A/N: ten to eleven chapters left! i finally finished writing everything! yay i'm so happy. enjoy!

Bradin was lying next to Kaitlin and watched her sleep. He ran his fingers through her hair. He looked at the clock on the desk next to the bed and it read 4:30A.M. He saw beside it paper, pens, and pencils. He reached over, grabbed the paper and a pen and began writing.

2 ½ HOURS LATER

Kaitlin woke up to her alarm clock. She groaned and shut it off. She grabbed the robe that hung over a chair near her bed and put it on. As she sat up, she saw a note and locket. She picked it up and read what was written on the paper.

"Morning Katie Baby,

I hope you slept well. I love watching you sleep, especially after a night like last night. People have told me that nights like last night are the best nights in a lifetime. They're wrong. Whenever I'm with you, it's the time of my life. Whether we're watching movies together, hanging out with my brother and sister, your sister and family, or sitting onthe beach, I'm happy. As I write this, I'm watching you sleep. You are amazingly beautiful. You knocked out everyone that looks adorable while sleeping, even the hot celebrities. I decided to leave now because I didn't want someone walking in and catching us and get you in trouble. It's almost five and I'm about to head off before someone catches me. I love you so much, Katie Baby. Call me later.

Love, forever and for always,

Bradin

P.S. Here's my heart, the one you stole, remember?"

Kaitlin smiled. She looked at the locket and picked it up. She set it back down, grabbed clean clothes, and headed to the bathroom to shower.

It's five o'clock and Kaitlin is walking out of a building where she would be doing community service for the 100 hours she needs to do. She was too tired to walk all the way home. As she began walking, a car horn honked at her making her look into the street.

"Need a ride?"

Johnny. She didn't know if she could trust him or not. But, she didn't want to walk home. She was on her feet all day.

They sat in the car in silence. Johnny spoke up.

"I'm sorry about everything," he said, "I was mad at myself for not stopping the one woman in my life from making a big mistake. You were the only one who actually tried to talk to me and help me. I guess that since you were there, I took everything out on you."

She looked over at Johnny as they pulled into the driveway of her house. He looked at her as he put the car in parking mode.

"Listen," he said as he went into his pocket and pulled out a card, "I want you to do something for me. Give this to Bradin. it has all of my information on it. I heard what people have tried to do to you two. If he feels that he can't live there with people like that, he can come live with me. I know he may hate me after what I did to you, but I want you two to stay together."

Kaitlin took the card and looked at it before looking at Johnny. Johnny noticed that she was wearing a ring on her lift ring finger. He took her hand and looked at the ring.

"This is an engagement ring," he said.

"Bradin asked me to marry him and I agreed," she said, "We're not going to marry for a few years."

"I'm glad that you two are together," Johnny said, "Do you think you can forgive me for what I've done?"

"I can forgive you. But, I don't know if I can trust you."

"Come on, Kait," he said.

"I have to go," she said as she got out of the car and closing the door. Johnny sighed as the teenage girl walked up to her house.

INSIDE HER ROOM

Kaitlin sat on her bed staring at the card the Johnny gave to her so she could give it to Bradin. She picked up her phone and dialed Bradin's cell phone number.

"Hello?" she heard.

"Hey," she said, "It's Kaitlin."

"Baby!" he yelled excitedly, "How are you?"

"Tired. Um, can you come over?" she asked.

"I'm working for another hour. I can come by after I'm done. Is that okay?"

"Yeah," she said.

"All right. I'll be there as fast as I can after work. I love you, baby."

"Love you, too," she said and hung up. She lied back onto her bed and closed her eyes.

Bradin walked up to Kaitlin's house and knocked on the door. Her mother opened it.

"Hello, Bradin," she said, "She's asleep in her room."

"She called and asked me to come over," he said, "She didn't sound like herself on the phone."

"She was probably tired," her mother said, "She was around little kids all day. You should have seen her when she walked into the house. If you want, you can go up there and see what she wanted."

"Thank you," he said as he headed up the stairs.

Bradin walked down the hall to Kaitlin's room. He opened the door and walked in to find her sleeping. He smiled, walked over to the bed, and lied down. He stared at her and studied how adorable she looked. His mind wandered back to the previous morning around 4:30. As he thought about it, he kissed her. She whined and rolled over placing a pillow over her head. He smiled and moved the pillow.

"Baby," he whispered, "Wake up."

She moved her head and looked at him. She rested her head back on her pillow and blinked.

He smiled. "Hey," he said.

"Hi," she said with a yawn.

"How are you doing? I know you're tired but you sounded worried on the phone."

He saw her bite her bottom lip. She rolled over, reached for something on her dresser, and rolled back over to him. She handed him a card. He read it and saw that it said Johnny Durant.

"After I walked out of the center, Johnny drove up and asked if I wanted a ride. I said yes because I was too tired to walk home. He told me to give you that because he heard what people in your house tried doing to us. He said that if you can't live with them anymore, call him up. You can live with him. He likes the idea of us being together."

Bradin looked at the card and back at her. He placed his hand on her cheek and kissed her passionately. He pulled away, looked at her with his head propped up on his hand, and ran his fingers through her hair.

"I heard that you were around younger kids all day," he said placing his head on the pillow next to the one she was laying on.

"Yeah. I have to work at the day care place at the center for my hours," she said.

"Sounds like fun."

She shook her head. "They are so crazy. I have never seen kids that young act like they were in the jungle or zoo."

He laughed. "They loved you though, right?" he asked.

"Uh huh," she said, "I colored, played games, and was literally dragged to the playground near the center. I didn't think that I would get out of there alive."

He laughed again. "I'm glad you got out of there alive."

"So am I," she said with another yawn, "I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it," he said, "You need rest."

"So, what did you do today?"

"I worked at the shop," he said, "There was nothing interesting about my day until you called-"

"When you yelled out 'baby' after I said my name," she said.

"Then, Jay began to worry about me. I began to worry about him, too. He kept singing these love songs about me and how in love I was with you."

"I think I'd worry, too," she said, "There's something else that I should tell you."

"What is it?"

"Before I walked in the house after Johnny dropped me off, he grabbed my arm and told me something that he wanted me to tell you."

"What did he say?"

"He said that if you and I truly love each other the way we do and want to get married, we should elope if someone tries breaking us up again."

"I was actually thinking about eloping," he said, "I thought about the days when we told our families about us as well as the way they act around us after we told them. I don't think any of them are happy, especially your family. I think they might have lied about how happy they were to hear about our engagement."

"I realized that, too. What are we going to do?"

"We should do what Johnny said," he told her, "If someone tries breaking us up again, then we'll elope."

"Are you sure?"

"Actually, I should be asking you that," he said.

"I'm not sure," she said, "I'll see if it happens. If it does, I'll let you know."

"Sounds good," he said. He ran his hand over her cheek. "You're so beautiful," he said as he leaned in to kiss her.

OUTSIDE THE ROOM

Kaitlin's father was in his room and headed down to the living room when he heard his daughter in her room with Bradin. He heard their entire conversation and couldn't believe that Bradin and Kaitlin knew that his feelings for their engagement were opposite from how he was acting.