A/N: this chapter kind of sucks but the following ones will be better, i hope. to those who reviewed and said they want to read what i'v been working on for a while, it's a book that i hope to publish soon. it's called 'The Mysterious Girl' and it's not good but i was wondering if you'd all want to help me make it better. let me know. enjoy!

Elie woke up the day before she had to leave for the tour. She groaned as she looked at her clock to find it 8:00 a.m. She buried her face back into her pillow and tried to fall back asleep. Just as she began to drift off, her cell phone rang. She groaned once again.

"Hello?"

"Gooooooood morning beautiful," Bradin's voice sounded.

"I could so kill you right now," she said.

"Aww," he whined, "Come on, baby. You said you'd be up at this time."

"I lied. I just want to sleep. I danced all day yesterday."

"I'll let you go. BUT, you have to meet me on the boardwalk at noon."

"Fine. Please just let me sleep for another hour or so."

"No problem. Bye, beautiful." Elie went to argue but he had already hung up.

Around noon, Elie walked up to the boardwalk and looked around for Bradin. She sighed and closed her eyes. Just as she opened them, hands covered them back up. She smiled.

"Hello beautiful," they whispered.

"Hey Brae," she said. He uncovered her eyes and held a rose in front of her. "Thank you," she said turning around. He kissed her and kept his arms around her after pulling away.

"I missed you," he told her.

"I missed you, too."

He smiled and kissed her again with a little passion.

"Come on you two!" someone shouted. Elie pulled away and saw Bradin's family walking up to them. She smiled.

That day had to have been the best in Elie's life. They took her out to lunch. Bradin battled Elie several times again in DDR. They went shopping and got Elie some things that she could use on the road.That night, Bradin set up a picnic on the beach just for him and Elie.

"Bradin," she gasped when she saw the picnic.

The young couple sat down on the blanket and began to eat. During dessert, Bradin took a piece of cake and held it up to Elie's mouth for her to eat. She opened her mouth and he placed the cake on her tongue. He smiled when he saw a little bit of frosting on her lips. He leaned forward and kissed her. He pulled away and they both smiled.

"You had frosting on your lips," her told her.

Her smile grew. He moved so he was sitting behind her and they were watching the sun set. Bradin wrapped his arms around her tightly as she leaned back into him.

"I have something for you," he told her. She looked back at him and he held a box in front of her. She took it from him and opened it to find a silver bracelet. She gasped and picked it up. She noticed an engraving on it. It read, "Elie and Bradin Forever". She smiled up at him.

"Think we'll last that long?" she asked.

"I know we will," he told her as he hooked the bracelet around her wrist. She kissed him. "What time do you leave tomorrow?"

"Seven."

"I'll be there around 6:30," he told her, "You're not leaving without saying bye to me."

"Wouldn't have imagined it," she said. She looked down at her watch. It read 8:50. "I think I should get back. I still have some things to pack."

Bradin stood up and pulled her up. As they began walking, he placed his arm around her waist and pulled her close to his side. It waa a little after nine when they arrived at her apartment door. Bradin placed the basket down and picked Elie up giving her a long hug.

"Good night, baby," he told her.

"Night hun."

Morning approached quickly. Elie was up bringing her bags out to the living room when the doorbell rang. She walked up to the door and opened it to find Bradin.

"Hey gorgeous. How are you?" he asked before giving her a quick kiss.

"Tired as hell," she said sitting on her couch before covering her face.

"Okay. I told you this before," he said sitting beside her, "You do NOT cover your face around me for any reason what so ever."

"I'm tired and just woke up ten minutes ago."

"I don't care. Never cover that beautiful face of yours," he told her, "Oh." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a rose. "Happy Birthday."

"Brae, yesterday was enough."

"But, yesterday wasn't your real birthday. We were just celebrating what we couldn't celebrate today." She laid her head on his shoulder and sighed. "I really hope you have a good time baby. And, I WILL miss you more than you know."

"I'll miss you, too," she whispered.