AND SO IT BEGINS

I have never been so happy and so upset at the same time in my life. I'm happy because I finally have my girl. It took us almost two and a half years to realize that we were meant for each other. She's been the one thing that has been able to bring a smile to my face these past two weeks. When I'm not around her I'm mostly sad or upset. It's not because I'm not around her, even though that does make me sad. It's because I miss my friends. My KT brothers are my family and I feel like three of my family members have just died. And then there is Evan. I don't know what the hell I'm going to do about that situation. I can't believe he did this to me and my brothers. I really thought our friendship really meant something to him. Evan always had a way of screwing with my life. Even when we were younger he was always the golden child trying to show he was better than me in every which way. I really didn't mind then, and I still don't mind now. That's the way that Evan is and nothing is really going to change the way he is. But he's responsible for the two times I have been the maddest in my entire life. The first time being when I saw him at the Greek Ball with Casey. I instantly became infuriated with him and that led to the epic brawl that we had. And now you have this situation. I wish I would have punched him the night he came over to my house to "talk" about things. Did he really expect me just to sit back and forgive him for what he did? Did he really expect me to understand why he chose his house over his friends? After he left I did think about what he said and put myself in the same position. In the end I probably would have chosen my house too. But the Kappa Taus are so much different than the Omega Chis. The KTs truly know what brotherhood means and I've never had a closer family in my life. The Omega Chis treat Evan like shit. I don't know. Maybe he sees something in them that I don't.

I'm trying to make Evan the furthest thing from my mind at the moment. Today starts the first day of Christmas break and the first break spending it with my girl. Casey and I didn't get to spend Christmas break our freshman year together. We were still young and going to opposite ends of the United States. We did call each other every day. And even with the time difference I dropped everything I was doing when she called just to talk to her. We finally saw each other once we came back to CRU and, well, let's just say it was a night to remember. Ah, the good times. OK, back to the present. The original Christmas break plans were for the two of us to go to Chicago and spend it with Casey's parents. I was actually looking forward to it. I have met her parents before and they are very nice people. But then my parents decided to call and throw a wrench into the plans. You see, I never really see my parents over Christmas break. I usually stay at the Kappa Tau house while they are out travelling the country in their spiffy, yet rundown, RV. Last year they actually stopped by CRU to see me and we had a little Christmas celebration at the house. It was a nice time and I enjoyed spending it with them.

Mom called a few days ago asking when I was going to come home for break. I was completely caught by surprise and really didn't know what to say to her as I already had my plans with Casey. Then mom started to cry and I instantly melted. Yes, I've always been a momma's boy so laugh all you want. The females find it very sexy about me. Anyway, mom explained how their RV broke down and they had to tow it back home to California. It's going to take almost a month to fix it because of some special part that needs to come over from Japan. And with the van also in the shop my parents have no car. So through her tears mom asked me to drive my Jeep home for Christmas break and leave it there for them to use. I argued with her at first explaining that I needed my Jeep here at school. But you know how moms are; they always have some sort of rebuttal to your arguments. I was pretty much fighting a losing battle. So in that instant I agreed to head back to California for Christmas break and bring them my Jeep. I know, looking back on it now it probably wasn't the best move to make but it was my mommy, I couldn't say no.

So two days ago I pulled Casey into my room to tell her what was going on. I had a hard time really getting her attention at first. I know finals were this week and everything but there was definitely something else going on with her that she wasn't telling me. I finally was able to get her attention focused on me and what I had to say to her. I had a hard time getting the words out of my mouth at first. I started off by thanking her for the invite to her parent's house and quickly realized that probably wasn't the best way to start the conversation off. She instantly became defensive accusing me of not wanting to go and spend time with her family. After her rant I was eventually able to get the truth out with a little raise in my voice. I hate raising my voice to her, she doesn't deserve that. She sadly sat on my bed and talked about how much she was going to miss me over the long break. I thought about how much I was going to miss her too and I felt a pain in my heart. I then suggested that she should come with me. I'm not sure where the idea came from but it seemed like the only logical thing given the situation we were in. She thought about it for a while and I was almost expecting a no out of her mouth when she opened it. But instead she said yes. I almost fell back onto the floor but she quickly jumped up and put her arms around me. She explained that she would take a crazy cross country road trip any day as long as it meant we could spend the break together.

So I have diligently been spending the last two days planning out our trip to Arcata, California. It, of course, is quite the hippy town but it's where my parents decided to call home so it was automatically mine too. They moved there just before I started college so even I really didn't know too much about the town.

According to Mapquest the total trip is around forty-five hours driving straight through. I knew I needed to come up with some stops and fun things to do along the way so Casey didn't get too bored. At first I considered finding a hotel in every state we were going to drive through so we could start a quest to have sex in every state in the USA. But I quickly realized that probably wasn't the kind of fun Casey would have in mind. Even though she would have enjoyed it. I am, of course, the best she's ever had. So instead I found some interesting and fun things to do in some of the cities along our route. I really hope she can see how much time I put into this. I would do just about anything for her.

I was putting my last bag into the back of my Jeep when she came walking up with two of her rolling suitcases.

"You got room for these?" she asked with a smile.

God I love to see her smile.

"Of course," I said as I went and picked up her bags and put them into the back of the Jeep.

"I called my parents and told them about the change in plans," she said.

I instantly cringed. Starting off the trip hearing about how much her parents hated me for taking their daughter away from Christmas was not my idea of fun.

"And surprisingly they were OK with it," she continued.

I turned around and looked at her, shock written all over my face. Certainly wasn't the reaction I was expecting.

"Wow," I said. "I thought for sure they would send Rusty over to beat me up or something after hearing the new plans."

"What would Rusty do to you anyway?" she said with a laugh. "He's not exactly a body builder."

"Very true," I replied.

I walked up to her and put my hands on the sides of her waist. She put her hands on my shoulders and looked up into my eyes.

"I really want to thank you for coming with me," I said. "It really means a lot to me."

"You're very welcome," she replied standing on her tiptoes to kiss me.

I think she meant for it to be a quick kiss. But I wanted to savor the kiss a little more. So I pulled her closer to me and deepened the kiss just a little.

"Ready to begin our journey?" I asked as I pulled away from her.

"Ready as I'll ever be," she replied.

I went over to the Jeep and opened the passenger door for her to get in. I ran over to the driver's side and got in once she was settled. I started the car and as we drove off I couldn't help but have the biggest smile on my face. I knew this was going to be an amazing trip, one that I hope neither of us would forget.

A/N: OK so just a little warning.....I wrote this story in like just past couple of days so please excuse any grammar/spelling/tense mistakes. I tried to catch what I could in reviewing the chapters but I'm sure there are still some in here. Also, I'll warn you that I don't see myself as a very funny person but I do think there are some pretty funny moments in the story since it is from Cappie's POV. So bear with me if they aren't as funny as I think they are....hahaha.

Hope you guys liked the start of the story! I'll post more up tomorrow......or maybe later tonight if I get some anxious readers :0)