Chapter 1 and Summery

Kasey Donnelly and Ryan Goldrick were like night and day, fire and ice, rain and shine but together they were perfect. Ryan was impulsive and headstrong. Kasey was rational and thought everything through. Together they were one complete person. The day they graduated from Summerville High School Kasey went home and packed for Columbia University and Ryan headed for the Army Registration Center. They both knew it was coming but neither wanted to believe it. Ryan felt it was his destiny, like it was in his blood. Kasey felt like it was just a cruel joke God was playing on her. That night at Ashlyn Fisher's graduation party both decided it was time to face the music. Next week Ryan would start training and studying to become part of the United States Army and Kasey would enjoy her last few months in Summerville, South Carolina before heading to New York. The decision plagued both minds; be together forever or put an end to their enduring relationship before someone got hurt. That night under the stars Kasey Marie Donnelly and Ryan Matthew Goldrick said goodbye forever. Or so they thought.