Weeks later, Kaitlin came home after losing in the semi-finals for the world cup. She got a call from Lauren saying that they were invited to Ava's wedding. She didn't want to go but did.

"How are you doing?" her father asked.

She shook her head as she looked out the window. She felt her father take her hand. She turned her head and looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"Do you want to skip the wedding?" he asked.

"I'm not someone that would do that. Mom's going to make me go as it is. Even if Bradin and I were still together, I wouldn't want to go. She tried to break us up because we spent 'too much time together'. She kicked Johnny out of the house and onto the streets. She is ruining her own life. She's taking it out on everyone else."

"I agree with you. But, I can talk to your mother into only having you go to the reception, unless you want to go to the wedding and reception."

"I don't want to go at all."

"You're going to have to go to at least one," her father told her, "Your mother will make you go to one."

"I know," she said looking away from her father, "I don't want to face Bradin."

"Have you talked to him since the breakup?"

"He left me voice mails begging me to let him explain what was going on," she said with a sigh, "I haven't talked to him, though."

"Maybe you should listen to him. Don't you still love him?"

"I don't know what to feel," she said.

BRADIN

Bradin sat on the steps that led to the beach from his house. He looked next door at Kaitlin's house and sighed. He hasn't heard from her since the letter with the locket came in the mail. He really did love her and would die to get her back if it came down to it. As he sat there, Mike and David walked up to him.

"Hey man," Mike said.

"Hey," he said quietly.

"Where have you been?" David asked. "No one has seen you in a long time unless it was at school."

"I've been thinking," Bradin said as he looked out to the beach.

"About Kaitlin," David stated, "You should have never called Sarah."

"I didn't!" Bradin yelled, "My aunt did to break us up!"

"Control your anger," Mike said, "That's what always gets you in trouble."

"If Kaitlin was in my life, I wouldn't be like this," Bradin said getting up and walking away from his friends.

Ignoring his friends who were calling after him, Bradin began to think of Kaitlin again. He wasn't even thinking of where he was walking to. After walking for a while, he found himself at the tree house. He peered up as he began to climb the ladder. He got up there and saw a girl standing near the doorway that led to the balcony.

"Kaitlin," he said. The girl turned around and it indeed it was Kaitlin.

"God," she said, "Why now?"

"When did you get back?" he asked.

"Yesterday," she said turning back around.

"Can we talk?"

"About what?" she asked looking at him, "There's nothing to talk about."

"Katie Baby, my aunt called Sarah up and told her that I wanted to see her again. She came to me and kissed me. I pushed her off and said that I'm in love with you. I never wanted that kiss to happen. Believe me, please." he begged.

"Our sisters saw you two all over each other!" she yelled.

"They lied."

"My sister would never lie about something like that. The only thing that she would lie about is…… stealing a cookie from a cookie jar and blame it on me."

"You have to believe me," he said walking up to her and placing his hands on her arms, "I would never do anything like that to hurt you, the one that I love."

"Stop acting like we're married and getting a divorce," she said pulling away from him, "This relationship is over, Bradin. It has been for weeks."

"Katie Baby, please," he said.

"No," she said as she began to climb down the ladder.

"I love you," he said out loud as he watched her walk away. He sighed and punched a wall once again.