Katie turned around and saw her ex-boyfriend there. She turned, looked at Bradin, got up and tried to walk away.
"Katie," the guy said again.
"What do you want, Tanner?" she asked. Katie saw Bradin stand up and stand in front of her.
"Do you want me to stay?" he asked.
"No. Thank you, though."
"I'll see you inside," he said as he walked back in to Mona's Bar.
Katie turned towards Tanner. "So?" she asked.
"Can we talk? About us?" he asked with nervousness in his voice.
"Why? You moved on right when I walked onto the platform of the plane! Why the hell should we talk?"
"Because I need you," he told her.
Inside of Mona's Bar, Johnny peered up from pouring drinks and saw Bradin walking in from outside. "Where have you been?"
"Katie fell outside and I wanted to make sure that she was okay. Is it a good thing that she's talking to Tanner?" Bradin asked.
"WHAT!" her family yelled. They all ran outside and Bradin then sees her family dragging Katie inside. They placed her in a chair and headed back out to talk to Tanner. Bradin watched as Katie grabbed her leg knowing that she was in pain. He went into the kitchen and came out with a bag of ice. He walked up to her making her look at him.
"Here," he said handing that bag of ice to her. She took it and placed it on her leg where the pain was throbbing. "I'm sorry. I told them what you were doing and now you're here."
"It's fine. I was going to kill him anyway."
Bradin smiled. "Is there anything you want?"
"A new life," she said sitting back in her chair.
"I meant to eat or drink," he said, "I'll get it for you."
"It's okay. You don't have to."
"You're in a lot of pain right now. You need someone to care for you even if you don't want them to."
Throughout the night, Bradin checked up with Katie every half an hour or so. Her leg pain did decrease. However, she wasn't able to move it much without getting some sort of pain. Bradin noticed how Katie didn't even want to be there anymore afte the whole Tanner situation. When the time came, he helped her to her car. She thanked him and the car pulled off. He headed into Mona's Bar to help Johnny clean up.
"Do you like her?" Johnny asked him.
"Katie?" Bradin asked makin Johnny nod. "She's a nice girl. I like her but not in that way. Why?"
"With how you were caring for her tonight, I thought maybe you were doing it to show you like her."
"She really needed someone tonight. No one else would help her out."
Katie got home, made her way upstairs and into her room. There she lay on her bed crying her eyes out. Her life wasn't going the way it was. Why am I so stupid? she thought to herself. She spent most of the night crying until she fell asleep.
