Martha Winston House Chapter 11, a summerland fanfic

A/N: this is the final chapter of this story. i hope you all enjoyed it. this chapter contains roxette's 'listen to your heart' which i do NOT own. i love the song and thought it fits well into the chapter. sorry about the spelling and grammar mistakes throughout the story. i dont have spell check b/c i'm using word pad. ENJOY!

On Monday, everythiing was different. Those that stayed in the house were talking and making their friends ask questions. Kaitlin, however, was the only one that avoided them. She even avoided Omayra, who was now together with Lucas. Also, Calvin and Callie were hitting it off.

"Kaitlin!" David yelled running up to her, "How did it go?"

"Fine," she said.

"Are you sure?" he asked. "You're not yourself right now."

She looked at him and walked into their Myths & Fables class. She sat down in her seat and waited for her class to start.

"Hey," Omayra said as she sat in her seat, "Kait, listen-"

"Don't start," Kaitlin said as she glared at her, "I'm not in the mood for your shit."

"Is there a problem?" Mrs. Paul asked.

"No," Kaitlin said.

"Everyone sit down," Mrs. Paul said, "Let's cancel the assignment that I gave this past weekend. I don't know what I was thinking."

Kaitlin closed her eyes and breathed deeply. After class, Kaitlin was at her locker putting her books away and getting ready for lunch.

"Kait," Dave said, "talk to me. What happened this weekend? I know something is up because you're not talking to Omayra. He saw a tear run down her face as she reached for a book in her locker. "Katie," he said reaching for her arm.

"That stupid assignment is what hapened!" she screamed, "It brought back the worst memory in my entire life!"

"Are you kidding me?" She shook her head and tried to hold back her tears. "Hey, stop that," he said as he wraped his arms around her, "Calm down."

"I think i fell for a surfer," she said quietly.

"I heard that you did," he said pulling away, "Is that why you and Omayra aren't talking?"

"No," Kaitlin said, "She tried to get me together with the surfer by disapearing. She scared me so much that I had a knife to my wrist."

Dave and Kaitlin walked into the lunch room and began walking totheir normal table. As they walked, Kaitlin saw Omayra sitting with the surfers. They looked at each other and Kaitlin kept walking. She walked into someone.

"I'm sorry," she said. She looked at the person and saw that it was Bradin. He had crutches because of his foot.

"Don't worry about it," he said.

"How's your foot?"

"It could be better," he told her, "Can we talk?"

"I don't wanna talk right now," she said.

"Are you lost?" Sarah asked Kaitlin as she walked up to the two.

"Don't touch me," Bradin said as Sarah placed her arm through his.

"It's time for you to leave," Sarah said pushing Kaitlin.

"Touch me again," Kaitlin said.

"I said it's time for you to go!" Sarah yelled. Kaitlin raised a fist and punched Sarah in the face. "What would your grandfather say?" Sarah asked.

Kaitlin looked at Bradin. "I didn't tell her anything," he said.

"It's all around school," Sarah said, "You killed your grandfather."

Kaitlin could feel the tears forming and escaping her eyes. She turned an rn out of the cafeteria with tears down her face. "Kaitlin!" Bradin yelled.

Around five, Kaitlin went to work at a restaurant near the boardwalk. She worked for about half an hour when she saw the surfers walk in and take a seat in the area she was serving. She brought food to one table and then went to their table.

"Look who it is," Sarah said.

"The killer," Tanner said.

"What can i get you?" Kaitlin asked ignoring the comments that were just made.

"A new waitress," Tanner said.

"That can be arranged," she said, "But it won't happen."

After a little more conversation, they finally ordered what they wanted. Kaitlin walked back and gave the chef the orders she just received. She got their drinks and brought them back to the table.

"Kaitlin!" a young voice yelled as she gave the last drink to Lucas. She looked to her side and saw a little girl running up to her.

"Hey, Karen," she said as the little girl hugged her legs.

At the table, Bradin watched as Kaitlin took the girl's hand and walked away. They walked up to a family that was already seated a few booths away from where he was. He watched as Kaitlin talked tothe people. She made everyone at the table smile and laugh. She gave the young girl a quarter to go pick out a song from the juke box that the restaurant had.

"Bradin?" he heard. He looked back at his table and saw everyone looking at him. "Are you okay?" Callie asked.

"Yeah," he said looking back at Kaitlin.

About fifteen minutes passed and their food was ready. Kaitlin brought the food to their table. As she handed out the plates, Omayra noticed something strange on Kaitlin's arm.

"What did you do?" she asked grabbing Kaitlin's arm after handing Bradin his plate.

"Nothing," Kaitlin said, "I was just lifting boxes earlier in my house and i cut myself on glass that was sticking out of the box." With that, Kaitlin walked away.

"What did i do?" Omayra asked.

Kaitlin's shift ended hours later and she could go home. She walked out of the restaurant and saw Bradin sitting on a bench on the boardwalk across from the restaurant.

"Hey," he said smiling.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I wanted to talk to you about this past weekend," he said.

"I have nothing to say to you." As Kaitlin said that, Roxette's "Listen To Your Heart" began playing at the restaurant speakers.

"Please," he begged. She sighed and sat next to him.

I know there's something in the wake of your smile.
I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yea.
You've built a love but that love falls apart.
Your little piece of heaven turns too dark.

"I really like you, Kait," he told her, "I have for a while. I saw you skating at the park when I took my brother there months ago. You were so good. I saw joy in your eyes as you skated."

Listen to your heart
when he's calling for you.
Listen to your heart
there's nothing else you can do.
I don't know where you're going
and I don't know why,
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye.

Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile.
The precious moments are all lost in the tide, yea.
They're swept away and nothing is what is seems,
the feeling of belonging to your dreams.

"It's not going to work out between us," she said, "We come from two diferent worlds. You come from money and popularity and people wanting to be you and family. I came from poor and geeky and violent people."

"Look at Lucas and Omayra. They're just like us, except they're together and we're not. I want to be with you, Kaitlin."

"I'm going to hurt you," she said, "Everyone that has come into my life left me in many ways. I lost my grandfather to the grave. I lost my best friend to your group. I lost my parents because they didn't want me."

"What do you mean?" he aked.

"My parents didn't want a child. But, they were against abortion and had me. They sent me to live with my grandparents. And now, I'm only living with my grandmother because my grandfather left and she's not taking care of me the way she should be. I don't want to hurt you, Bradin. I know I'm hurting you by telling you that we can't be together. But, I'll hurt you more if we are."

"No you won't," he told her, "I want to help you get through your problems."

"Get with him," a voice in her mind told her, "You like him. Don't let him get away." She looked at Bradin as a tear ran down her cheek. "I'm sorry, Bradin," she said getting up and walking away.

The sky was dark and stars shone down on Playa Linda. Within a few minutes, clouds filled the sky and it began to rain. Kaitlin stared out her window at Playa Linda. She turned the radio on and the remake of Roxette's 'Listen To Your Heart' by D.H.T. was playing.

And there are voices
that want to be heard.
So much to mention
but you can't find the words.
The scent of magic,
the beauty that's been
when love was wilder than the wind.

Bradin sat on his couch watching television with his younger siblings. He wasn't really paying attention to what they were watching. He was too busy thinking about Kaitlin and what happened earlier.

"Bradin," Nikki said. He looked at her and saw her standing with Kaitlin who was soaked from being outside.

"Kaitlin," he said standing up, "what are you doing here?"

"If it's a bad time, I can leave," she said.

"No," he said before she ran out, "Stay, please."

Bradin led her to his room and closed the door. "You can sit," he told her as he sat down.

"I don't want to get your bed wet."

"It's rain. It will dry," he said. He patted a spot next to him and she sat down.

"I've sat in my room thinking about what I said to you since I got home. I do want to be with you, Bradin. I'm just scared that I'll hurt you the way that I've hurt everyone else. But, I also don't want to get hurt by you the way you've hurt your ex-girlfriends."

"I won't hurt you," he said, "You've gone through enough in life. If I hurt you, I'll feel more than shit."

She looked up at him and found his face near hers. He raised his hand and wiped her cheek off and free of rain.

"I'm sorry for what I did at the house," he said, "I didn't mean to push you up against the wall. I just wanted to kiss you so badly. I know that it hurt but I just wanted to see if what I felt was real or not. And, when I kissed you in that room, it was real."

He moved her hair behind her ear and looked into her eyes. He slowly leaned in and softly brushed his lips against hers. When he pulled away, he saw her bite her bottom lip.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I hate it when you kiss me," she said, "I don't want to stop."

He smiled. "Well, we don't have to," he told her as he kissed her again.

A/N: you know what, i'm not sure if this is the final chapter. i got an idea for some more chapters but i'm not sure if i should write them out. Let me know if you all think i should