Bradin waited for Kaitlin to get ready so he could get her away from her parents for a while. He knew how pissed she was at them. He saw her coming down the stairs and handed her his hoodie.

"It's kind of chilly out," he said, "I don't want you to get cold." She smiled, took it, and put it on. "Do you mind if I go home and change?" he asked.

"You can go home. I'll stay here until you're done," she said.

"I don't think so," he said, "I don't want you staying here especially after what your parents did. I don't want you ending up in jail for murder."

She smiled at the last thing he said. He placed his arm around her shoulders as they walked out of her house.

Ava sat in the kitchen of her house reading the newspaper and drinking coffee. She was so worried about Bradin because he never came home the previous night. She heard the front door open. She got up, walked into the living room, and saw Bradin.

"Where have you been?" she asked him. He stood aside and Ava saw a girl. Ava looked at her nephew.

"Can you watch her while I go change?" he asked. "If you do, I promise I will tell you why she's here and where I was last night."

Ava looked at her nephew, to the girl, and back to her nephew. "Yeah," she said. She saw Bradin turn back to the girl, say something to her, kiss her, and run up to his room.

"I'm Ava," she said sticking her hand out.

"I'm Kaitlin," Kaitlin said shaking Ava's hand.

"So, you're Kaitlin," she said.

"Yeah. Your nephew talks about me?" Kaitlin asked.

"Not to me," Ava said, "We got into an argument the other day and he yelled your name. No one knew who you were except for someone else who lives here. My nephew seems to like you."

"I guess he does," Kaitlin said.

"Do you want something to eat or drink?" Ava asked.

"No thank you," Kaitlin said shaking her head.

Bradin was coming down the stairs when he heard his aunt talking to Kaitlin.

"Did you and Bradin do anything?" his aunt asked.

"No," Kaitlin said.

"Then, why didn't Bradin come home last night? He was with you."

"I know," Kaitlin said. Bradin could tell by the sound of her voice that she was going to break into tears. He walked into the room, up behind Kaitlin, and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Something happened to Kaitlin a few years ago and it resulted in a little boy. Social Service threatened to take him away from her. She had to either give up hanging out with me or Ethan, her son. She gave up me because Ethan meant more to her. I understood that but wanted to hang out with her one final night. I didn't know of Ethan until after she told me that she couldn't see me anymore."

Bradin felt Kaitlin take his hand as she began to cry.

"I fell asleep reading Ethan a story. When I woke up, he was gone and Kaitlin was sobbing her eyes out. Social Services came and Took Ethan away from her. Her parents called Social Services and told them to take him away from her. That's why we're here now. I needed to keep her away from her parents for a while."

Ava looked at Kaitlin who was now bawling tears. Kaitlin covered her face up with her hands as she cried harder.

"I'm so sorry, Kaitlin," Ava said. Ava really wanted to say something else at that moment. But, she held it in because she didn't want to make Kaitlin more upset.

"I'm sorry for everything, Aunt Ava. But, Kaitlin needed someone. And to repay her for what she's done for me, I stayed with her and helped her out," Bradin said.

"I understand," Ava said. She looked at Kaitlin and took her hand. "I'd like to get to know you," she said, "Even though you have a son, you seem nice. I would like you to come to a party that we're throwing tonight. If you don't show, I would like to have you for dinner one of these nights."

"I'll see how I feel tonight," Kaitlin said.

"Okay," Ava said. "So, you two are just friends?" she asked.

Bradin and Kaitlin looked at each other. "Yeah," they said looking at her.