Bradin lied on his bed during the party being held at his house that night. The music was loud. People were all over his house making so much noise. It made him so mad because he couldn't think straight. He wanted to get Ethan back into Kaitlin's life to make her happy. He needed to think of a way, though. He hopped onto his computer and looked up Social Services of Playa Linda.

"Bradin!" someone yelled knocking on his door. He ignored them. He didn't want to talk to anyone just yet. "Bradin!" they yelled again. Anger grew inside of him making him sand up and swing open the door. There stood Johnny holding a hoodie. "Your one girl friend came by and dropped this off," Johnny told him.

"Is she still here?" Bradin asked.

"Your aunt is talking to her."

Bradin ran passed Johnny and down to the party. He stopped at the bottom of the stairs and saw his aunt talking to Kaitlin who looked upset.

"Kaitlin!" he yelled. She looked, turned back around, and ran away. "Kaitlin!" he yelled running after her.

He got to his back patio and ran through it to the party. He saw Kaitlin being held by the arms by someone he couldn't see. All Bradin could see was the back of the guy's head. Kaitlin scrambled to get out of the guy's grip which was too strong for her. He slowly walked up to them wanting to see what was happening or going to happen. Kaitlin was thrown to the ground. Bradin ran up to the guy and turned him around. Tanner. Anger grew within Bradin's body worse than before. He punched Tanner with all he had causing everyone too look at them.

"Bradin!" Ava yelled running up to them with Jay and Johnny.

Tanner punched Bradin back harder than Bradin punched him. Jay and Johnny separated the two boys.

"What's going on here?" Johnny asked.

Bradin looked over at Kaitlin who was standing with his aunt. She looked terrified. He looked back at Tanner who was about to break through of Johnny's grip.

"Are any of you going to speak?" Johnny asked.

"I cheated on Tanner with Bradin," Kaitlin said. Everyone looked at her. Bradin and Tanner looked at her with confusion.

"Are you lying?" Jay asked.

"No," she said. She looked at Bradin one final time and made her way through the crowd to leave.

"That's not what happened," Susannah said, "Tanner threw her to the ground. I saw it all."

"Why would she lie?" Ava asked.

"So, you think hurting her will make her come to you?" Jay asked Tanner.

"Jay don't," Ava said.

"You disgust me," Jay said, "Now get out of here."

Bradin got away from Johnny's grip and ran off in the direction that Kaitlin went in. He looked in every direction until he saw her walking slowly. He ran up in front of her and stopped her from walking. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"I told you to leave me alone," she said looking into his eyes.

"What did he do before he threw you to the ground?" he asked. "Please tell me. I promise you that I won't go after him again. I only want to know why he threw you to the ground and why you lied to everyone back there."

"I lied because I didn't want you to get in trouble," she said. She sighed not wanting to tell him what happened before Tanner threw her to the ground.

"You don't have to tell me about Tanner," he said, "I know it's probably personal. I don't want to force you to tell me."

"We got into an argument about three years ago," she told him. "Um, he's Ethan's father."

Bradin stared at her completely shocked. "I thought some Ryan guy raped you," he said.

"Yeah. Tanner's middle name is Ryan. I always called him Ryan instead of Tanner unless we were around people. I'm sorry for what I said to you earlier. I'm sorry for kind of lying to you. I'm sorry for the way I acted. I'm sorry for everything. I really like you, Bradin. But, I can't stay in your life. I don't want to make your life worse or hurt you more than I already have. If you still come to the music store when I'm there, then I will still help you. I can't hang out with you anymore though. I-"

Her apology got interrupted by Bradin's lips pressing against hers. When he pulled away, they looked at each other.

"I wanted to kiss you one final time since we won't be able to be with each other," he said.

She didn't know what to do. "I… have to go," she said, "But, before I go, there's something that I want to tell you. Thank you, Bradin. Thank you for the past few days."

"You're welcome," he said quietly. They wrapped their arms around each other and embraced in a hug. Kaitlin could feel tears fall onto her neck. She pulled away to find Bradin crying. He tried to wipe the tears away so she wouldn't notice. This made her laugh. "Stupid right?" he asked.

"I find it cute," she said. He smiled. She kissed him softly on the lips and then said, "Good-bye, Bradin."

He didn't want to say good-bye. He said nothing. She turned and walked away from him. He turned around to find his aunt standing there.

"It's hard to say good-bye," she said.

"I know," he said looking back in the direction that Kaitlin walked in, "I didn't think I would have to say it again, though."

"Are you still going to help her find her little boy?" Ava asked.

"Of course," he said, "I want her to be happy."

"What's so different between her and Callie?" she asked him.

"Kaitlin listens to me and runs after me to make sure that I'm okay when I'm upset. Tanner mentioned my parents a few days ago and it got me upset. She ran after me and listened to my feelings. No one has done that, not even Callie."