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Allison's POV

"Are you sure you want to leave tomorrow morning?" Erika asked me at the dinner table that night.

"Yeah, I have some…stuff to do back home." I replied, making up an excuse. "But, I'm gonna miss all of you guys so much, and I'll never forget my visit here. As you all already know by now, I haven't really felt like being part of a family for a long time."

Bradin sat there across from me silent the whole time. He looked down at his food, sliding his pasta noodles back and forth across the plate. He finally looked up.

"I, gotta go somewhere." He said softly. "I'll be back in a little bit."

Aunt Ava was already used to Bradin having plans after dinner.

"Be back before ten!" She warned him.

"Yeah right he'll be back before ten!" Derrick giggled. He knew his brother.

After dinner, we all started cleaning up. As I was storing my plate into the dishwasher, I started worrying about Bradin.

"I'm gonna…go take a walk." I said to Erika. She nodded as if she knew where I was going and gave me a reassuring smile that she'd inform Ava of my whereabouts.

I walked outside to the beach, finding Bradin sitting on the sand looking out into the ocean. I don't know why Erika warned me of him before. She told me that he was the type who'd use girls for the wrong reasons, and that he'd rush into things. And that he wasn't the type of person you'd expect to have a long term relationship with.

I walked up to him and sat down beside him.

"I can't believe you're still leaving tomorrow." He said, still looking out at the water.

"I'm sorry Bradin. I was going to call my dad and tell him he didn't have to come anymore, but he probably already bought the airplane tickets."

I leaned onto his shoulder.

"I love you Bradin, I don't want to go back. I can't do anything abut that now." I said.

"I love you too." He said, a tear starting to slide down his cheek. I could tell he tried hard not to cry. He quickly wiped off the tear with the sleeve of his shirt.

I let out a sigh. "At least your life won't be all that bad, it'll just be the same great life you had before I came. I have to go back. Back to those parents, back to the school, back to the nightmare."

"Oh come on Allison. You could change that." Bradin said. He narrowed his eyes on me. "You're going to talk to your dad tomorrow when he comes, and tell him how you feel. And if you don't I'll make sure you do."

I greatly disagreed with Erika at this point. Bradin was the total opposite of what she described him as.

"Thanks." I smiled.

It was getting late out and the time was getting nearer to the ten o' clock curfew.

Early the next day…

"Allison! Wake up!" I heard someone shaking me up from my sleep. I rubbed my eyes and focused my gaze on the person.

"Dad!" I said, shooting up from bedin disbelief. "Is it time to leave already?"

"Of course!" He replied. "Are you ready to leave? I already packed your things in the car!"

"I…I…"

"You what! Come on, out with it! We're going to miss the plane!" My dad said impatiently.

"I…I don't want to go." I said.

"YOU WHAT!" He said angrily. "ALLISON! I did not just travel all the way across the country for you to not come home! So stop speaking nonsense and get in the car!"

I was terrified. I followed him out of my room, when I saw Bradin standing at his doorway, staring at me, giving me the signal to talk to my dad.

I whispered to him, "Didn't you just see the way he reacted!"

He whispered back, "Allison, I know you could do it. I don't want you to go back home unhappy."

I sighed. I walked up to my dad, who started making his way down the stairs, and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Dad?" I asked him nervously.

He turned around. "Whatever it is, make it fast." He replied sternly.

I was petrified, but I knew what I had to do.

"Dad….this is hard for me to say, but I really don't want to go home. I don't think you know what it feels like to lose your loved ones that you've had for the longest time. Then forced immediately to say goodbye to them, never seeing them again, and being expected to move in with a new family. You forced me to leave my old school and my old friends and move to a new school, expecting me to be just fine and dandy with the change. I've been holding in so many feelings for the last two years, and I'm sorry, but I had to let it out."

I saw a side of my foster father that I'd never seen before. It was like an instant change of heart.

"Allison." He said softly. "I do know what it feels like. I've never told you this, but I lost my parents too. My mother was an alcoholic and was arrested for selling drugs. She didn't care for me much, so I turned to my dad. Things got worse, because he died; he was a soldier fighting in World War II. I'll never forget him. I was,also, forced to move in with a foster family. I guess I got all my sternness from my foster father, and I'm so sorry for putting it out on you." He wrapped his arms around me hugging me tightly.

Tears rolled down my eyes as I realized who my foster father really was. I've always thought of him as something he wasn't. I looked back at Bradin, who in return gave me a warm smile that seemed to say 'I told you so.'

"I'm sorry Allison, but I have to take you home. Go say goodbye to everyone and meet me in the car." My dad said. He made his way out the door and into the car.

I looked back and started walking towards Bradin. He opened his arms for a hug.

"Bye Bradin." I whispered.

"I love you Allison." He said. "Come back as soon as you can."

We finally pulled apart, and that was the last I saw of him for a long time…

One Year Later…

I walked out of the plane, once again, breathing in the nice Playa Linda air I always loved. I shifted bag on my shoulder and set out of the airport looking for Bradin.

As I was walking out, I looked all around for him. Suddenly I felt someone walking up behind me, wrapping their arms around my waist.

"Hey Allison." The voice said.

I turned around and there was Bradin, looking right at me.

"Bradin!" I hugged him. "I haven't seen you in so long!"

We kissed. Then he grabbed my hand and led me somewhere.

"Let's go." He said, holding my bags in one hand and holding my hand in the other. "I wanna go somewhere." He said.

And I knew exactly where that place was.

A Happily Ever After…

(Nobody's POV)

As you probably know by now, Allison came back to Playa Linda after leaving them for a year. Her parents figured out what she was going through, and now they seemed to care more for her. Now that Allison has graduated high school at 18 years old, she was legally an adult.

Her foster parents let her move to Playa Linda for good, making sure that she'd still keep in touch with them. Both Allison and Bradin now got accepted and now attend Playa Linda University (A/N: I made that up.)

The guest room she once stayed in before is now her permanent room. Things were turning up for her, just like her real parents said it would. She knew her parents were watching her from up above and making sure she'd be okay.

To others, Allison's life may be horrible. But to her, it was perfect. She had the perfect boyfriend, her foster parents actually cared for her, her parents are watching her from above, and she's now living in the place she's always dreamt of living in. So I guess you could say, Allison's like was Perfectly Unperfect.

THE END

A/N: I know it was kinda sappy at the beginning of this chapter. PLEASE REVIEW! Again, I'll reply to all reviews.

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