They arrived at the restaurant that night and were seated. Lacey said she'd meet them inside when she was done on her phone. As they sat down, Kay could feel tension between her parents. They haven't spoken a word to each other since he walked out on them. No, she wasn't trying to get them back together. She just wanted some family time and time with her father, whom she was really close with.
"Hey guys," Lacey said, "I hope you don't mind that I brought a guest."
Kay looked up and saw Bradin. "Bradin?" her father asked.
"Hello, Sir."
"What are you doing here?" he asked as they shook hands.
"It's a long story. I'll tell you some time," Bradin said before looking over at Kay. She was trying to look as if she didn't know that he was there or just ignored him.
The dinner went along great minus the few glares and stares that were going on. And not between Kay's parents. Her father, however, noticed the tension that was at the table between the younger people. He took Kay's hand.
"Let's go dance," he said. She smiled and followed him. They arrived near others that were dancing and started to dance. "What's going on?"
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Why are you acting as if Bradin doesn't exist?" he asked. "I thought that you'd be happy to know that he's doing well and is with you again."
She sighed.
"Princess, what's wrong?"
"Something happened the night before we left and I'm trying to forget it."
"What happened?"
"Dad-"
"Tell me. I want to know."
She sighed and began. "You guys went out and did whatever it was that you did. I thought I'd call Bradin, ask him over, and tell him that we were leaving. So, he came over and I told him. After getting our emotions out about it, we kissed. Then, one thing led to another and...we ended up having sex."
"Why didn't you tell us?"
"Because I wanted to forget it," she told him, "He and I were both upset and it just sort of happened."
Bradin watch as Kay Mae and her father danced. He knew that they were talking about what was going on between him and Kay Mae. She, then, just walked away from her father, tears down her face, and walked out of the restaurant.
"Excuse me," he said after seeing her father go after her and before getting up and following them.
"What is up with you?" he heard her father ask.
"Everything is wrong," she said, "I don't see you anymore. Bradin is with Lacey. Why did you walk out?"
"Your mother wasn't cooperating with our relationship. She was too controling over things."
"Do you know how devistated I was after I chased your car and you didn't even look back or say good bye?"
"Do you know how Bradin felt after you told him that what happened between you two was a mistake?"
"Yes. And I feel like absolute shit for lying to him! But it doesn't matter now! He's with your other daughter!"
Bradin's heart skipped several beats. What happened between him and Kay Mae did mean something to her. He wanted to go hold her and tell her that he and Lacey were just "Dating" to get her Kay Mae jealous and admit her true feelings about him.
"Kay Kay, just tell him how you feel."
"It's not going to matter, dad!"
"How do you know?" he asked, "How the hell do you know that he doesn't feel the same way?"
"I see the way he and Lacey look at each other. He looked at me that same way the day that we left. I just want to see that look again, from him, but for me. It made my heart stop. It made me realize that I loved him. Hell dad, I still love him."
His heart stopped.
"Just tell him," he heard her father say calmly.