What her father had told her got to her. She sat through the entire dinner thinking about it. When the end of the night came, they all walked out and noticed rain. All but Kay ran to their cars.
"Kay, let's go!" her mother yelled.
"I have my own car!" she yelled through the rain. She looked away from her mother and her eyes landed on Bradin. He was looking at her as if he wanted to talk to her. He walked up to her as she walked to her car.
"Can I have a ride home?" he asked.
She looked at him. All she did, for some strange reason, was nod. The two walked to her car and got in. As she drove to his house, she could tell that he wanted to say something to her. She arrived to the address he gave her and saw no houses. She looked at him.
"I wanted to talk to you," he said, "There's a lot we need to discuss."
She turned away and pounded her steering wheel.
"Stop," he said grabbing her hand, "Please. Can we just talk?"
"About what?" she asked.
"Us," he told her.
"There is no us!" she shouted.
"I want there to be. I know you do, too."
"There will never be an us! You're with Lacey!" she yelled finally taking her hand from him. She started the car. She went to put the car into drive when he took her hand again. "Stop!" she yelled. She turned the car off and got out.
"Kay Mae!" he yelled once he was out of the car to find her walking away. He ran up to her and grabbed her arms. She fought against his grip until he pinned her against her car. Then, he smashed his lips against hers. Her heart rate increased. Feeling his soft lips against hers felt amazing. Now, she was wondering why she didn't try it earlier.
He felt amazing when she began kissing him back. He missed feeling what he was feeling at that moment. He ran his hands over her wet hair. She pulled away causing him to look at her.
"Get in the car," she said, "I'm taking you home."
The car ride was quiet. Bradin glanced at her several times to find her fist in front of her mouth and her concentrating on the road. He wanted to know what was running through her mind at that very moment. She pulled up to his house and put the car in park. When he didn't get out, she looked over at him.
"Come here," he said leaning towards her.
Their lips met for the second time that night.
"Please just get out," she begged when she pulled away.
He walked into his house and headed straight for his room. He walked in and closed the door. Tears filled his eyes. What he didn't know was that Kay Mae was leaning on her bedroom door the same way with tears down her face. They both hugged theirselves and slid to the floor of their room not knowing what the other was thinking or feeling.