A/N: ok here's the first chapter of my new story... enjoy

Chapter 1

Cassie was lying awake in bed around 12am when she got a text. She reached over to her bedside table for her cell to see who it was from. She saw who it was from and frowned, but read it anyway even though she was mad at him.

From: Charles

Sorry I 4got u were coming home today from ur grandmother's.

Charles looked at the car he was working on. He had been at the garage all day working on it and forgot that Cassie was coming home today from her grandmother's, he sighed as he got a text.

From: Cassie

I don't know how we went from talking 24/7 for a month while I was there to talking 3 or 4 times a week to talking 1 or 2 times a week.

He sighed again, he knew he screwed up. He took extra hours at the garage to help his mom with bills this summer. He tried to think of some things he could do to try to get her back.

From: Charles

I really am sorry Cassie. See u at school?

Cassie read the text, she knew he was sorry and that he didn't do it on purpose, but it was still no excuse for him to just all of a sudden forget about her.

From: Cassie

I don't want to see u Charles

Charles looked at the text he couldn't believe she said that. He wanted to see her, but apparently she didn't want to him. He sighed as he closed his phone then he sat down on the couch that was there in the garage thinking. He had to at least try to get her back right?

Cassie closed her phone and laid it back on her bedside table then she pulled out her sketch pad. As she was looking through a picture of her and Charles fell out. She looked at the picture and thought that he loved her, but apparently not that much since he forgot about her. She put the picture away and flipped to a blank page and started to do a sketch of her, Tay, and Lizzie for their grandmother.

The next morning Jenn was making breakfast like she always did during the school year. She sighed sitting a plate down in front of her son as her husband came down the stairs then she kissed her husband.

"Cassie, Lizzie Breakfast!" she called.

"Be right there in a minute," Lizzie called back.

Cassie came down the stairs then grabbed her lunch, "I'm not hungry," and left for school.

Eddie looked at his wife, "what was that about?" he asked as Lizzie came down.

"Charles forgot she was coming home yesterday," Lizzie said sitting down next to her brother.

"How do you know?" Tay asked.

"Yeah, how do you know?" Eddie said.

"She told me so. He text her around midnight last night then he asked her if he'd see her at school and she told him she didn't want to see him," she said eating her eggs.

"So they broke up?" Jenn asked.

Lizzie shrugged, "I think she's just mad at him. They'll probably make up by the end of the day."

Cassie was walking to school listening to her ipod. She knew she shouldn't be totally mad at Charles, but a guy just doesn't forget his girlfriend. She sighed as Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden started playing then she pressed the next button even though it was one of her favorite her songs. She was half way to school when she felt her cell vibrate in her coat pocket; she pulled out seeing it was a text from Charles.

From: Charles

We ever going to see each other again?

Charles looked at the clock on the wall at the garage as he grabbed his backpack and headed off to school. He felt his cell vibrate and looked to see who it was.

From: Cassie

I think it's just best if we started seeing other people

He sighed as he closed his phone.

The last bell of the day rang and Cassie was heading to her locker. She put her combination in and opened it to put away the books she didn't need. When she closed her locker the guy who was harassing her last school year was there. She looked at him, "go away," then she walked away.

The guy grabbed her wrist, "hold up there baby, where are you going?" he said.

She stood there unsure of what to say, but she knew the wrong thing could mean trouble. She looked and saw Charles staring at her at the end of the hall then she looked back at the guy, "away from you," she said breaking free of his grasp.

The guy grabbed her arm slammed her up against the lockers, "you aren't no where," he said in her ear then he felt himself being pulled away from her.

Charles pulled him away, "Cassie get out of here," he said as the guy threw a punch at him. He shoved the guy to the floor as he twisted his arm, "stay away from her."

Cassie sat down on the steps outside of the school hoping Charles would come out. She pulled out her ipod as she waited. A few minutes later she saw a shadow and looked up to see Charles sit down next to her so she put her ipod away.

"You okay?" Charles asked making sure he didn't hurt her.

"Yeah, thanks," she said, "you know you didn't have to do that."

"You know that I'd die for you."

She stood up, "Charles I meant what I said. I think it's best if we see other people."

He stood up and looked into her eyes, "I don't want to see anyone else. I want to see you."

She looked into his eyes for a moment then walked away as tears formed in her eyes. The truth was that she didn't want to see anyone else either, but him. She knew if she continued to see him then chances were that he'd forget about her again and that hurt her the first time.

Charles walked after her, "Cassie wait."

She turned around as tears ran down her cheeks, "what?"

He wiped her tears away then hugged her, "I'm sorry. If you want to see someone else then okay, I mean I won't be happy and I'll probably be jealous, but I want you to be happy."

She kissed him, "remember I'll always love you and be there for you when you need to talk."

"You still want to be friends?"

"Of course, I can't see my life without you in it even if we aren't together."

He kissed her back, "I'll always love you too. Want me to walk you home?"

She shook her head, "no, but thanks," then she walked away.

When Charles entered the garage he saw Sage leaning against the car he was working on yesterday, "what are you doing here?"

"Heard you and Cassie broke up," Sage said.

"Where you here that?"

"Cassie told me, what are you going to tell me it isn't true?"

"No because we did."

"But you wish that y'all were still together," she said as they sat down on the couch.

"Yeah, but she thinks we should see other people."

"You know she's not going to date someone if they don't like you."

"How do you know?" he asked wondering where she got all this information.

A/N: ok see i'm stupid... i was trying to figure out how to post this new story of mine for abut a week now and just saw the misc. tv shows subcatergory under tv shows for stories based on a show that's not listed... maybe i should cut back on my caffine intake?... anyway i'm rambling so i'll stop now and let ya review now