Author's note: I know I should finish my other story before I start another one, but I was thinking the danger is passed in that one and I'm having extreme writers block for some reason. I saw the preview for Charlie St. Cloud and this story idea popped into my head so i thought I would try it. Let me know if you don't like it and I won't bother with it but I thought it sounded like kind of a cool idea. I always hate my first chapters because they take me the longest and I never think they are right but anyway I hope you like it. let me know!

A Second Chance

Summary: What if Caroline and Charles had died instead of Tyler?

Kind of a Remember Me/Charlie St. Cloud crossover, from what I got from the preview of the movie. So yeah , I don't own Remember Me or Charlie St. Cloud.

Chapter one

I don't want to go

"Tyler, you promised we could go to the park today," Caroline said giving her brother her world famous glare.

"Yeah, well I didn't know it was father, daughter day because someone forgot to tell me," Tyler said with a raised eye brow as he zipped his sister's backpack closed.

"I'd rather go to school," Caroline said pouting, crossing her arms across her chest.

Tyler smiled, he knew that going to work with their father was not high on his sister's to do list. It hadn't been on his either when he had been in her shoes, but she needed the grade for an upper level class she was taking. A thought entered Tyler's head and he smiled, "You'd rather go to school hu? I'm sure that can be arranged."

Caroline's eyes widened and she shook her head, "No, no. "

Tyler laughed, as much as Caroline didn't want to go with their father, she didn't want to go to school more.

"Besides we were going to the park after school anyway, you're only going to be at dad's office for a few hours. I'll come get you at noon and we can make a day of it, we'll even go to our spot in the woods okay?" Tyler said with a smile as he clipped on Caroline's favorite necklace around her neck.

"But I don't want to go at all." Caroline said throwing her hair back after holding it back for Tyler to clasp the chain, "I just want to be with you, like you said."

"Care, I think its dad or school," Tyler said with a laugh.

"I know," Caroline said still pouting.

Tyler smiled, he sighed and went down on one knee to come face to face with his sister, "Tell you what Care, I'll make you a deal. You go with dad today—And for the next five months I will help you draw. I'll pose for you, I'll hold things for you-heck just consider me your coat rack."

"Promise?" Caroline asked closing one eye and glaring at him with the other.

Tyler smiled and nodded, "I promise—do we have a deal?" He held out his sister's backpack to her hoping that it would work.

Caroline bit her lip and thought for a minute but then she nodded, "Deal," she put her first arm through the strap and Tyler put the other strap over her other arm. Just then there was a honk from downstairs.

"That will be dad, come on I'll walk you out." Tyler said and put out his arm for his sister, "My lady?"

"Why thank you kind sir," Caroline said put her arm through her brother's and they walked out of the room.

…..

"Ally—Aidan—I'm back!" Tyler called as he entered his apartment.

"Where have you been?" Aidan asked as Tyler entered the kitchen where Ally was just finishing making their breakfast of French toast.

"I told you where I was going when I left Aidan," Tyler said as Ally kissed him and handed him a plate.

"Oh—you did?" Aidan asked.

Tyler shook his head, Aidan had been half asleep when he had left at five but he knew he had heard him, "Caroline Aidan, I went to see Caroline."

"Ohhh, right, I knew that," and with that Aidan dove into his food.

….

After breakfast Tyler helped Ally wash the dishes—or tried to, it turned into a water fight.

"Okay, okay, I give!" Ally squeaked as Tyler drenched her from the waist up.

I knew you would," Tyler said in a mock pirate voice.

Ally raised an eyebrow, "Really?"

"What?" Tyler asked going back to his normal voice.

"Sweetheart, I'm sorry but you would have made a lousy pirate," Ally said with a laugh as she ran her fingers through his soaked hair.

"Ally—I'm hurt—I'm actually wounded," Tyler said sticking out his lip in a pout.

Ally was just about to smack him when a huge shudder filled the apartment so instead she ended up falling into his arms.

"What in the world was that?" Aidan asked as he joined them in the kitchen.

Tyler shook his head and the three of them ran for the rooftop door. When they reached it they were not prepared for what met their eyes. Smoke and ash, everywhere there was ash. Black smoke was billowing out of the upper stories of the north tower of the World Trade Center. Aidan just looked at it wide eyed not sure what to say. Ally's hands shot to her mouth and tears filled her eyes. She looked to Tyler who had yet to move. Tyler just stood there, frozen, his eyes glued to the tower as the black smoke rose against the blue sky. Ally's cries and Aidan's yelling fell on deaf ears as Tyler looked on, his eyes never leaving where all the smoke was gathered.

Even when the second tower was hit, Tyler's eyes didn't move, they stay locked on the north tower, locked on the smoke. His eyes filled with tears and he finally collapsed to the floor of the rooftop. He felt Ally's arms around him, he felt Aidan squeeze his shoulder, but his eyes, tear filled or not never left the smoking north tower. His father's office was in that tower, not only was his father there—so was his sister.

"Dad-," Tyler said not believing what he was seeing he forced the other name out, "Caroline," he whispered and buried his head into Ally's shoulder and finally let his tears fall.