She disappeared that night after the 'conversation' with Lacey. When they came home, Lacey and her mother found Kay asleep in her room. Or, so they thought.

The following day, Kay arrived at her softball practice. It was for the same team from the previous day. Everyone ran up to her asking her if she was okay. She nodded. Yet, everyone knew she wasn't but said nothing that would make her worse. She played like her normal self. Everyone hated to see her act like this but loved watching her play like the player she was.

She grabbed her stuff and began to walk home after practice. It was a wonderful day out so she decided to walk to and from practice. When she turned to walk home, Bradin stood waiting for her with a smile on his face. She watched as he walked up to her.

"Hey," he said with a smile.

"Hi. Um," she began but couldn't find what to say.

"I wanted to know if you wanted to walk home with me."

She gave a quick nod and began walking. He ran up to and stopped her turning her towards him.

"Kay Mae," he said before she cut him off.

"I don't want to be here right now," she told him before she pulled away and began walking again. He ran up to her and walked beside her. They walked in silence for a little bit before she spoke up. "What did you want to talk about?"

"What?"

"Last night," she said, "Before what happened happened."

"I was hoping we could talk about us. I heard mostly what I wanted to hear from you."

"Mostly?" she asked with confusion.

"The night before your father died and you walked out after dancing with him and he followed you, I followed the both of you. I heard the conversation you two had."

She could feel tears forming in her eyes.

"Is everything you said true?"

She looked at him, then away, and nodded. "Every goddamn thing is true."

He smiled. "Then, why did you tell me that what happened that night was a mistake?"

"I didn't think we'd end up next to each other like we are now. I mean, with the way my life was going, I never thought this would be happening."

"What are you talking about?" he asked as he stopped them from walking.

"I left Kansas. My father walked out on us. I've lost everything. Lacey was getting everything in life. All I had was softball and volleyball."

"You had me. Why didn't you call me?"

"Because of what happened between us and what I said," she told him as she threw her bag to the ground.

"Kay Mae, calm down," he said taking her into his arms.

"I can't," she said.

He pulled away and looked at her. "What do you want?" She gave him a confused look. "What will make you feel so much better than you are now?"

"As selfish as it may sound...No matter how my life may be, good...bad...shitty, I just want to know that no matter what, I'll always have you. We don't have to be together. I just need to know that you're there for me when I may need you."

"There's one small problem."

"What?"

"I want us to be together. I can't live knowing that I'll give a ring to some other girl. I can't live knowing that some other girl will take my heart. I can't live knowing I'm not loving you and only you." He could see tears forming in her eyes. Seeing this, he began to feel tears form in his eyes. "I am in love with you, Kay Grabec. And, I want to continue loving you until I can't anymore."

Tears spilled down her face. Her dream sort of came true except he said what she wanted to say. She smashed her lips against his and threw her arms around him. The young adults kissed like crazy, as if they haven't kissed like that before. After many many many minutes, they pulled away and just stared at each other.

"I love you, too," she said.

Out of nowhere, Brain McKnight's "Remember The Magic" began to play. Kay looked to her side and saw some of her teammates with a CD player. She smiled and looked at Bradin.

"They told me about your dreams," he told her. He held out his hand. "May I have this dance?"

She took his hand. He spun her around before pulling her close. It was just like she dreamed. They just swayed back and forth staring at each other until the song came to an end.

A/N: this is the end. hope you all enjoyed it. i think i might post another story soon. but i dont know how soon because college starts in a few weeks and my boss at work has been working me like a hog...guess what.. i get to see Jesse mccartney on thursday..woo hoo! thats the hightlight of my summer. and wayz, back to the other story coming soon, i'm going to try to post a Nikki story. she needs some attention i think.