So, I got mixed reviews from the last chapter, and I wanted to clear some stuff up.

1) It should be confusing because you guys don't know what's happened from the last bit of Senior year to Thanksgiving weekend.

2) It's never been simple with these two, it took them FIVE YEARS/ SEASONS to get it right, it wouldn't be a Sam and Andy story if it was easy.. Come on people!

3) In a perfect world everything would be rainbows and sunshine but that's not the path I'm taking here, sorry.

Her roommate was nice, polite, tided up after herself, she was no Traci though, they didn't click right away.

And this girl could talk for days so far Andy knew she was from Calabases, parents were divorced, she had an older brother who was on an NHL farm team, awaiting his shot in the pros. And that was just a quick summary.

"He's going to be visiting me, well I guess us, sometime next week." Chloe said, pushing herself away from her desk and walking over to their mini fridge.

"Who, sorry?" Andy asked, to be honest she was zoning out as her roommate spoke.

"Luke, my brother, he's coming to visiting next week." Chloe felt that Andy was always checking out, like her mind wasn't always here. It was somewhere else.

Grabbing herself a bottle of water she made her way over to her bed. "So got anybody who's going to be dropping by anytime soon?" She asked.

Andy sat there thinking about it, her parents agreed that they'd visit during second semester since she'd be home for Thanksgiving, Graduation, and then Christmas during the first semester.

They also wanted her to develop a routine down there, become independent, live a little.

There was no way Traci could afford to flight herself down here, not that she would want to leave Jerry's side anytime soon. Those two were voted Prom King and Queen of their senior prom, it was a well known fact that Traci and Jerry, were going to become Mr. And Mrs. Barber within the next 5 years, easy.

Then start their fairy tale storybook ending together, prefect marriage, 2.35 kids, a house with a white picket fence, a dog; perfection, as Traci called in.

And then there was Sam; she secretly hoped every time someone knocked on the door it was him. She would have given anything to have him here, seeing this part of her life. But he didn't show up at the airport, in someway she expected him to be there because he was always there.

For the first time, in a long time, she put all her trust into someone, and he walked away her.

"Nope, no one." She said sticking her head back in her textbook.

"So whatever happened between you and this Sam guy?" Chloe blurted, as she closer her textbook retiring another night of studying.

"What do you mean?" Andy said, looking up from her own textbook.

They had talk a bit about home, past relationships, she mentioned Sam every now and then but had never told Chloe the whole story.

"Well you said it didn't work out because he's there and you're here but what really happened?" She was curious, curious why her roommate would rarely attempt to hookup with guys. And there were some serious hotties on their floor. Why every time the name Sam was spoken her eyes lite up for a second then her whole body hunched forward looking defeated.

"That's what happened, he said home and I left, it's pretty self explanatory from there." It's not that she didn't want to let Chloe in on this part of her past but she wasn't ready to relive it, when she went home for Thanksgiving it seemed pretty evident that things were over between them and Sam was happy with his decision to stay.

"Okay, then why did he want to stay, I mean you're great and I can only guess that you two loved each other so, why would he want to stay?" Chloe had always been one to prey for information, it's was kind of her thing.

"He stayed because of his mom, and sister- his uhh father wasn't the greatest and if he left, he probably would have spent a majority of his time worried about them, so he chose to stay." It was true, Sam protected his family with his life, and the idea of leaving his mother and sister with his father after everything happened, she knew it would be hard for Sam to do it.

"Alright, so he stayed to protect the fam, what about you then? Why did you leave, from what I've seen online and you've told me, you had it made at home, great parents, good looking boyfriend, great friends, why leave?" Chloe knew why she personally left, he mom and dad were divorced, Luke was on a farm team, her life she loved so dearly had crumbled away in a blink of an eye, but from what Chloe knew and had seen about Andy she had a picture perfect life.

"Not everything is as perfect as it seems. Do you really want to know what happened with me and Sam?" She asked truthfully, she knew once Chloe opened up this can of worms there was no closing it, she would have to listen to every detail.

"Yes, I mean were suppose to be roommates, and as we continue through school were suppose to become life long friends, at least that's what happens in the movies, so tell me everything." She shoved her textbook back into her bag, and got comfortable, ready to listen.

..

She hadn't seen him with her own two eyes in 4 days, not since she told him her plans and he left.

It was a half day for seniors, all the other grades were doing course selection, then a career fair.

They met at the coffee shop where they had their first date, it wasn't prearranged, well it kind of was, she was able to get Traci to convince Jerry to get Sam to pick up coffee before a study secession, and Andy just sat there and waited.

He saw her before he even walked into the building, she was sitting at the booth which was perpendicular to front glass wall of the shop.

A part of him thought about turning around and leaving, the other part of him knew he had to talk to her eventually, there was only so much dodging he could do.

And besides she knew his schedule like the back of her hand, if they didn't talk now, she'd show up at the garage, or at the arena, either way they were going to talk.

She knew that he would walk in and head for the line up, place his order and wait, there was a chance he'd look around and see her, and if he didn't she'd walk up to him, ask if they could talk. But that's not what happened at all.

"I should have known," He said, catching her off guard, looking up from a partial text she had written Traci updating her on the situation.

"Huh?" She responded quickly.

"Come on McNally, you telling me it's a coincidence that my best friend who happens to be your best friend's boyfriend asked me to get coffee, and then you just happened to be here at the same time you're suppose to be on spare, getting your notes ready for the minor niner you tutor after class every Friday after school." He knew this was her doing, it was her thing, trying to fix things without making a big deal about it.

"Can we talk?" She said, deflating as she spoke, she knew this wasn't going to be an easy conversation and it was already off to a rocky start.

He debated internally, he didn't want to fight with her, but he always didn't want to lose her either. "We're going to have to talk at some point right?" He said, sliding into the opposing side of the booth she was on.

She didn't say anything, and he assumed she would start this talk off because it was her idea but she just sat there in silence.

"So, how are we gonna start?" He asked, as he placed his hands on the table, intertwining his fingers together.

"Well, I mean, I guess I should tell you that you scared the hell out of me.." She stated bluntly.

He furrowed his brows, more confused than ever, "How uhh, how did I scare you McNally?"

"You just left the party, you had been drinking, and you got in your truck and drove off, and then I didn't hear from you until now, and I didn't know if you were okay until Jerry called Traci the next morning telling her that you came back after everyone left, and crashed upstairs.." She paused, adjusting her voice, she knew she was getting a little loud for their current venue.

"I thought you had gotten into an accident, I was really scared, I was scared that our last conversation we ever had ended in a fight and you leaving. I was scared you died mad at me, I was scared that you died thinking I was mad at you or didn't love you because of the choices I was making."

He could see it in the way her body shifted as she spoke, he had scared her, and that was the last thing he wanted.

Yes, he was angry with her but he never wanted her to feel the way she did Friday night. "You're right, I'm sorry, I should of text you or let Traci know I was fine sooner. I apologize," He said reaching his hands out for hers.

"Yeah you should have," She said placing her hands in his.

"But you need to understand something, I'm still trying to process what the hell happened, how you could keep me in the dark on your plans like that. Andy I had no idea you were even looking at school's outside of the province let alone the country, and then you sat there and told me you didn't just apply, you had already been accepted, and that you were going. From where I was sitting there was nothing left to say, you were going and there was nothing I could say to stop you. Do you know how that felt? To watch the girl I'm madly in-love with sit there and tell you that she was leaving." He ran his thumb over her knuckles, he was terrified of losing her.

"Sam, I never meant to keep you in the dark about this.. You have to believe me on that." She told him, leaning forward slightly.

"Then why didn't you tell me?" He had always been a huge supporter of hers, in everything she did, he couldn't wrap his mind around why she would keep this from him.

"Because I knew if I told you that you would support me, and then I would be the reason we didn't work, I'd be the one leaving, just like my mom walked away from my dad." She pulled her hands from his, closing her eyes quickly.

"Andy... we aren't you're parents, you are not you mom and I'm not your dad, your dad was sick, and your mom didn't know how to deal with it, okay? Your mom came back to your dad." He offered her a comforting smile, as she opened her eyes.

"Or you would have tried to convince me to stay.."

He cut her off, "Andy I would never ask you to give up your dreams for me, I love you that much, enough to let you go."

"See that's the thing Sam, I love you enough to stay, I was willing to give it all up for you, all you would have to say is 'don't apply' or 'stay' and I would have," She shook her head slowly, she could feel the tears creeping their way into her eyes.

"Hey, I love you, you know that?" He asked her, getting out of the booth and moving over to where we was sitting.

She immediately move towards him, as he sat, "I love you too." She said.

Wrapping his arm around her he pulled her into his embrace, kissing the top of her head.

"Where do we go from here?" She asked, looking up at him

"I don't know, I have no idea."

"And then uhh, things went back to normal for a while, and now I'm here, you happy now?" She asked her roommate, who had her hands either sides of her face, watching Andy tell her story.

"There is no way, on earth that's it?!" Chloe exclaimed, jumping from her position, walking over to the end of Andy's bed. "You guys had a cute moment in a cafe and then he just let you leave?!"

She laughed to herself, "Oh god no, but uhh, that's all I'm up for sharing right now, do you mind if I tell you the rest later?" She offered, it was true she was tired.

Shrugging her shoulders, Chloe responded, "Yeah, I guess, I'm assuming you're going to bed?" She watched as Andy nodded her head, "Alright well uh, I'm going to hang out in the common room for a while, maybe study some more, have a good sleep." She walked out of the bedroom, closing the door behind her.

Andy flopped on her back, she didn't realize how much an effect just talking about her and Sam on her, she wanted to cry, she also wanted to call him, let him know how she was feeling. But that's not fair, not when there's so much distance between them. Not after everything that's happened.

Instead she reached over to her phone and dialed, she waited until she heard a voice on the other end. "Hey, I know it's late and you're probably sleeping but I just needed to talk to someone from home, I need to hear a familiar voice," she said, breaking down slowly.

"Andy is everything okay?" The voice on the other end asked.

"Yeah, Trac I'm fine it's just uhh, I miss him, I miss him so much, and all I can do is sit here and miss him. I can't hope into my car and drive a few minutes to see if, did I make a mistake leaving, leaving him? You? My mom and dad?" She became frantic, she started to doubt what she had done.

She started to think about how happy she would have been at an Ontario University, and then she would still be with Sam.

"First things first, take a deep breath," Her friend told her.

"Okay." She said allowing her lungs to fill with air then exhale completely.

"Better?"

Shaking her head even though Traci couldn't see her, "Yeah," She responded.

"Listen honey I know it's tough and everything but this is what you wanted, and he knows that." Secretly Traci had been keeping tabs on Sam since Andy left, she'd ask Jerry how he was doing, hang out with the two of them occasionally just to see for herself. She was doing so encase there was any sign that he needed her, needed Andy.

"I know I just really miss him, I love him Trac"

"I know sweetheart, I know."

Okay, okay, don't get used to daily updates guys I was just so frustrated with the comments that I needed to clear it up for you guys!

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