Bradin sat in the living room waiting for his aunt to get home. He wanted to help Kaitlin so badly but was so scared to. When his aunt offered to do what he was asked to do, he was scared that he would lose her as well. He didn't want that.

"Why are you not in bed?" Ava asked sitting down next to him.

He hugged her tightly. "How is she?" he asked worriedly.

"She might be over it," Ava said.

"Do you know what happened that night?"

"Yes," she said, "Supposedly her and Luke were in an argument and she said that she hated him. They went silent until Luke drove the car off of the road into a guardrail. They fell down the cliff into the gorge."

"So, there was no drunk driver and Luke wanted to kill her because she said that she hated him?" he asked.

"I guess so," Ava told her nephew.

He sighed with relief.

"I'm glad that you didn't go out there with her tonight," Ava said, "I don't think you would be here if you went out there. We fought over the wheel for a while."

"I feel bad, though. I'm not doing anything to help her get through this," he said.

"You were there weeks ago when she needed someone to talk to and be there for her. You always tried your best even when she didn't want you there. You never gave up on her."

"Did Kaitlin tell you that?" he asked.

"She did," Ava said making Bradin smile. He felt someone sit next to him on the opposite side Ava was on. He looked to find Kaitlin. He threw his arms around her. Ava got up and left them alone to talk.

"I'm sorry," Kaitlin said pulling away from the hug, "And, I don't care if you ever forgive me because I don't deserve forgiveness, especially from you or Lucas or Susan."

"It might take me a while to get over what you've done since the accident, but I still want to be that someone that you need. I'm not trying to replace Luke. I just think that you need someone to listen to you and will be there for you when you need them."

Kaitlin looked at him not believing what he told her.

"No I don't love you," he said, "But, maybe I will be in love with you if you agree to be with me."

"I don't know," she said, "How can you be thinking about this after all of the shit I've done and went through? I haven't really thought about it much."

"Then, we can start as friends and work our way up. Right now, I just want you to focus on becoming the girl that I know you are. Go back and dance. Have fun. Be wild."

Kaitlin laughed.

"So, friends?" he asked.

"Friends," she said, "I'm sorry but I need to go talk to Lucas and Susan and apologize."

"I want to go with you," he said.

SUSAN'S HOUSE

Susan and Lucas sat on the couch watching television. Lucas had his arm around Susan's shoulders as her head rested upon his shoulder. The doorbell rang and Susan's father answered it.

"Susan!" her father yelled.

She got up and walked to the door to find Kaitlin and Bradin there.

"Hi," Kaitlin said.

"Hi," Susan said surprised, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm sorry," Kaitlin said, "for everything."

Susan smiled and hugged her best friend tightly. "What about Erika? Are you going to apologize to her?"

"I will tomorrow. She usually has something going on at this time of day. When Bradin goes to his surfing lesson tomorrow, I'm going to go with him so I can talk to her. I really do feel like shit."

"Are you over… you know?" Lucas asked walking up to them.

"Yeah," she told him, "I believe I am."

SURFING LESSON

Erika sat in the sand waiting for Bradin to show up. He was a few minutes late. She didn't feel like waiting. So, she got up and turned around to see Kaitlin. Kaitlin held her arms open asking if she could hug her.

"What are you doing here?" Erika asked.

"Can I apologize?" Kaitlin asked.

Erika smiled a small smile and hugged Kaitlin.

"Was that a good enough of an apology for a hug?" Kaitlin asked with a laugh as she hugged Erika back."

"No. But, you needed a hug."

Kaitlin and Erika sat in the sand and began to talk.

"Don't apologize for what you did to Luke," Kaitlin said, "It turns out that he didn't drive off of the road because of you. He drove off because he wanted to kill me. I shouldn't have blown up at you like I did. I just was so angry because you meant so much to him."

"I'm sorry, too," Erika said, "When I heard about the accident, I felt guilty. I was scared to even look at you because I thought you would kill me."

They laughed. "Hey Kansas!" Erika yelled, "Go surf!"

Bradin ran out into the water and began to surf. The two girls watched him mess up every time he tried a different trick.

"Kansas really likes you," Erika told Kaitlin.

"I know," Kaitlin said, "But, we're going to work our way up to that relationship."

"Even though he wanted you dead, Luke would be happy that you'll be dating a surfer."

"Who says Bradin and I will date?" Kaitlin asked.

"Everyone knows that you two will become a couple."

Kaitlin looked out at the water to find Bradin running up to them. He stood over Kaitlin and shook the water off of him.

"Ah!" she yelled. When he sat next to her, she smacked his arm playfully. "Jerk," she said.

He pouted and placed an arm around her. Kaitlin looked at Erika who smiled and wiggled her eyebrows. Kaitlin pushed her lightly.

"Shut up," Kaitlin said.

"I didn't say anything!" Erika laughed.

"So, are you two good now?" Bradin asked.

"Yeah," they said.