Ashley didn't even close the door behind her. No time for that, she thought. As she began to run to Craig's house, she immediately regretted not changing her shoes first. She decided she was better off in her bare feet than attempting to run any farther in heels. She took her shoes off and carried them in her hand.

As she got closer to his house, she felt a sprinkle land on her head.

She stopped and looked up toward the sky. "Oh, you gotta be kiddin' me?" she says to no one in particular.

She realized getting to Craig's was going to be harder than she had originally imagined. Just then, the sprinkle turns into a downpour. Ashley couldn't remember a day when it had rained this hard in years. It was like the gods were trying to tell her something. Instead of focusing on the negative, she decides to think about how romantic it could be if she could just get there and explain everything to Craig. It could have serious chick flick potential

She gets close enough to his house that she can see the cab parked out front, and then she sees him. He's carrying one last suitcase and putting it into the trunk. He gets into the cab and she is not close enough to yell out to him; he wouldn't hear her, she decides. Not with the rain coming down the way it was. The cab starts to pull away and Ashley does the only thing that she can think of. She starts running toward it in the middle of the road flailing her arms about like a mad woman. She realizes this was probably a huge mistake, but she hopes the cab driver will see her in time. As it's mere feet away, she stops and closes her eyes and holds her breath. The driver sees her and slams on the brakes. The noise is so loud that Joey comes running out of the house to see what was the matter. He sees Ashley standing in the rain, in the middle of the road with the cab inches from hitting her. Ashley now opens her eyes to see if she's still alive. Joey sees Craig jump out of the cab and smiles and goes back into the house. Kids, he thinks.

"Ashley? What are you doing? Are you nuts?" he yells.

"I might be. Joey told me you were leaving and I couldn't let you without talking to you and since you weren't answering any of my calls, I knew I had to come and see you before you left," she says in one full breath.

He reaches out to her face and brushes her hair out of the way. He looks down and notices she's not wearing any shoes.

"Ashley, you're barefoot! You're gonna get sick."

"It doesn't matter. I just need to talk to you."

"OK, fine. I'll have the cab driver wait. We can go talk inside for a bit."

"No, I want to stay out here…Craig, I love you!" she says loudly over the falling rain and the car's engine.

"Well I love you too, Ash."

"I know you do and that's why I want to come with you."

"To the airport? To say goodbye?" he asks.

"No. To Vancouver. I want to go to Vancouver with you."

"Ash, are you serious?" he asks wide-eyed and with a goofy smile.

"Yes, I'm serious."

"Well, what made you change your mind?"

"A lot of things, really. But mainly thinking of you and I being apart. When I was running over here, all I kept picturing was when I left for London and you tried to go with me but I wouldn't let you. I knew that couldn't happen again. I needed to stop you to tell you I want to go with you and I was going to do whatever it took."

"Including getting hit by a cab?"

"If that's what it took, then yes."

"Do you know how crazy you are?"

"I know I'm crazy about you," she says.

"That was really cheesy, Kerwin. It's something I would've said."

"I know and that's one of the many reasons why I love you and want to be with you always."

They're still standing in front of the cab with the cab driver intensely watching the whole scene unfold in front of him.

Craig wraps his arms around Ashley and kisses her. He can't stop himself from fulfilling the cheesy movie moment, so he lifts her off the ground and twirls her around. They both look up at the sky and watch the clouds circle by. He sets her back down and kisses her on the nose.

"How much do you love me?" he asks.

"I'm afraid, why are you asking me that?"

"Because I want you to do something for me."

"OK, what?" she asks.

"Please go inside now," he replies.

"What, you're not coming?"

"I can't. I still have my flight. And besides, I think this cab driver is staring at us funny. I'm not giving him another free show."

"But Craig, why can't you just go when I go?"

"Babe, I already have my ticket. You'll be coming in like two days. It'll be OK."

"Well, then why can't I go with you?"

"Oh, c'mon. Everything will be fine. Don't you want to say goodbye to everyone?"

"Ya, I guess," she says disappointed.

"I'll be waiting for you."

"You better be," she says.

"All right. Well, I gotta go. Tell Joey to drive you home. I don't want you to be sick when I see you again."

"OK, I will. Hey, Craig?"

"Ya?"

"Thank you for asking me to come with you," she smiles.

"Ash…I wouldn't want it any other way."

He kisses her one last time and gets into the cab. As it speeds away, he puts his hand up in the back window to wave goodbye. She does the same and then runs into the house to get out of the rain.

"Is that your girl?" the cab driver asks.

"That's THE girl," he replies.

The cab driver just smiles and nods his head. Craig thinks he sees a tear coming out of the corner of the driver's eye, but he can't be sure. When they get to the airport, Craig hands the man money for the ride but the driver declines. He tells Craig to keep his money; he has a weakness for young love. He tells him a quick story about how he let his ONE get away when he was young and he's always regretted it. He tells him to always cherish her and wishes him luck before Craig leaves.

A couple of days have gone by and Ashley has said goodbye to everyone but her mom. She thought it was going to be hard to say goodbye to Ellie and Marco, but they were both very supportive and knew this was something she had to do. They each mentioned that they hope she gets something out of it and Ashley was afraid the 'something' was not the something she was thinking. Those two are dirty, she thought.

The day of Ashley's departure, her mom drives her to the airport. Kate feels she had just said goodbye to Ashley not too long ago. But she knows this time is different. When Ashley went to London, it was because she was scared and she did the only thing she could think of…she ran away. Kate knew Ashley was making the right decision this time.

Ashley hears her flight being called and stands up to board the plane.

"Ashley?"

"Ya, mom?"

"I'm so proud of you," she says.

Ashley almost starts to cry. "Mom…thank you…for everything. It was because of you that I even considered doing this. We may not always see eye to eye on things, but I always respect what you have to say. So thank you for being open to this and accepting it. I love you."

She grabs Ashley and gives her a hug. "I love you too, Ashley."

Ashley waves goodbye one last time before going through the door.

It has been three days since Ashley last saw Craig. She is so excited to see him that it surprises her she can even fall asleep on the plane. But she does and sleeps for most of the flight.

Ashley knows her hair must be a mess, but she doesn't even try to fix it because she knows she won't be seeing Craig yet. He said he would have a cab waiting for her and would meet her at the hotel because he had to go in to the studio that day.

She walks off the plane and to her surprise, Craig is standing there waiting for her. She can't hold her excitement in any longer. She drops her carry on and runs to him. As she is about to reach him, she jumps into his arms.

"Are we gonna have another cheesy moment?" she asks.

"I hope so," he replies.

He spends the next minute just staring into her eyes and then finally speaks. "I can't believe you're actually here."

She smiles that big beautiful smile of hers. "Believe it," she says.