It's been days since he's seen or heard of her. He was becoming scared since she hasn't been seen since her father's funeral. He walked around town just thinking of her, hoping that she was safe and not in any trouble.

He walked up to her house one day and rang the doorbell. Lacey answered it. He noticed that she had a black eyes. "What happened?" he asked.

"Kay punched me."

"What?" he asked in disblief. "She'd never hit anyone."

"Bradin, she went out and got drunk the day after the funeral. There was a party that her softball team was throwing after a victory over their rivals. She came home and blew up at me about how you and I were together and how much I hurt her by being with you."

He looked as if he wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say. "This isn't the Kay I fell in love with. Where is she now?"

"Somewhere in town," she said, "I know she isn't the way you want her to be. She'll never be that way again. Be with me. Be with me forever," she said before smashing her lips against his.

He pushed her away. "How the hell can you say that?" he shouted. "I like you, but no more than a friend. The only hands I want to hold are hers. The only lips I want to feel against mine are hers. The only one I want to be held by is her. The only one I want to wake up and know that I have is her. The only one I can't live without is her."

"I love you!" Lacey shouted, "Kay doesn't love you!"

"Yes she does! I know she does! She may not admit it to my face, but she does."

He walked away in fury. Lacey closed the door and turned around to find her mother there.

"You get everything you want," her mother said, "Every goddamn thing you ever wanted you've received. It has never been that way with your sister. Why take the one thing from her that she needs and wants?"

"Kay doesn't want him."

"Then, you don't know your sister they way you should. She has always wanted to be you, Lace. She wanted the guys, the happiness, the love, everything you've ever had. She's never had any of it unless it was with him. Everything that this family has gone through has always been about you. Let your sister be happy. To be truthful, she was doing all of this to make you happy, by saying no and pushing Bradin away like she has been."

"She seemed happy to be doing everything she has done."

"Yeah...to make your life easier. Give her what she wants. There are some things that she has kept from you in order to make your life easier. I have never seen Kay hurt like this before."

She sat on a swing that was on a playground near the beach. She watched as little kids ran around and had fun playing with their friends. She smiled as a kid asked if she,Kay could push her, the girl on the swing. Kay got up and helped the little girl on the swing. As she pushed the little girl on the swing, she could hear the girl giggle.

"Watch me!" the girl said. When she went up, she jumped off of the swing and landed a few feet away from the swing.

Kay smiled. "Now I know why he feels the way he does," a male voice from behind Kay said. She turned around and saw a mid-30s dark haired man. "My name is Johnny."

"Kay."

"It's a pleasure to finally meet you. Care to go for a walk?" he asked.

Kay agreed to go wanting to know how this man knew her. "So, tell me about yourself."

"I'm almost nineteen. I use to live in Kansas. I love sports. I play on several softball teams during the summer and two volleyball teams in the fall/winter seasons. I have never been happy in my life unless I was with one person. I recently lost my father."

"I'm sorry to hear that. What kind of personality to you have?"

She shrugged to what he said. "I guess I'm kind, gentle, understanding, 'great perosn', perfect daughter according to my father. Um...I love little kids. I like making people happy."

"Like making people happy, huh?" he asked as they stopped near the beach. He pointed out towards the water where people were surfing. "He's out there right now," he began, "When he came here, he was quiet, shy, not wanting to try anything. Our friend, Jay, gave him the confidence to try something new. He's been the best surfer at his school since he became a part of the team."

"Why are you telling me this?" she asked him.

"Look at the guy suring in the blue wetsuit. That's him."

Kay watched him surf. He fell off nearly everytime he stood up.

"He never surfs like that unless something is wrong. He's heartbroken. He's lost everything he has ever loved except those he's living with now." Johnny looked at Kay as she watched Bradin. "When he told us what happened between you two, he broke down completely and could just think of you and pretend that he still knew you. When he found out that you are now living in the same town as he is, he became such a gentleman."

Kay looked at Johnny.

"If you like making people happy, make him happy."