It's been a few weeks since Kaitlin's race in nationals. She has been gone for a few weeks to get her things from New York to move to Playa Linda. She and Bradin have become closer in their relationship since the race. He was so happy that she was moving to Playa Linda and next door to him.

Bradin woke up one morning around ten and got ready for the day. When he walked outside, he saw movers next door. He smiled when he saw Kaitlin's father helping the movers carry things into the house. He walked up to them.

"Bradin!" Kaitlin's sister yelled.

"Hey, Lauren," he said hugging her, "Um, is-"

"She's upstairs in her room," Lauren said knowing what he was going to say.

Bradin smiled and headed up the stairs. He remembered walking these halls when he first met Kaitlin. As he got closer to her room, he could hear her going through her things tying to find something. He walked to the doorway, stood there, and knocked on the panel as she sat on her bed covering her face. She looked up and smiled.

"Bradin!" she yelled running up to him and hugging him.

"Hey baby," he said returning the hug along with a kiss here and there, "I missed you."

"I missed you, too."

He smiled and kissed her again. "I love you," he said.

"I love you, too."

"Why didn't you tell me when you were coming back?" he asked.

"I wanted to. Believe me," she said, "But, my parents wouldn't let me use the phone because we had so much packing to do. If you want, I'll make it up to you."

He grinned. "And, how are you going to do that?" he asked.

"Oh I'll find a way," she said kissing him.

"Will you tell me when you find out?"

"Maybe."

He kissed her. "I'm glad you're back," he said.

"So am I," she said.

"I'm going to go help them carry some things in. But, you and I will see each other later," he said taking her hands into his.

"Oh will we?" she asked.

"Oh we will," he said kissing her, "I'll see you later."

"Okay," she said as he pulled away. He walked out of the room just as her mother walked in.

"Hello, Mrs. Bailey," he said.

"Hello Bradin," she said with a smile. She walked into her daughter's room and handed her a small box of her things. "How did it feel to be in his arms again?" she asked.

"It felt right," Kaitlin told her mother, "I felt like me."

"Did you tell him the news?"

"I couldn't. I just wanted to see the happy Bradin that I fell in love with. I couldn't ruin it."

"You're going to have to tell him," her mother said, "The longer you hold it in, the more pain it will cause for you."

"I know," Kaitlin said with a sigh, "But, I have this feeling that it won't work out between me and Bradin if I tell him."

"If he waited weeks to see you and promised you that he'd wait forever, then he will."

"How do you know that?" Kaitlin asked. "Distance has always played a part in this relationship."

"And each time it did, you two became stronger and fell in love with each other," her mother said placing her hands on her daughter's shoulders.