I Will Always Love You
Chapter 1. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Author: j_rock873
Rating: PG-13
Summary: I got around to writing another story. It probably won't be as good as the first one though. It's just another story where they break up after being together briefly. They then reunite some time later. Not sure how long that time will be for right now.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from the show.
Reviews: Yes, I would like them.
Author's notes: Words in italics throughout the story are personal thoughts of the characters at that moment. Words in all capital letters required special emphasis.
Three months after the kiss in the attic, Jessie had finally told her parents about her true relationship with Katie. She wanted to keep it a secret until she was ready to tell them. Katie agreed only because she loved Jessie and would do anything for her. After those three months, Jessie could no longer keep it a secret. She saw what it was doing to Katie; no matter how hard she tried to hide it. She was surprised when her family told them they already knew it. They voiced their concerns, but gave them their full support. Shortly after that, Rick got the job offer in Australia. Jessie would have to spend most of her junior year over there. She refused to go and was able to convince her dad to let her stay with her mom. Katie had starting filling out college applications earlier that month. She had applied to colleges like Stanford, UCLA, Harvard, and Northwestern. She had only applied to Harvard to make her parents happy, but secretly hoped to be rejected. Jessie and Katie decided together that Katie would go to Northwestern for a year, and then transfer to be with Jessie at UCLA. Katie had planned to major in law while Jessie chose medicine.
Then the trouble began with Katie being accepted by every college. Since Katie's family had a tradition of going to Harvard, she was forced to go there. She tried as hard as she could to get her parents to change their minds, but it was no use. Katie obviously was upset, but Jessie said she understood. They thought their relationship would be strong enough to handle the long distance. They began to fight from time to time about things like Katie going to Harvard, her popularity, and finally Jessie's jealousy of it. This popularity is the reason they would attend every party thrown by her classmates. Even when they wanted to be alone, Katie wouldn't let the others down. This would aggravate Jessie to the point where they would leave some parties in a fight. The final fight came a month before Katie's junior prom. Jessie ended the fight by saying that if Katie really loved her then she would have fought harder to go to Northwestern instead of Harvard. Katie responded by saying that she thought Jessie understood and was just using Katie's guilt to get her own way. With that they ended the relationship. Katie ended up going to the prom with Tad as friends instead of with Jessie.