Kaitlin sat in the waiting room of the hospital. She didn't want what just happened to be real.

She saw Martha floating there holding a gun at her with fire surrounding her.

"Make a choice," Martha said, "Run into the fire and die. Or, I shoot you and you die in the fire with a bullet in your heart."

"I'll take the bullet," the teenage girl said.

As Martha clicked the gun, Someone ran in front of Kaitlin getting the bullet.

She was sobbing her eyes out as she thought of what happened to Bradin. She blamed herself for getting him involved with her life, mostly getting him involved with her. She covered her face as more tears escaped her eyes.

"Kaitlin, dear," a female voice said. She peered up and saw Bradin's family there. Ava spoke, "Kaitlin, what happened?"

Kaitlin broke into tears as she burried her face once again. She couldn't explain what happened. Yet, she knew she had to. She took a deep breath and, doing her best to stay calm, told them everything that has happened.

"It's not your fault," Ava said.

"You believe me?" Kaitlin asked. "Usually someone would say I'm crazy and don't know what I'm talking about."

"You're not the type of girl that lies," Ava said.

"Excuse me," a doctor said, "Bradin is fine. He's up right now and is getting settled in his room. The bullet hit him in the arm. We got the bullet out. If you want to see him, follow me."

Ava looked at Kaitlin as everyone else followed the doctor. "Come on, Kaitlin," Ava said.

"I can't," she cried, "I can't see what I did to him."

"You didn't do this to him. I know you didn't because when I first moved here, I went to that house. What you said about it is true. The house is haunted, well, was haunted."

Kaitlin looked at Ava and back at the floor. She wiped her face with her hands. "I don't know what to do with my life anymore," she said softly, "So many things are going wrong."

"Was becoming my nephew's girlfriend something you did wrong?"

"I think it is because he wouldn't be here if it wasn't for me."

"If my nephew took a bullet for you, he cares about you more than his own life," Ava said, "Since you two became a couple, he has never stopped talking about you. He rarely talks about girls that he's dating, especially the way he talks about you."

Kaitlin continued looking at the floor not knowing what to say. "Come on," Ava said taking her hands, "I know he wants to see you."

BRAIDN

He lied in his hospital bed as his family, except his Aunt Ava, kept asking why he did what he did. He put his head back on his pillow and sighed as he closed his eyes.

"Brae, sweetie," he heard. He opened his eyes and saw his aunt standing with Kaitlin. "How are you?" his aunt asked him.

"I'm good," he said looking at her. His eyes traveled over to Kaitlin who was staring at him and looked like she just finished crying but needed to cry some more. "Baby, come here," he said. He saw Kaitlin look back at his aunt who nodded. Kaitlin slowly made her way towards the bed. "Can you guys give us a minute?" he asked his family.

"Sure," Ava said as she smiled at him and made everyone leave the room.

Bradin looked back at his girlfriend once everyone left them alone. He saw her eyes move from his arm to his eyes several times before she sat down on the bed and hugged him.

"I'm sorry," she cried, "I'm so sorry."

"It wasn't your fault," he told her, "I'm glad that I got shot and not you."

"Why did you do it?" she asked pulling away from him.

"You'll find out the answer soon enough," he said, "I hate it when you cry. It makes me really sad." He wiped of her face so that the tears wouldn't make him more sad than he already was. "What happened to Martha and the house?" he asked.

"It burned down," she said, "She put gas all over the house because she knew it would kill me. She did the same exact thing to my grandmother that she did today, minus the gun."

"How is your grandmother?" he asked.

"Nothing has changed," she told him.

"You never answered my question about what happened to Martha," he said.

"Because the house burned down, she's gone, too. She saw what you did for me. She decided that she wouldn't haunt anymore."

"Why did you lie to me? You told me you were coming here and instead, you went to the house. I was so scared when I found out that you weren't here at all today."

"I didn't want you to come with me. I needed to settle what was going on once and for all. I really wanted that bullet here," she said pointing to her heart, "I can't live with this pain anymore."

"And, I can't live without you," he said as he kissed her. She hugged him once again, this time tighter than ever. Even though he hugged her with one arm, he hugged her back, tighter than he has ever hugged anyone.

"I'm going to check on my grandmother," she said, "I'll be back later, hopefully before visiting hours are over."

"Gimme a kiss," he said.

"You're turning into quite a begger," she said, "aren't you?"

"For your kisses, yes," he said. Then, in a kiddie voice, he said, "Please gimme a kiss," with a pout. She laughed and gave him a quick kiss. "Another one," he whined, "That wasn't good enough."

"You're also a whiner," she said laughing, "But, I find it cute."

"Kiss me," he demanded. She leaned down and kissed him. As she moved to pull away, she felt Bradin push her head back down so he could kiss her. He added passion into the kiss as her lips met his once again. When he pulled away, he said, "Just in case we don't do it again today."

"Then, you could have just said that you wanted a long one in case I didn't come back before hours were over," she said.

OUTSIDE THE ROOM

Bradin's family was waiting outside of the room for the young couple to finish talking. They saw Kaitlin walk out of the room.

"I'm going to check on my grandmother," she told them.

"Can we go?" Bradin's younger sister, Nikki, asked.

"Sure. But, only if you really want to," Kaitlin said.

"We'll go," Ava said, "It's the least we can do for what you've done for Bradin. Besides, the doctor is going to check on him for about half an hour."

"Okay," Kaitlin said.

HER GRANDMOTHER'S HOSPITAL ROOM

Kaitlin walked up to the bed with everyone behind her.

"She looks helpless," Derrick said as he walked up to the bed.

"Derrick," everyone snapped.

"Don't worry about it," Kaitlin said, "He's right." She looked down at her grandmother and took her hand.

"Where are you staying tonight?" Susannah asked the teenage girl.

"With my boss," she said, "I called up the restaurant i worked at this morning and told her everything that is going on. She knows what I'm going thorugh and will be there if I need her at all tonight."

"Do you need a ride to her house?" Ava asked.

"No. She should be here any minute. Thank you, though," she said.