We finally made it to the airport and Caitlyn paid the cab driver while Ella and I unloaded all of our bags and put them on carts. We walked into the airport and Caitlyn monotonously said "California?" it was the place where we all felt at home and relaxed.

"California." Ella and I replied in the same dull tone together.

I walked up to the United Airlines desk and said "Three tickets to Las Angeles, California please."

"Are they one-way or round trip?" the attendant asked.

I looked at Caitlyn and Ella's heartbroken faces and knew that none of us ever wanted to be in this city ever again so I said "One-way."

After looking at all of our IDs' the attendant checked our bags and handed each of us our tickets for the flight that left in one hour.

"I'm going to call Chase and see if he will pack up the rest of my stuff at home in boxes and mail them to me whenever we get a place." I told them.

"I'll call Moose and get him to do the same." Caitlyn said pulling out her phone.

"I'll call Monster." Ella said

I dialed the phone and waited for the answer "Hey, Mitch, what's up it's two in the morning?" Chase said groggily.

"Hey Chase sorry I didn't realize it was that late, or early." I said sadly.

"What's up? You sound like you have been crying." He said more alert now.

"Shane used me. He never wanted me he just thought that if he acted like he did I wouldn't get in as much trouble until my parents got back." I said quickly.

"Oh, Mitch, where are you? Are you still at his house? I can come and get you and you can stay at my place?" Chase said quickly.

"Thanks, but the girls and I are at the airport. We can't stand being in the same city as them. We are on our way to California and are going to get an apartment there and jobs and move on. I was actually calling to see if you could go to my house tomorrow and use the key I gave you incase of an emergency to get in and pack the rest of my stuff up in boxes and send them to me whenever I get the place." I said.

"Mitchie, are you sure that running away is what you want?" Chase asked carefully.

"Yes." I answered assuredly.

"Then I will help you just promise me that you aren't going to cut everyone back in Texas out of your life." He said quietly.

"I could never cut you and the crew out of my life." I told him knowing that that was what he was referring to.

"Good, I'll pack your stuff up tomorrow and keep the boxes at my place until you give me an address to send them to." Chase said.

"Thank you. I've got to go though my flight is boarding." I said.

"Okay, I'll talk to you later Mitch."

"Bye Chase." I said before hanging up.

The three of us boarded the plain "We could get a private house on the beach in Malibu." Caitlyn said

"Or we could get a house on the beach in Santa Monica so we would be close to Beverly Hills shopping." Ella stated.

"Or this small town named San Clemente It is a beautiful place and it is close to Anaheim and isn't too far away from the places you guys mentioned." I said.

"How about after we get a hotel room we all do research and places we would like to live and look at houses for sale and find some we like then we can get together and decide." Caitlyn said. We all agreed and then went to sleep.

It seemed like I had just fallen asleep when Caitlyn and Ella were waking me up. The three of us collected our bags and walked out into the bright California sun. Immediately small smiles graced all of our faces for the first time since we overheard the guys talking.

We hailed a cab and told him to drive us to the Radisson Los Angeles Airport Hotel where Caitlyn had made us reservations to a suite with a king size bed for the three of us to share since we didn't know how long we would be staying there.

When we got up to the room the three of us spread out on the two couches and the bed and began to look at houses where we wanted to live on our laptops.

After about an hour and a half we all had put together little slide shows full of pictures and facts about the three places we wanted to live and a few pictures of houses for sale and took turns showing each other. Eventually we decided on a beautiful house on the beach in Santa Monica. It was at a decent price and was close to the pier giving us all what we wanted. It was a bit extravagant with impressive modern architecture and interior with an outdoor pool and hot tub. A nice little fenced off yard with a Japanese waterfall and the perfect place for Ella to plant a garden and a gate that opened directly onto the beach. There were 7 bedrooms each with an attached bathroom.

Seeing as our parents had all been good business people they had taught us the ways of clever investing at a young age therefore the price of the house was no real worry to us. Especially since we all planed to go out and get jobs, even though we could all live happily in that house for the rest of out lives and never need a job.

Caitlyn called the realtor and bought the house right then and there. She scheduled us to be there tomorrow to sign the papers and see what we wanted to do to the house before we started to furnish it. I began looking up addresses for talent scouts and record labels while burning copies of the demo CD we had finished and began getting them ready to send out. Caitlyn started to apply to jobs at recording studios online and calling them before emailing them some of the songs she had produced. While Ella began to call fashion designers around the area asking for an internship setting up times for her to come in and show some of her designs and sketches.

We were all working so hard on settling into California that the thought of the guys barely crossed our minds. That was until my phone rang.

Not even bothering to check caller ID I answered distractedly "Hello?"

"You ran away?" immediately I stiffened at the sound of Shane's voice. "I went to your house to try and talk to you cause I thought you would be there but I found some of your friends there packing your stuff up and glaring at me. When I asked what was going on Chase yelled at me and said I chased you three out of the city and you moved away. Where are you? I need you baby, please come home to me where you belong." Shane said quickly afraid I would hang up.

"I am home Shane, I am finally where I belong, where I can be happy and free." I said just as quietly.

"Then tell me where you are and I will come to you. Baby home is where ever you are. You are the missing piece in me. Please baby I need to get to where you are or I will never be complete." He begged.

"I'm sorry Shane, I'm not ready to face you right now." And I hung up.

About an hour later Caitlyn's phone rang. Since she was in the middle of filling out a job application she had just printed out she pressed the speakerphone button. "Hello?"

"Where are you Caity? I went to your house but Moose was there putting your stuff in boxes and he said you left. Please, tell me where you are so I can come to you or please just come back home. I'll do anything please. I'm sorry about what I said. I really do like you and want nothing more than to be with you but the label forbids us from having relationships they think it will loose our fan base and distract us from the music but I don't care about that I'll quit the band if I have to. I just need you, please Caity."

Caitlyn sniffled and whipped the tears from her eyes before quietly saying, "Don't quit the band." And hanging up

Not even ten minutes later Ella's phone rang a frantic Jason didn't even let Ella say a word before he began "Ella, sweetie, where are you. I have been looking for you everywhere. I went to your house and all of your stuff was gone. My brothers aren't answering their phones and I am freaking out. Are you okay? Are you hurt? What's going on? Where are you?" he said clearly panicked.

"Jason calm down and go find your brothers. They know what's going on." And then hung up as well.