Night approached and Kaitlin's family walked over to Ava's house for dinner. They rang the doorbell and the door opened revealing Nikki.

"Hey guys," she said letting them in.

The family walked in and headed to the back patio where they were going to eat dinner. Kaitlin noticed Simon and Ava were acting differently than they were once before. As she watched them, she felt hands slide in between hers. She peered down and saw her hands holding someone else's. She smiled knowing who it was.

"Hey, Bradin," she said.

"Hey baby," he said kissing her cheek. "How are you?"

"I'm good. And you?" she asked.

"I just became better," he said kissing her other cheek, "I missed you."

"It was only half an hour," she said.

"I know. But, before then, I haven't seen you for weeks. I feel empty when I'm away from you."

"Awe," she said pinching his cheek, "You're too cute."

"Pinch my cheek again and you will get hurt," he told her.

"And, what are you going to do?" she asked.

He wiggled his eye brows up and down and kissed her neck.

"Pervert!" she yelled pushing him away.

"Oh baby," he whined with open arms, "Come on."

"No," she said.

"Kaitlin," he whined following her as she walked away.

"Bradin," she said mocking him.

He watched her walk through to get to the back patio when he saw her head to the living room near the couch. Just as she approached it, he ran up to and tackled her onto the couch. She screamed.

"Bradin!" she yelled smacking his arm. Everyone around them laughed. Bradin laughed evilly at Kaitlin as he leaned in and kissed her. "You scare me sometimes," she told him. He pouted.

"I love you?" he asked in a baby voice.

"You're too cute not to forgive," she said and gave him a quick kiss, "Now get off of me."

"What if I don't want to?"

"Then, I'm not going to make 'me not calling you to tell you I'm coming back' I'm to you."

He jumped off of her quickly causing her to laugh. They walked out to the patio holding hands.

"Smile," Derrick told the two from across the table as he held up a camera. Bradin wrapped his arms around Kaitlin and placed his chin on her shoulder so that their cheeks were touching. They both smiled and Derrick took their picture. Bradin turned his head and kissed her cheek before everyone sat down around the table.

Once everyone began eating, Ava stood up.

"Excuse me," she said, "There's a reason why I invited Kaitlin's family here tonight. Yes, it's because they're close friends. But also because I wanted them to hear this as well as all of you." Ava looked at Simon and took his hand. "Simon and I are getting married," she said excitedly.

Kaitlin spit her food out onto her plate once she heard Ava say she was going to marry Simon.

"Are you okay?" Ava asked her.

"Yeah I'm fine," Kaitlin said wiping her mouth with her napkin. She looked over at Johnny who was more shocked than she was. She could tell he was upset.

"Congrats, Ava," Erika, Jay's girlfriend, said getting up and hugging her.

Kaitlin looked over at her family to find them getting up to hug Ava. She couldn't believe that they were happy that she's marrying Simon.

AFTER DINNER

Kaitlin walked around the house looking for Johnny. He was nowhere to be seen. Kaitlin sighed and became worried. Yet, she knew why he wasn't around. She just didn't want him to be really upset. She walked up to Bradin.

"He walked onto the beach earlier," he told her knowing why she came up to him, "I saw him."

"How long ago was it?"

"About an hour," he said.

"I'm going to go see if he's okay," she said.

"Come back here when you're done," he said.

"I will." She kissed him and ran to the beach to find Johnny.

She walked up and down the beach looking for Johnny and found him nowhere. She folded her arms in front of her stomach due to the chill in the air. She gave up until she felt a coat being placed on her shoulders. She looked to her side and saw Johnny. She threw her arms around him.

"I don't get it," Johnny told her as they walked on the beach, "I guess I messed up so many times she couldn't handle the heartbreak anymore."

"I think she still loves you," Kaitlin told him.

"If she did, she would have accepted my proposal instead on Simon's," he told her. He looked at her and laughed. "I'm talking to a seventeen year old about this."

She smiled. "A seventeen year old that you have known for a very long time," she said.

"And, I'm glad. You feel like my own daughter," he told her.

"Are you okay now?" she asked.

"A little bit. I'm ready to go back," he said.

BACK AT THE HOUSE

Bradin sat on the couch waiting for Kaitlin and Johnny to come back. He was mad at his aunt for not saying yes to Johnny.

"We're back," Johnny said as he and Kaitlin walked through the front door.

Bradin got up and ran up to them. "We're fine," Kaitlin told him.

"Hang on to this girl," Johnny told Bradin before walking deeper into the house.

Bradin smiled and kissed Kaitlin passionately when he left them. "Happy?" she asked as they kissed.

"More than ever," he said.

"Johnny! Simon!" Nikki yelled with horror. Kaitlin and Bradin looked and Kaitlin ran. Johnny was being held back away from Simon by Jay as Simon was being held back by Kaitlin's father. Kaitlin ran up to Johnny.

"What did we just talk about?" she asked quietly. "He's not worth it, Johnny."

Johnny pushed Kaitlin aside to get to Simon causing her to fall onto the coffee table. "Shit," she said.

"Kaitlin!" Bradin yelled running up to her. He looked up at Johnny. "You are so dead," he said.

Kaitlin grabbed his arm. "Don't. I'll just go," she told him.

Bradin turned back and glared at Johnny. He turned back to Kaitlin and helped her up. "Come on, baby," he said placing his arm around her.

"Why don't you stay?" she asked.

"No," he said shaking his head, "I love you and I'm going to make sure that you're okay."

Kaitlin looked at Johnny before she and Bradin walked by her to go to her house. When they got there, Kaitlin opened the door and turned to Bradin.

"Go back," she said, "I don't want you in trouble."

"Kait, they all saw what Johnny did to you," he told her placing his hands on her arms, "We're all mad at him. he shouldn't have done that to you especially since you helped him cope."

"But, I shouldn't have gotten in the way of him. I should have known what he would do if I stood between him and his enemy."

Kaitlin's family walked up behind them. "Are you okay, sweetie?" her mother asked rushing to her side.

"I'm fine, ma," Kaitlin told her mother.

"I can't believe he did that to you," Lauren said.

"You two finish up," her father told her and Bradin.

"I'm going to leave you alone tomorrow so that you can finish unpacking your things," Bradin told Kaitlin.

"Do you want me to call you when I'm done packing?" she asked.

He grinned and kissed her. "Only if you want to," he told her.

"I'll see how late it gets." They kissed. "Please don't kill Johnny," she begged Bradin.

"I'll try my best not to. Good night, baby," he said.

"Night, Bradin," she said as they hugged.