"She said what?" Kirsten didn't believe him.

"I'm gonna try and talk to her again tomorrow. I won't let her leave" he answered, kissing her head.

Kirsten lay there in silence, until Sandy spoke again.

"What is it, honey?"

"It' just…I don't want to lose her again" she looked sad.

"Honey, you're not gonna lose her, I will do everything I can to help her. I don't wanna lose her either." He smiled sadly.

"I trust you" Kirsten said. She smiled.

"You should. I trust you too. And I love you" he kissed her.

"I love you too, sweetie" she said and kissed him again, deeper this time. She broke away and moved her body so that she lay on top of him, and rested her head on his chest. He wrapped his arms around her.

"Can I sleep her with you" she asked.

"Of course! Did you really have to ask that? Were you afraid I was gonna push you off?" he teased. She laughed a little, and shook her head. "Good night honey"

"Sweet dreams my darling"

At the same time Kelly sat in her room, still upset after the fight. She sighed and walked to the door and peaked out, just in case her mum or dad would be there. It was empty. She opened the door and went down stairs to the kitchen. She made herself a cup of tea and sat down on the living room couch. She remembered, and almost started to cry at the memory.

The backdoor opened and Seth and Ryan walked in. Seth heard someone sobbing and looked towards the couch, only to see Kelly.

"Kel? What's wrong? Did you guys have a fight?" Seth asked as both he and Ryan went over to her.

"Ehm.. Yeah, we did" she looked down.

"About what?" Ryan said, looking at her worried.

"He asked me why I ran away"

"OK. Couldn't you just tell him?" Seth said, starting to get worried.

"No, I couldn't. It's... It's so painful." Tears started to stream down her face.

"Is it serious?" Ryan asked, she nodded. "In that case you should tell him"

"I know. But he's gonna get mad at me because I didn't told when… it happened"

"When what happened? Please Kelly" Seth was really scared by now.

Kelly told them shortly what she had been through. Tears streamed down her cheeks. Seth and Ryan were in shock.

Finally, Ryan spoke " Do you know who did this to you?". She nodded.

"Then why didn't you call the police? Why didn't you tell dad?" Seth couldn't help the fact that he was angry at her, though everything she had been through.

"I don't know, I guess I just couldn't"

"Did you know this guy?" Ryan asked, looking at her.

"Not so well, we had been hanging out for like a week."

"Kelly, you have to tell mum and dad." Seth said "They will freak I know, but they can help you, we're all on your side here". Kelly smiled sadly "Thank you, Seth. I will tell them tomorrow. I'm going to bed now. Good night" She got up and walked to her bedroom.

Seth and Ryan still sat on the couch, in silence.

"Well, I'm off to bed" Seth finally said, and got up.

"Yeah me too. Good night" Ryan said, but Seth was already on his way up to his room.

The next morning, Sandy and Kirsten woke up, she was still lying on top of him.

"Good morning beautiful" he smiled.

"I thought you were going surfing" she smiled too, glad he decided to stay home

"I didn't feel like pushing you off" he said and kissed her passionately.

"Are you gonna talk to Kelly tonight?" Kirsten suddenly asked.

"Yes, I wanna find out what she's hiding"

"Do you think she would mind if I were there. Maybe I could be of help" she suggested.

He looked at her "Sure baby. Lets get up, ok"

He pushed her off him playfully and started to tickle her. She laughed and begged him to stop

"Sandy! No, please, stop it!" she laughed. He finally stopped and went into the bathroom and Kirsten went down stairs. The kitchen was empty, but someone had already been there, someone had made coffee and the newspaper lay on the counter. She poured some coffee into a cup and flipped through the paper. 'I'm pretty sure Kelly is not in her bed' she thought. 'But in that case, where is she?' Suddenly, she heard the front door open, and a few seconds later, Kelly entered the kitchen. She stopped at the sight of her mum, then she slowly walked in and grabbed a cup of coffee.

"Where have you been, sweetie?" Kirsten asked

"At the beach, it's so peaceful in the mornings" she answered, not looking at Kirsten.

"OK. But you could at least have left a note", Kirsten continued.

"Right, I'll do that next time" Kelly said, still not looked at her mum. Sandy entered the kitchen.

"Good morning Kelly" he said when he saw her.

"You too, by the way I don't think I can surf with you today, maybe this weekend" she answered nervously, thinking about what she was going to tell then tonight, and once again, the memory almost made her cry, so she excused herself and left. Sandy looked after her.

"What's wrong with her?" he looked at Kirsten.

"I don't know, I have to get to work. I love you" she said and kissed him on the cheek.

"I love you too". She left and he looked out the window, thinking about his daughter.

At school, Kelly spotted Marissa and Summer heading to their lockers. She started running until she was right behind them. "Summer! Marissa!"

Marissa turned around but Summer kept walking. "Summer!" Marissa yelled, and she turned round "What? She ditched us yesterday, remember?"

"I know, that's why I wanted to talk to you. Mom and I had a great time together." Kelly quickly said.

"Good for you" Marissa smiled.

"Yeah, but things with my dad weren't as awesome, we got into a fight last night, so maybe we can do something after school"

"OK, that sounds good" Summer said happily, Marissa and Kelly stared at her.

"What? Kelly I am really sorry about what I said yesterday, I was acting very bitchy" Summer apologised.

"It's ok."

"Good, cause Summ and I were gonna have a sleepover tonight. Wanna join us?"

"Sorry guys. I have got to talk to dad about last night. But we can hang out anyway, right?"

"Sure" both Coop and Summ said.

Sandy and Kirsten were in the kitchen, waiting. Ryan and Seth had been send off to the pool-house. They were waiting for Kelly to come home, they knew she were at Summer's. Finally, they heard the front door open, and Kelly entered the kitchen. She walked in and said "We need to talk" Sandy nodded and went to sit down on the couch. Kirsten didn't know if Kelly wanted her to be there so she stood still until Kelly said "Mom, you should hear this too" and they joined Sandy on the couch. Kirsten and Sandy looked at each other, then at Kelly, waiting for her to speak.

"I'm going to tell you why I ran away".