Chapter 1: There's Another Day Tomorrow

Ally's P.O.V

26 June 2012

Today is another warm day in Miami, but that's not all because it's the first day of summer and the school is closed for 6 weeks. I have 6 weeks of complete freedom it's the last summer before I start my senior year of high school at Marino High School. Everything is as it should be, I think, as I write in my diary/songbook.

My life is perfect. Cheesy I know, but its more than true…

Gavin and I are better than ever, we're just so great together I love him so much already and my love for him grows stronger every single day. When I first met him, I had no idea how close we would become and how well we fitted together. We never even got to be friends before we were a couple and everyone around us knew even before we made it official – according to them it was obvious, and I guess I know why… We were together all the time since the day we first met, and some would say that we were inseparable and if we weren't then we might be now. We just connected and then we connected deeper over our love for music… Us together feels like a fairytale to me and in many ways the perfect relationship.

My mom and I are closer than ever doing things together the way we always have, I especially loved yesterday, when she heard me play piano because she's always so proud of me also very supportive of my music just like my dad. Normal teenagers they hate their moms or at least disagree and get into fights about something silly like parties, curfew or something like it. It's really nothing like that between my mom and I, sure sometimes we disagree, but I can't remember being so mad that I just hate her like I hear other girls say when talking about their mothers…

My dad and I are gonna have the best time this summer, I'll help him with costumers in Sonic Boom, I love it there when it's just me and my dad. Sonic Boom is like a second home to me, and it always has been even before my parents spilt a few years ago. I'm very close with him as well and I love the precious time I get when him when it's just the two of us. My parents are divorced, but they're the best of friends. We have dinner as a family at least once a week, so I don't really feel the difference, but I get to have two very happy parents. I'm really looking forward to this summer vacation before senior year, because I just know it'll be the best summer ever. It might sound cheesy, but that's how I feel.

"Ally?" My mother calls from downstairs, I close my journal and hurry down curious to hear what's on her mind.

"Yeah?" I ask as I get into the living room.

"Can you sit down for a moment?" She asks carefully.

"What's the matter?" I ask, as I do what I'm told.

"Do you remember my childhood friend I've told you about?" She asks me nervously. I look at her slim figure, her whole body has tensed and the worry in her eyes is something I notice right away. I wonder briefly why she would be upset talking about her best friend as I answer her.

"Mimi? The one who moved to New York when I was 5?" I ask to clarify.

"Yeah, she's moving back here to Miami with her son Austin." She smiles, her body still tense.

"That's great! I know you miss her." I smile, I'm so happy for my mother she has missed having a good girlfriend here. She does have friends here, but none as close as Mimi Moon.

"Yeah, but you see for the time being Mimi and Austin will have to live here… with us." She says carefully watching my reaction and I know this is it, this is what she was so afraid of telling me.

"What? Why?" I ask fearfully, I don't want more people staying here taking up space, but I regret saying it as soon as I see her tense even more. Great! I'm being selfish and insensitive.

"Ally, be nice! Mimi just got out a nasty divorce with her lying cheating scumbag of a husband and she needs some time to get back on her feet, I want to be here for her." She says sympathetically, and I nod in agreement. We're able to help them, so why wouldn't we? That's how I was raised to be.

"Sorry mom, it's just, this is my home and more people mean less space, what if we don't get along?" I ask nervously, allowing her to see my fears.

"It'll be fine Ally, it's not forever. You know, you and Austin used to be quite close, you're the same age. You could become friends again?" She says hopefully, but I don't share that hope with her. I mean, I don't even remember him.

"Somehow, I doubt that, but okay, when are they gonna be here and how long are they staying?" I ask, my mother always raised me to help the less fortunate, so I guess that's what I'll do.

"They're leaving in a few days so sometime this week and they'll stay until Mimi is ready to get back on her feet, she really loved that scumbag she called a husband." She says venomously.

"Mom! Language!" I snap at her before I start laughing.

"Sorry sweetie." She laughs. "I just don't get it, I mean, that husband of hers cheated on her with no other than his PA, who's only 22." She says in disgust.

"I get it, mom, I'm happy my dad didn't do such a thing…" I shake my head. "Poor Mimi." I add, I don't even know if I could have handled that, so she must be a strong woman.

"Me too." She says before she continues. "You know, we're still gonna be close and have our girl time, I won't let that change." She smiles.

"I guess it's okay then." I smile.

"That's my Ally." She gets up and hug me. "Will you help me clean their rooms today?" She asks nervously.

"Sure mom." I agree.

"So, Mimi will stay in the small bedroom next to mine and I'll share my bathroom with her, Austin will stay in the guest room next to your room and you'll share your bathroom with him, alright?" She asks, and I nod, how bad can it be? The bathroom is attached to my room and to the guest room, so I guess I better remember to lock both doors from now on.

Helping my mother clean turned out to be quite fun and we ended up cleaning the whole house in less than 6 hours. My mother and I, we don't just clean, we joke, laugh, talk. We make fun out of it, so it doesn't seem so bad after all.

My mother and I have always been close even when my parents divorced, they assured me that their divorce had nothing to do with me and that they wanted a divorce because they grew apart. My parents are friends now and that seems to work for them, I'm happy that they get along like they do. My mother and I live near the beach, in fact you can see the beach from our kitchen and I love it here, my dad however lives closer to the mall across town where he owns Sonic Boom which is a music store where I work when I got the spare time. I love being there it's my second home, my parents aren't really that into music, but they both support me because they know it's my passion.

"Ally?" My mother asks as we put the cleaning equipment away.

"Yeah?" I smile at her.

"Do you want to go out to dinner tonight?" She asks.

"Sure, can I ask Gavin to join? I was supposed to go out with him later?"

"Of course, you know I like him, he's a nice guy." She agrees.

"Okay, let me go call him and then take a shower." I smile brightly.

"I need a shower too, be ready in a half hour." She says, and I nod heading for my bathroom.

Gavin and I have been dating for 1 and a half year. He wasn't my first boyfriend, that was Dallas whom I dated for 6 months, but in the end, we were better as friends and that's what we are today exactly what we want it to be. Gavin however was the guy I gave my virginity to on our one-year anniversary and I really love him, he has been writing music ever since he was little just like me, so we have a lot in common. My parents like him a lot because he's so sweet and passionate, he melted their hearts instantly just like he did with mine. I pick up my phone and speed dial him, he answers on the second ring.

"Hey baby." He says warmly.

"Hey." I say with a goofy smile on my face.

"What's up?" He asks.

"Nothing much, I was just wondering if we could take a raincheck on our date? My mom wants to go out to dinner and you could join us?" I ask.

"I'll love to, you know I like your mom. Where are we going?" He asks charmingly, my heart is completely melting. He never minds if I cancel our date to go to dinner with my mother, he knows we're close and he loves to come along even if we can't be alone.

"You're the perfect boyfriend." I smile goofily. "I don't know where we're going yet, can you be here in a half hour?" I ask.

"See you then beautiful."

"Yes, you will handsome." I grin before we hang up.

I hurry in the shower. The shower alone only takes a few minutes before I get out and dry my hair, I straighten my hair since I happen to know Gavin loves when I do that. I put on a short purple dress that I bought when I was out shopping with my girls last week, I finish my look with matching high stilettos, a handbag and light makeup. I usually goes for the natural look, in fact, I mostly use makeup to highlight my eyes. I walk to the stairs where I see my mother talking to Gavin.

"A bouquet for you." He smiles charmingly at my mother and it makes me smile.

"Thank you, Gavin, you didn't have to do that." She blushes.

"Of course, I did." He smiles as I walk down the stairs and as you can hear my heels click on the stairs Gavin looks up at me, it makes my heart beat faster when I reach the bottom of the stairs Gavin is in front of me. "You look absolutely stunning." He says as he hands me a bouquet of daisies, my favorite flowers and kisses my cheek.

"Thank you, so charming." I giggle.

"Only for you." He whispers, and I blush.

The dinner with my mom and Gavin is perfect, it's hard not to be happy when life is good like this, I believe my mother when she tells me that our relationship won't change just because we'll be more people in the house. Gavin really is a mother's dream, he's charming, sweet, passionate and he generally likes my mother which means is easy for him to small talk with her and include her in our conversation. He knows every time we do this, go to dinner with my mother, my dad or both, that I fall for him a little more each time. It's a perfect relationship because I love spending time with him, both of my parents are always saying how much they love him. I've heard from the both of them that they'll love to see me marry Gavin one day and I'd have to agree, one day I just might.

"What did you two lovely ladies do today?" He asks politely, but with a charming smile on his lips.

"We cleaned the house today; my friend Mimi and her son Austin will be joining us for a while after her divorce." My mother tells him, she has a conflicting look on her face, happy that her friend will come back, but sad she had to get hurt.

"Really? Well, it's good she at least comes back here." He smiles.

"Yes, it is, I haven't really seen her or her son since Ally was five and Ally doesn't even remember them. It's really a shame, her and Austin, they were great friends once." My mom continues on.

"We'll see mom, it has been a long time, but I'll be nice though." I promise her.

"That's my girl." She smiles happily.

"What have you been up to today?" I ask Gavin.

"Actually, I was looking at that song you had some trouble with and I think I may have solved it, but we'll look at that tomorrow or something." He says taking my hand openly, my mother just smiles at us.

"Thanks Gavin, that song has really kicked my ass for a while…" I sigh.

"Ally, language." My mom protests much like I did earlier, at that we all laugh. The rest of the dinner is a blast, I love spending time with my mom and Gavin. He drives us home after dinner, my mother gets out of the car and walks into the house to give us some privacy.

"Do you want to go somewhere with me?" He asks hopefully.

"Where?" I ask, excited.

"To the playground where we first met." He smiles, and I nod getting back in the car after letting my mother know that I'll be back later. We drive for less than five minutes before we're there, he opens my door and I get out. We walk hand-in-hand to where we first met almost 2 years ago. "Remember that day?" He asks with a smile. "I just moved here, you just broke up with your boyfriend. You were sitting right here, and I just had to meet you." He kisses my cheek.

"You were so sweet, you just sat with me right on this swing and listened to me talk for hours. We were together almost every day after that and then we became a couple, officially." I smile warmly at him. I'm a romantic and I love remising about how we met and fell in love, and I know Gavin knows that.

"You know I love you, right?" He says with a affectionate smile on his lips.

"I know, I love you, too." I say, he leans in and kisses me passionately, I sigh happily.

"I'm kinda happy you broke up with him." He smiles.

"Actually, I didn't. He broke up with me, but it was mutual in many ways. I just hadn't admitted that I wasn't in love with him. He knew it though, he knew I didn't love him and, in the end, we both knew we were better as friends than as boyfriend and girlfriend. I'm happy we broke up when we did, because I met you and I love you so much." I tell him honestly.

"I know you do, and I love you too, more than I thought I could love someone." He says with burning honesty in his eyes. I lean in once more and kiss him passionately, his response is immediate. I can feel his love for me in the kiss and it only makes me smile more. We stay at the playground for an hour lying on the ground as we look at the stars before we decide is time to head back home, we walk to the car, but before I can get in Gavin has stopped me.

"You know, at this time the roads will be empty… Wanna drive?" He asks me daringly. It's not the first time, but since I don't have my driver license yet, I shouldn't…

"Sure." I grin getting in the car, as I said, we've done this before. He gets in beside me and guides me through it. I drive to my house in five minutes easily, I stop the car and turn off the engine.

We both get out of the car and as always, he walks me to my doorstep and kisses me goodnight before slowly turning around and getting back in his car. I walk inside smiling like a fool and I see my mother sitting on the couch, she smiles at me.

"Where did you go?" She asks, curiously.

"He took me to the playground where we first met." I smile dreamily.

"He's so romantic, isn't he?" She asks me.

"Yeah." I sigh.

"I'm almost jealous." My mom grins.

"Yeah well I'm not sharing." I say as I sit down beside her.

"Too bad." She laughs, and I laugh with her.

I get happily to bed that night, I know things will change soon enough, but I'm quite optimistic about it all. I don't remember Mimi or Austin, but I would like to believe that this will be fun if Austin and I were close, we could very well become great friends.

Austin's P.O.V

26 June 2012

In the late morning, just before lunch time.

I watch people walking on the streets of New York on my way home from a buddy's house, last night Luke held this huge party to celebrate that school is over for 6 weeks and it was a blast as always, one of the reasons I like him so much is definitely his ability to throw a good party. I'm looking forward to this summer because I have 6 weeks of freedom and to make it even better my band has gotten a few gigs around New York. 6 weeks where my music will be what I do full time, no grades, detention or math tests. What's even sweeter is that my girlfriend Cassidy will be with me every step of the way because she's in the band with me, Luke and Will.

Cass and I met when she transferred to my school a year ago, we got talking right away and a week later we had our first date. It's hard to remember the exact moment we became official because we basically were the moment we met. We started the band not long after that, we spend the schoolyear playing at school dances and we had a few gigs at the park not far from my apartment.

My life would have been perfect if it hadn't been for the fact that my parents are fighting all the damn time, they've done this for years, but the last couple of months has been even worse. Mom really needs to get a grip because dad just has an important job, he's doing it to provide for us. He has told me many times that he wants to be home, but sometimes he just has to work, and I understand that. Mom she's always grilling him whenever his has a long night at the office or is an hour late for dinner. I wish they would just talk and figure things out instead. I only get to the outside of my apartment before I can hear them yell once again, I sneak inside hoping to get to my room unnoticed, I hate being in the middle of one of their fights. I only get my shoes and jacket off when I hear my mom.

"Austin? Is that you?" She asks, her voice hoarse which means she has been crying again.

"Yeah." I say hoping she won't say anything else.

"Could you please come in here?" She asks.

"Sure." I say hesitant as I walk into the living room where both of my parents are standing.

"Can you sit down son?" My dad asks softly. I nod and take a seat on the couch. "Listen, this isn't gonna be easy for us to say or for you to hear… Your mother and I have talked, we have decided to get a divorce. It's what's best for all of us…" He says with a hint of sadness.

"What?" I ask strangled.

"Austin… You and I are moving to Miami where you grew up in two days' time, I have a good friend there we can stay with for a while…" My mom says, her eyes red from crying.

"No! I'm not going anywhere! My home is here, my school, my band, my friends and my girlfriend are here… My whole life is here…" I shake my heads violently.

"Austin, it has been decided." My mom says firmly, and I know it isn't up for discussion.

"Don't make me, please… Let me stay here with dad, I'm begging you… My band is taking off this summer, we have a real chance to make something… Don't take that from me, I've worked so hard for this for years and now it's finally happening." I feel myself tearing up and my throat tightens, this is not happening.

"Sorry son, but your mother and I have agreed that the best for you will be to move with her. You know with my crazy hours at work you'd be alone way too much, that's not a life for a teenage boy." He says, for a moment I notice that he doesn't seem too torn up about that.

"Can't we at least stay in New York? I don't want to move, I'd lose everything." I beg them.

"I'm sorry Austin, but we're leaving and that's final." My mom says firmly, but with a broken look in her eyes.

I get up from the couch and storm out the door barely grabbing my shoes and jacket on the way out, I slam the door rather loudly as I leave the apartment. I'm not usually this short tempered, but this I can't handle because this means that the summer I have been planning for months is now gone. I have to leave everyone and everything behind, everything I've worked so hard for will just be gone. I'll have to start over and go through this whole process with finding a new band, making new music and try to find gigs in a whole new city where no one has any idea who I am, at least here people in this area knows who I am. I walk the 12 miles to my girlfriend's house because in this moment she's the only one I'd talk to, usually she can talk me down. I stand in front of her house as I begin to wonder, what will she say? What'll happen to our relationship now? Will she even want to be with me once I move away?

"Austin?" I hear her soft voice and I turn around to see her stand behind me. "What's wrong?" She asks as her face changes from happy to worry, it's only there I realize I've been crying. "Come." She says softly leading me inside.

"My parents are getting a divorce." I finally say.

"Oh Austin, I'm so sorry." She says as she gently lay a hand on my shoulder.

"It's not even the worst part… My mom is taking me with her to live in Miami…" I say as my voice cracks over.

"No! What! When?" She asks, sorrows filling her eyes.

"In 2 days…" I whisper.

"She can't just take you away like that! Can't you just stay here with your dad?" She asks.

"I wish, but they both told me no when I asked. No matter what I said they wouldn't listen." I say brokenly.

"I'm sorry… Listen, you've had a really crappy day and that's why I think we should spend today together without thinking or talking about any of this. We'll figure things out tomorrow, but for today nothing has to change." She suggests with a sad smile, but I actually like her proposal of forgetting everything for today.

"You're right… Nothing has to change at least not today." I agree with her.

"Good, how about we take a walk through the streets of New York? You always loved that." She suggests and once again I'll have to agree. If I have to leave here I would like to do one last stroll around these streets.

"Let's go." I say offering her a soft smile.

We leave her house together and walk around the streets there has been my home for years, the only place I can remember as home. We talk about nothing and everything the way we used to, we laugh, and we cry together. I remember clearly here with her now, why I fell in love with her in the first place, she's passionate, cares a lot about others and she has the ability to make me forget a bad day or in this case a horrible day.

I know I'll miss this, but I'm rather optimistic about my relationship with her, maybe we can beat the odds and do this long-distance thing for a time. I mean it would only be for a year because in a year I'll be done with high school and I'll be 18, I'm free to pursue my music and I could do that with her, we could see each other on weekends and vacations, it's wouldn't be that bad. I love her more than enough to wait for her. We're back in front of her house after hours of walking, we spend the entire day walking around. I follow her inside and to her room, her mom and dad are out, so we have to place to ourselves. She told me that they won't be back for at least a day. We take a seat on her bed.

"Remember how we met?" I ask her softly.

"How could I ever forget? I was walking around the hallways stressed and confused when you came along. You showed me the office and showed me to my first class which luckily were you first class too." She smiles fondly at the memory.

"We spend every day together after that and not even a few weeks later, we were official." I grin at her. I remember that day clearly in my mind. "I couldn't help it when I saw you, I fell for you instantly." I whisper honestly.

"Just like I feel for you." She says lovingly.

I lean in and our lips touch, for a moment it feels as it did the very first time we kissed, and I'm completely caught up in it. She wraps her arms around my neck holding me as close as she possible can and I let her, I know she doesn't want things to change either. I never even for a second doubted her love for me and even now I don't, after today I dare to hope that she'll do the long-distance thing too for that one year.

I don't even try to tell myself off as she pulls my shirt off, instead I give into it. It's not our first time, in fact, we've done this quite a lot since our 6-month anniversary where she told me that she was ready to go all the way with me. She was my first and I was hers, it might make me a hopeless romantic for hoping that we'll beat the odds, that we'll be together forever, but I also don't care. I see my future clearly with her and I did since the first moment I saw her.

Today has more than reminded me just how much I love her, I mean, she put herself aside today to be here for me completely. She let me have one more day where nothing had to change, a day where we walked the streets of New York, we talked, laughed, cried and of course kissed, a lot. We spend some time in our favorite café and went to dinner where we had our first date. We did what we've always enjoyed doing before we have to talk about what the future holds for us tomorrow, but today it's just the two of us.

Ally's P.O.V

27 June 2012

I open my eyes ready for a new day of summer, I take a quick look on my phone and see a text from Trish. She left for Spain right after her last exam 2 weeks ago and she should be back home right about now, I unlock my phone eager to see what she wants.

Hey, I got home from Spain last night, wanna hang out today? - T

Finally, when? - A

I can be at your house in 20 - T

I'll be ready - A

See you then - T

I walk to the kitchen to grab an apple; my mom is sitting on the couch reading the paper and drinking her morning coffee. She looks up at me and smiles brightly, I smile back.

"Morning honey."

"Morning mom."

"Something going on? You seem excited." She asks reading me very well.

"Yeah, Trish is home from her short visit in Spain. She'll be here any minute and I miss her." I say so fast that I barely can make out a word of what I'm saying.

"You saw her 2 weeks ago." She laughs.

"I know, but I always miss her when she's away." I pout.

"You girls have always been so close… I remember feeling that way about Mimi, I look forward to seeing her." She smiles, her eyes burning with understanding.

"I'm happy for you, mom." I smile at her, I turn my head as soon as I hear a knock on the front door.

"Ally." My mother calls just before I reach the door, and I turn my attention back on her. "Remember we're having dinner with your father tonight." She reminds me.

"Right, our family dinner thing we do once a week. I totally forgot." I tease her giggling.

"I knew you would." She teases back and then another knock on the door brings me back to Trish. "Have fun." She adds, and I turn to the door.

"Trish!" I squeal happily as I see her smiling tanned face.

"Ally!" She squeals back.

"How was Spain?" I ask her.

"Amazing as always, I just really missed you and Jace." She says with a fake sad face.

"Sure, you did." I say sardonically.

"No really I did, I just didn't have much time to think about missing you before I was on a plane on my way back here." She admits.

"That makes more sense." I smile. "Why aren't you with Jace?" I ask curiously.

"Do you really have to ask? Hoes before bros." She giggles.

"Right, how could I forget?" I ask rhetorical. "Shall we go?" I ask, and she nods.

We drive to the mall together intending on having a girls' day at the spa one of Trish's favorite activities, I must admit it's nice. She has won me over completely, so we decide on spending some time in the Jacuzzi to relax and catch up.

"So how has your summer been so far?" She asks.

"Great! Gavin took me to the playground where we first met, he's just so romantic." I sigh. "I know we've only been off from school for 2 days, but it's already the best summer ever." I add.

"I know, sometimes I'm jealous of you. Jace is great, but he's not great at being romantic." She rolls her eyes.

"Oh, the horror!" I giggle.

"Ha ha, very funny!"

"Right?" I laugh.

"No!"

"Anyway, one of my mom's friends is moving in with her son in a day or two. My mom told me she's getting divorced and needs a clean break, they're moving here all the way from New York." I tell her.

"Really? How long are they staying at your place then?" She asks interested.

"I have no idea." I shrug.

"How old is her son?" She asks with a grin.

"Mom said that he's 17 like me." I admit.

"Is he hot?"

"I have no idea." I roll my eyes.

"I hope he is." She grins.

"Trish! You have a boyfriend… or did you forget him already?" I tease her.

"No… But I am allowed to look." She smirks.

"You're so bad!" I giggle.

"I know." She giggles with me. "But seriously, do you know anything about him?" She asks curiously.

"Not much… His name is Austin, he's 17, used to live in New York and apparently, we used to be close back when we were 5. My mom said we were together all the time, but I don't remember that at all. She seems to hold on to the hope that we'll be close again." I shrug.

"Interesting…" She says with a teasing look in her eyes.

"Oh, shut up!" I roll my eyes at her.

"This will be good, I already got you to swear." She giggles and its contagious, soon we're both laughing hysterically.

I spend hours with Trish and as always, we have a blast, times go by too fast for our liking, but at the same time we love how times flies when we're together. I get home just in time for dinner with my parents, I always look forward to it because even though my parents aren't together anymore they're the best of friends.

The dinner goes by quite fast, the three of us are mostly teasing each other or telling some really lame jokes, one thing about our family is that we have a very lame sense of humor and usually other people doesn't get it, they just look oddly at us. I don't care through, I love our lame sense of humor because it's our thing. We spend hours playing card games, the family favorite is bullshit, which I am totally kicking both of their asses in. It's late when my dad leaves and once I get to my room I realize just how tired I am, I decide to call Gavin before bed and he answers on the second ring.

"Hello beautiful." He says.

"Hi handsome." I grin.

"How was the family dinner?" He asks interested.

"It was good. I love these evenings." I say happily.

"I missed you today." He says, and I don't have to see his face to know he's pouting.

"I missed you too." I admit.

"Maybe tomorrow you and I could spend some time together, hopefully alone." He says and I know he's smirking.

"Sure, but I promised my father to help him out at the store tomorrow. Could you pick me up from there at 6?" I ask him already knowing what he'll say.

"Of course, but doesn't the store close at 5?" He asks.

"It does, but I need to get ready first." I remind him, I'd like to take a shower and change my clothes before I meet with my boyfriend.

"Ah right, see you then beautiful."

"Yes, you will." I giggle. "Goodnight, Gavin."

"Goodnight." He says warmly.

I smile as I hang up the phone, I fall asleep quickly with a smile plastered all over my face.

Austin's P.O.V

27 June 2012

In the morning.

I open my eyes when Cass turns in my arms, I smile looking at her sleeping form. I feel more optimistic about everything today than I did yesterday and it's all thanks to her. I stay in bed with her for some time before I get out of bed wanting to make her breakfast in bed, I want to show her how grateful I am for what she did for me yesterday, this is happening for her too, but yesterday she allowed me to talk completely putting herself aside. I make our favorite food, pancakes, with lots of syrup on top. I return back to her room with the tray in my hands and when I walk in I see that she's just woken up.

"Good morning, Cass." I say lovingly.

"Oh Austin." She whispers, and tears forms in her eyes, suddenly I feel disorientated, why is she crying. I put the tray down in front of her and take a seat on the bed beside her.

"Hey, what wrong?" I ask her, softly drying away her tears.

"You're so sweet." She whispers.

"Then why are you crying?" I ask trying to cheer her up.

"Because that makes this so much harder…" She whispers, I see the broken look in her eyes, but I don't understand it.

"It doesn't have to be hard, Cass." I promise her and when she looks at me with confusion I continue. "It doesn't." I assure her when I see the disbelief in her eyes. "I love you and you love me, we can make this work. I'm 17 and I'm done with high school in a year, then I can move back here so this? Us being apart only have to be for a year. We can see each other on vacations and we can talk every day. I want to make this work, you and me. I'll be back before you know it." I promise her, but she doesn't look any happier.

"I can't." She shakes her head.

"It'll be fine, Cass." I try to reassure her.

"No, it won't, Aus. It won't be fine because you won't be here, and I'll miss you terribly every day." She says brokenly.

"I'll miss you too, but it's not forever." I say optimistically.

"I don't think you're hearing me, Aus. Long distance relationships never work out and I can't spend a year where I miss you every day, I just can't. I think we both need to move on and go separate ways once you move because I can't wait for 'one day' that might never come…" She whispers, and I feel my heart breaking.

"Are you breaking up with me?" I whisper strangled.

"Yeah, I think that's what I'm doing." She says as she looks away.

"Cass don't do this. Please, I'll be back here in no time." I say trying to change her decision.

"I don't want to, Aus. I really don't, but I have to." She says, and I see it in her eyes, she means it and no matter what I say she won't change her mind. I stand up from her bed, I feel like I can barely breathe and just looking at her hurts. I turn my back to her and I consider leaving, but for some reason my feet won't move. It already feels to final…

"I think I'm gonna go, Cass." I say without looking at her and I don't wait for a response before I walk out the door. I'm out of her house in seconds, but I don't get far before I hear her call my name.

"Austin, wait! Don't leave like this." She begs me as she runs in front of me to stop me from walking away.

"There is no good way to leave and I can't stand looking at you, knowing that you'd rather give up on us than try making it work." I say trying to keep myself together.

"I don't want to lose you, but I also don't want to spend a year missing you or however long it might turn out to be when we both head off to college. I'd be sad all the time and so would you, we could one day find our way back to each other, but until that happens I don't think I can do this. We'll be so far apart, and you'll be starting a whole new life, you may not believe me, but I'd be holding you back if I didn't let you go." She says and for the first time today I understand what she's saying, I don't agree, but I do understand.

"So, this is what you want? To break up?" I ask her, knowing that I love her enough to let her go if that's truly what she wants.

"It's the last thing I want… I love you so much… I just don't see how we can stay together when we're gonna be that far apart, but I want to enjoy every single moment we may have left before you leave. I don't want to spend one single minute without you before we absolutely have to." She says wrapping her arms around my neck.

"I don't want to leave. I don't want to lose you and what we have." I whisper.

"I don't want you to go either." She says, I press my forehead against hers. I don't know how long we stand there just holding each other, but when my phone starts bussing I pull away to look at it.

"We have a band meeting in 15 minutes. I completely forgot about it." I stress, what can I even do about it. It's hard to be in a band if I'm hours away…

"We better get going then." She says heavily.

"What can I even tell them…" I ask her, confused.

"I don't know… I think the truth is the only thing you can say." She says.

"I guess…" I say, we begin the short work to Luke's garage where we usually practice and once we arrive both Luke and Will are there.

"Hey man!" Luke says, and we do a fist bump.

"Hey." I say trying not to be too down.

"What's up?" Will says, and I repeat a fist bump with him as well.

"What's with you, Cass?" Luke asks, he clearly picked up on the tension in the room.

"I think Austin better tell you…" She says throwing the ball in my court. Both Will and Luke looks at me oddly.

"Did you guys break up?" Will asks concerned and I get why, Cass and I have never been one of those back and forth couples. We've always been so sure we wanted to be together, we never once doubted it and we never talked about what was gonna happen when high school was over.

"Sort of…" I say not knowing what else to say.

"Why?" Luke asks confused.

"My parents are getting a divorce, they told me yesterday and my mom are taking me with her to Miami because I grew up there, she has a friend she wants to go stay with and she is gonna make me go." I explain.

"What? Your parents can't just make you move…" Will shakes his head in disbelief.

"Why don't you just stay with your father?" Luke asks.

"I wish, but they shot my down when I asked, and I haven't talked to either of them since. My mom made it clear that I'm going and that its final." I say.

"But what about the band and our gigs?" Will asks.

"I'll be too far away this summer… I plan on coming back as soon as possible, but I'm not sure when that will be. She can only make me stay for a year because I turn 18 next year, so I can be back next summer." I say hoping they won't kick me out of the band.

"We can't wait for that, Austin. People will forget who we are completely, and we'll be done before we even started… We agreed that we needed to make a name for ourselves before college and if you leave for a year we can't unless we find a new lead singer." Luke says heavily.

"So, you are just gonna replace me? Just like that? I build this band! I wrote the songs!" I ask angrily.

"Of course not! We hate that you have to leave, but you don't know when you'll be back and it's our dream too. We have to let the show go on." Luke defends.

"Wow, the show must go on? Really?" I ask furiously.

"Calm down, Austin." Cass says placing both of her hands gently on each of my cheeks making me look at her. "You know how this business is, if we wait for you, then we're all done play music for good because then the band is breaking up. The chance that we can go right back to the way things were are slim to none, when you get back. There will always be a spot for you in this band, but we can't stop playing gigs and to do that we will need a lead singer." She whispers, and I begin to calm down a little because I know she's right.

"I know…" I sigh.

"We're sorry, man. We don't want to do this, and we wouldn't if we had another option." Will says sadly.

"I know, guys. I'm sorry for losing it on you. I just don't know what to do here, it's like my parents are taking my whole life from me." I say.

"Well it is, your whole life is here and it's not fair…" Luke says, and I know he's sad too, he's one of my best buds.

After we all came down a bit after the fight and began to accept that there's nothing we can do about it, we decided that we can play one last time, and no one could take that away from us. Will plays the piano, Luke plays the drums, Cass plays the bass and I play the guitar. I'm the lead singer and sometimes like today Cass sings with me, for some time it feels as if nothing has changed, but I know everything has changed.

I spend a couple of hours with the band before Cass and I go to dinner together one last time, we go to our place, Melody's diner, it's where we spend most time together and where we had our first date. We came here yesterday of course, but since I'm leaving tomorrow I wanted to come here at least one more time. How poetic we'll have our last date here as well and sad at the same time, but we try to make the best of it and have one last day where nothing has changed yet. I take Cass to a movie afterwards, if I have to leave her then I can at least give her something to remember me by. We sit in the back holding onto each other like we fear one of us might disappear.

I think back to Luke's party, it was the day before I knew about my parents and the divorce. It was one of the better parties, Cass and I were happy, dancing, singing, being young really. I'm sad to know that it was the last time we were that happy because then we had no clue it would be taken from us so soon. I'm kinda happy I didn't know because now I can cherish that moment, it wasn't ruined by my parents.

On our way back to her house I buy Cass a neckless with a C on it and a fluffy teddy bear, we walk hand-in-hand all the way. Her parents are back home when we come inside, apparently, my mom called Cass' mom because she was worried about me. I haven't taken her calls or answered my phone since I walked out, I figured she couldn't care much given what she's doing to me now. Mandy who is Cassidy's mother told me that she was sad to hear that I have to leave, and I was allowed to stay the night, she would let my mom know.

Cass and I goes back to her room rather quickly, we didn't want to spend our last night together with her parents and luckily, they understood that. We lie on the bed holding each other, but when I lean in to kiss her the reality of what's to come gets to us both. One thing leads to another and we're both helpless to stop it nor would we want to because tomorrow it's all over. I pull her closer before I let myself drift into a restless sleep.

Ally's P.O.V

28 June 2012

I wake up when it's still pretty early, the store doesn't open until 10 am so I have plenty of time to get ready for work. I swing my legs out of my four-poster bed and head for the bathroom, it's the last day I'll have it for myself, so I intend on enjoying it to the fullest. My shower last at least an hour before I finally turn off the stream of water, I wrap myself in a towel and dry my hair before I get dressed in jeans and a yellow top.

I take my favorite red dress out from my closet because I know Gavin happens to love it almost as much as I do. I pack a bag with the essentials so getting ready for my date at Sonic Boom won't be a problem. I bring my dress and bag with me downstairs, I sneak a look at the time and it's only 7:30 am. I take an apple and a banana from the kitchen, on my way out I bump into my mom who just came downstairs.

"Good morning, honey." She smiles groggily.

"Morning." I smile.

"Where are you going this early?" She asks curiously.

"The store, I promised dad I'd open today and watch it for the day while he's at a convention. You know how much I love being in the practice room upstairs before work." I grin. My dad made it for me, so I had a place I could come and write my music in peace.

"I know. You could spend days there without getting bored." She grins too. "Oh, by the way, Mimi and her son Austin will be leaving New York in an hour's times so they should be here by lunch time tomorrow." She informs me.

"Alright, do you want help preparing lunch?" I ask her.

"Yes, that'd be great. Thanks honey." She gives me a grateful smile.

"Anytime." I smile. "See you later."

"Bye honey."

I enjoy the walk from my house to my dad's store, it makes me relax. I'm a little nervous about tomorrow because I'm not too happy about more people in the house, but I want to make the best of it and maybe it won't be so bad after all. It takes me a good 15 minutes before I arrive at the store, I have an hour and a half before I have to worry about opening up the store.

I sit on the piano bench in my practice room, piano is my preferred instrument so usually I use that for writing songs. I set an alarm on my phone because I know from experience I won't open on time if I just play, I have the tendency of forgetting time and place when I play.

My hour and a half went by like it was five minutes, I open the store and spend the day talking to costumers. I enjoy it because everyone who comes here loves music as much as I do, and I know most of the people coming here. At 5 pm I close up and begin to get ready for my date with Gavin, it's gonna be nice with some alone time.

At 6 pm on the dot Gavin is outside of the store like I knew he would, he's never late to pick me up from anywhere. He takes me to dinner at Shedders, my favorite place, I've always love it and after dinner he takes me on a nice walk along the beach. We sneak up to his parents' cabin on the beach for some real alone time, it has been a while since we did last and we both missed it. Gavin brings me home a few minutes before midnight and kisses me on the porch before he gets back in his car. I go straight to bed and fall asleep almost instantly.

Austin's P.O.V

28 June 2012

Early morning.

It's very early when Cassidy's mother knocks on the door to tell us that I have to go home, my mom called and told her to send me home. I have no choice but to get up and get dressed, I kiss Cass for what could be the very last time before her mother drives me home. I stand in front of my house for minutes just looking at it before I finally convince my feet to move forward and walk into the house. My mom heard me as soon as the door opened and rushes to the hallway where I'm standing.

"Austin! Thank god, don't ever do this to me again." She says relieved to see me, she tries to hug me, but I step back.

"Don't touch me." I hiss and the shock on her face is more than clear, I've never once pushed her away or looked at her the way I do in this moment.

"Austin please…" She tries but I hold out my hand to stop her.

"NO! I've lost everything because of you, my girlfriend, my friends, my band and my home. I may have no choice whether or not I'm going, but I can choose that I don't want to talk to you." I say with more fury than I've ever felt before.

"I've packed your things. You just have to put them in the car. We are leaving in an hour." She says in a monotone and I know I've hurt her, but right now I don't care I actually hate her more than I've ever hated anyone.

"Fine." I say as I leave her standing there. I go into my room slamming the door, but when I see it in boxes I feel myself dangerously close to the breaking point. It's like I've never even lived here even though we lived in this house for 12 years.

I look around what used to be my room and its as empty as I feel on the inside. I pull out my phone to text Cass, Luke and Will so that they know I'll be forced to leave in an hour. I hope to see them one last time before everything has to change forever. I begin carrying things to my mom's car and put them in, it doesn't take me long before all of my stuff is in the car. I stand in my room looking at the empty wardrobe and the bed without bedding, it looks abandoned.

I look at my guitars, I have an electric guitar and an acoustic guitar. I haven't put them in the car yet and as I look at them the only thing I see is a broken dream. A rush of anger makes me grab the expensive electric guitar my mom bought last year for my birthday and smash it against the floor until it breaks. I throw it on the floor and leave it there with the other one, I didn't smash the other one, but I'm also not bring it because right here in moment I made a choice to never play music again.

"Austin, what have you done?" My mom asks as she stands in the door looking at the guitar I smashed. I look at her coldly.

"Nothing you didn't do, I just helped you out." I snap.

"What do you mean?" She asks in shock.

"You smashed my dream of becoming a performer and I helped you by smashing the guitar. I'm done with music." I say as I walk passed her and out of the room. My dad is standing in the hallway.

"I'm gonna miss you, Austin." He says, and I hug him.

"I'm gonna miss you too, dad. I just want to stay here with you." I plead.

"I wish you could, but your mother and I agreed this would be the best for you." He says with a hint of sadness in his eyes.

"It's not." I say, but I know it won't change. "What will you do with our home?" I ask him.

"I'm selling it. Your mother and I decided to sell everything, then share what's left." He says and that makes me sadder, there won't even be a home to come back to here.

"When can I come visit you?" I ask him.

"I don't know, Champ." He says gloomily. "You'll have to hold on for a little while, but in the meantime, I'll have your car shipped down for you." He promises.

"Thanks, dad." I say gratefully.

I hug him one last time before I walk out the door of what used to be my home, and when I do I see Cass, Luke and Will waiting for me. I tear up seeing them standing there because I know this is it, I don't know when I'll see them again. I do the fist bump with my guys before I turn my attention to my girl. She's the only girl I've ever loved, and I don't fall to easily. I've seen and met loads of girl, some quite attractive of course, but it's only Cass I've been able to see myself with long term.

I pull her into my arms where she's more than willing to be and at least that can make me smile, she hasn't given up on us completely and one day we'll be together again. I have to believe that because I'm nowhere near ready to let her go and walk out of my life. I kiss her deeply pulling all of my emotions into the kiss hoping she'll know that I won't forget her. I pull away to look at her face which is filled with tears.

"I love you, Cass. I'll always love you and I believe we will find a way one day. I'll never forget you or anytime we spend together." I whisper which only makes her cry more and I can't fight my own tears any longer.

"I love you too, Aus. I won't forget you either and I love you so much for believing that we can still find a way." She says between sobs.

"You're the only girl I've ever loved and the only girl I could see a future with. I still see it even with this bump in the road." I tell her trying to dry her tears away, but it's no use much like my own.

"I know…" She whispers brokenly. I kiss her once more before I just hold her, until my mom's voice breaks the spell.

"Time to go." She says and gets in the car. I look at Cass once more.

"I'll see you." I whisper to her instead of saying goodbye.

"I'll see you." She sobs, she leans in and we kiss.

"See you." I say to the guys and they nod. I hold Cass' hand all the way to the car and before I get in I pull her again me. I kiss her passionately until we run out of air, I caress her cheek and get in the car. I roll down the window, so I can hold her hand as my mom starts the car. She walks beside the car until she can't keep up any longer, I look out the window and wave goodbye to them all.