thinking of what happened the previous night.
He leaned in slowly and kissed her. She pushed him away and smacked his face before running off.
He lied in his bed that night with tears down his face. He has never cried over a girl like this before. He felt broken and empty without Kaitlin being his girlfriend.
He didn't get it. He didn't get why she did that. She gave him signs of showing him that she liked him. Maybe I thought wrong, he thought. He sighed and got up. He rubbed his face and felt dry tears. He really did like her,
KAITLIN
Susan walked up to Kaitlin as she walked into dance. "I heard about what happened last night," she said, "I thought you liked Bradin."
"Not in that way," Kaitlin said.
"He said that you gave him signs," Susan said.
"What signs?" Kaitlin asked looking at her friend. "I only acted that way around him because it's how I normally act. If I actually liked him in that way, he would know. Everyone would know."
"Okay everyone!" the teacher yelled, "Let's get started!"
CEMETERY
Kaitlin sat near Luke's grave and stared at his name once again. She could actually see it this time because there was no rain. The weather was perfect for her. She ran her fingers over his name and sighed. She sat back in the grass and continued to stare. Her mind wandered off to a time she had with Luke.
LMNT had come out with a new version of 'A Whole New World' from Aladdin. Kaitlin was listening to it in her room when she saw Luke come in with a video camera telling her to sing. She laughed and shook her head.
"Come on," he said pouting, "I'll sing in with you."
"I don't sing," she said.
"Please!" he shouted.
Kaitlin smiled at that memory. She only agreed to sing so he would shut up and stop bugging her to sing. She looked down at her arms. She couldn't believe what she's done to herself since he died. She closed her eyes.
"I hate you," she said quietly.
"What?" Luke asked.
"I hate you! I hate everything about you! You don't give one damn about me!" she shouted.
She saw Luke's face fall to anger and sadness. She moved to jump out of the car, knowing that they were going over 50 miles an hour, when Luke swerved the car into a guardrail.
Kaitlin jumped up from the ground when she felt someone touch her. She began to breathe heavily. She swallowed hard and looked up.
"Hi," Bradin said sitting next to her.
"What are you doing here?" she asked with anger.
"I'm sorry about last night," he said, "I couldn't help myself. I like you. I really like you. I want to be with you. My heart fought with my mind on kissing you. I did what my heart wanted."
Thunder sounded causing Kaitlin to jump. "It's thunder," he said grabbing her arm. He saw her begin to shake and look around frantically. "Kait," he said turning her head, "Kait, what's wrong?" A car's breaks sounded and she jumped up. "Kait!" Bradin said trying to get her to concentrate on him.
"Luke!" she yelled before she almost fell to the ground. Bradin caught her before she fell all the way.
"Kaitlin," he said softly, "stop."
She wouldn't listen to him. All she could do was yell Luke's name and cry. Bradin eased them to the ground and he held her to calm her down. He sat her on his lap and placed her head on his shoulder.
"I wanna die," she whispered, "I can't take this anymore."
"Don't say that," he said looking at her, "Don't even think that. I don't want anything to happen to you."
"But, I killed Luke," she said looking at him, "I killed him."
"Talk to someone and tell them what really happened that night," he told her, "You need to talk about it before you do something that will hurt everyone that loves/likes you."
A light shown in their faces. They looked up to find a police officer there. "Get home," he demanded, "You two are not allowed here at this time of day."
Kaitlin got up and walked away leaving Bradin behind, or so she thought. As she got near the entrance of the cemetery, she felt someone grab her arm.
"Leave me alone!" she yelled knowing it was Bradin. She turned around to find not Bradin, but Luke. She gasped. He was glaring at her. "Let me go," she pleaded, "Let me go!" She could literally feel his strong grip on her arm. She shook her head and didn't see Luke. She saw a cop. "No," she said.
"Kaitlin!" she heard. The cop along with Kaitlin looked behind him and saw Bradin. "Kaitlin, you screamed," Bradin told her.
She looked at the cop who nodded saying that Bradin was right. She got loose from the cop's hand and backed away. She was losing her mind. Her mind was playing around with her. As she continued to back away, she tripped.