The following day, Kaitlin and her family went on a road trip to see her father's mother in a nursing home. She looked out the window and up at the sky.

"Stop thinking about last night," she heard her father say, "They don't see what we do in you two."

She placed her head against the window and closed her eyes. After three hours in the car, they arrived at the nursing home where her father's mother was. They got out of the car and walked in.

"Hey, everyone," Sharon, the lady at the front desk, said, "She's in her room."

The four walked down a few halls until they got to the room they were looking for. Her grandmother was looking out the window at the sun shining.

"Hi, mom," her father said kissing his mother's cheek.

Kaitlin sat on the floor and stared at the wall across from her the entire time that they were there. She ran her hands over her face and sighed.

"Kait," Lauren said sitting beside her, "Nikki just called me. Bradin hasn't been home since early this morning. She's worried about him."

"Tell her to walk to the beach from the back of her house. Then, tell her to turn left and walk about half a mile," Kaitlin said, "If he's not there, then something's up."

Lauren took out her cell phone and called Nikki up. As she listened to her sister talk, Kaitlin played with the locket that Bradin gave her.

NIKKI

Nikki walked along the beach looking for her older brother. He wasn't at home when she woke up that morning and never came home. It was now 2:30 in the afternoon and she was scared. As she approached about half a mile, she saw someone surfing in the water. She saw clothes and a towel near a bag in the sand and smiled knowing it was her brother. She sat down near his towel and watched him surf.

After a few minutes, she saw him grab his board and walk to shore.

"Hi," he said.

"Hey," Nikki said smiling. She noticed that her brother wasn't himself. "What's wrong? You've been out here all day."

He sat down on his towel beside his sister. "I'm so mad at the world right now," he said, "I told Kaitlin something that I didn't even believe in. God, why do people hate our happiness?"

"They don't see what Derrick, her family, and I see," she told him, "We see happiness and love between you two."

"How did you know where I was?" he asked.

"My soon to be sister-in-law," she said. She saw Bradin smile.

"I'm going to be out here for a while," he told her, "If you get bored, you can leave."

"I'll be here for you," she told him.

Hours later, Nikki had to leave because she was meeting her friend Cameron at the movies. Bradin was still surfing and kept messing up a move he's been trying to do for a long time. He was getting frustrated and headed back to the beach. He threw his board on the ground in anger. He began to take his wetsuit off and threw that in the sand, too.

"Why so angry?" he heard. He looked to his side and saw Kaitlin. He ran up to her and hugged her tightly.

"Oh baby," he said tightening his grip on her never wanting to let her go.

"Brae, what's wrong?" she asked. "Nikki told me that you've been out here for over 12 hours."

"I've been thinking a lot," he said pulling away from the hug but keeping his arms around her.

"Is it something that you want to talk about?" she asked.

"No," he said, "I thought it out thoroughly and realized why I'm here by you." They sat down in the sand. He pulled her onto his lap and held her tightly. "How's your family?" he asked.

"I guess we're okay," she said, "I'm scared. Whenever we go and see my grandmother, she acts like we mean shit to her. Ever since she married my grandfather, she has hated us all. I don't understand why. Since my grandfather died before I moved here, she has been so…arg."

"You're grandfather died?" he asked, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want you to worry about me," she said.

"I'm sorry," he said softly.

"Don't worry about it," she said. She looked at him. "Are you cold?" she asked. He looked at what he was wearing: his bathing suit bottoms.

"You're keeping me warm," he said, "I love you, Kait, more than you will ever know."

"I love you, too," she said snuggling against him.

He kissed her forehead and tightened his grip. "We'll go back after sunset," he said, "I don't want the cops to be called."

"Okay," she said.

"My brother and sister really like you," he told her, "I've never seen them act like this around a girl I've gone out with before. My parents would like you, too."

She moved so that she was looking at him. He looked like he was about to cry.

"I spent the anniversary of their death alone," he said, "I couldn't be around my family at that time. They would be all worried and wouldn't leave me alone"

"You know what you need?" she asked.

"What?" he asked.

"You need a day that consists of just you, Nikki, and Derrick. You three haven't spent that much time with each other in a very long time. I think it's time that you three spend some time alone. Do what you guys use to do before they died. Talk about the death of your parents. Do something together."

"I think that is what I need," he said. He kissed her and said, "Thank you, baby."

"You're welcome," she said.

Bradin walked his girlfriend home after they watched the sunset. He stood there staring at her for a while before kissing her deeply. Then, he turned towards his house and left. Kaitlin walked into her house and her eyes widened.