Weeks passed and the four grew closer and closer to Kaitlin's family. One night, while Kaitlin was hanging out with the Westerly's and her sister, Ava walked in with Simon and the other adults, excluding Johnny, following them. They looked at the kids.

"How are you all doing?" Susannah asked.

"Fine," they responded before going back to their game of Scrabble.

As they yelled out words, the adults studied the way the kids looked. The kids began an argument that turned onto a pillow fight. They adults smiled at the relationship developed between the five. Simon placed his hand over Ava's and they smiled at each other.

Kaitlin was tackled to the ground by Nikki and Lauren and was getting hit by three pillows at the same time. She tried to fight them off but it was no use. The two of them were too strong for her.

"Okay!" she yelled, "Okay! The word you used can be counted!"

The young girls got off of Kaitlin and she got up. She caught her breath from laughing so hard. Her parents walked through the door.

"Hey," her father said.

"Hi," everyone said.

"Come on, girls," her mother said, "It's time to go."

Bradin threw his arms around Kaitlin. "She's not leaving me," he said, "I'll hold her as my hostage."

Kaitlin laughed. "Now I know why I love you so much," she said before kissing him.

"Can they spend the night?" Derrick asked their parents.

"They can't. We have to go visit family tomorrow. It takes a few hours to get there," their mother said, "Maybe another time."

"What time will you guys be home tomorrow?" Nikki asked.

"We're not sure. It depends on how everything goes up there," their father said.

"You owe me big time," Bradin whispered in Kaitlin's ear.

"Oh do I?" she asked

"Oh you do," he said.

Ava watched as the kids said good night to each other. As she watched Kaitlin and Bradin, she noticed a ring on Kaitlin's left ring finger. She noticed that it was her sister's engagement ring.

"Where did you get that?" Ava asked Kaitlin as she walked up to her.

"Bradin gave it to me."

"Why?" Ava asked.

Kaitlin looked back at Bradin and back at his aunt. "We're-"

"I asked Kaitlin to marry me," Bradin said, "It was Nikki's idea to let her wear our mother's engagement ring."

"Marry you!" the adults yelled.

"Yes. But, we're not getting married anytime soon," Bradin said, "We're going to wait when we're not in school. And that doesn't mean when we have jobs or are out of school. We might get married between years, like in the summertime or something."

"She's wearing my sister's ring!" Ava yelled.

"Why is it a big deal?" Nikki asked, "The ring wasn't given or left to you. It was left to us."

"Did you two know about this?" Simon asked Kaitlin and Lauren's parents.

"Yes we have," Kaitlin's mother said.

"Why didn't you say anything?" he asked.

"Because our children didn't want us to say anything," Kaitlin's father said, "They love each other more thanyou and Ava love each other. You should see them both together. They are the happiest people in the world. We kept it from you because we knew that you would try to ruin their relationship more than you already have."

"We have not ruined their relationship," Simon said, "We tried to help them."

"No you didn't," Lauren said, "You called Sarah to break them up. Nikki and I overheard you and Ava talking. You said, 'Let's call Sarah. She'll be happy to be with Bradin again. And, once they're together, he'll be over Kaitlin.' What happened to the Ava Gregory that we've known for years?"

"I'll tell you," Nikki said, "She married a bitch."

"Nikki!" Ava screamed.

"Can I say something?" Jay asked.

"WHAT?" everyone yelled.

"Has anyone noticed that Bradin and Kaitlin are gone?" he asked.

Everyone looked around and noticed that Jay was right. The young couple was nowhere to be seen.

Bradin and Kaitlin sat on the beach far away from their homes. They couldn't stand the way that no one in Bradin's family, excluding his siblings, wanted them together. They hated the fact that they would go through so much trouble to break them up. They didn't understand why.

Bradin looked over at Kaitlin and took her hand into his. He linked their fingers together with his. She looked at him. They leaned towards each other and kissed. They lied down so that Kaitlin was on top of Bradin and soon rolled over so that he was on top of her. After a few minutes, they pulled away from each other and looked into each other's eyes.

They knew what they wanted to do. Yet, they didn't have any protection like they've had the previous times they've done it. They didn't want to do something that they would regret. Bradin noticed that Kaitlin looked upset. He saw her look away from him and placed her hand on her forehead.

"Katie Baby, what's wrong?" he asked.

"I hate this," she said as they sat up.

"Define this," he said.

"I hate that the adults in your house don't see how much we mean to each other or how we feel about each other. They all thought different last year when we first started going out."

"I hate it, too. But," he began, "We shouldn't let it bother us. As long as we know how we feel about each other, that's all that matters. We shouldn't care about what others think. If they're happy, that's fine. If they're pissed off and sad, then that's fine too. Those who are sad and pissed will have to deal with how we feel about each other."

Kaitlin sighed and knew that Bradin was right. It still bothered her. She felt Bradin wrap his arms around her and hold her. She rested her head on his arms and looked at him. he kissed her.

"I love you," he said, "Don't let it get to you."

"I'll try," she said.

"Do your best," he said moving hair behind her ear.