Clare walked into her dorm room; she had opted for a single, but ended up with a roommate. Wasn't like it was a bad thing, but she liked her own space, and like things done a certain way. And just by looking around the room, at the mess that was already all over the room, she knew that this wasn't going to be easy.

She plopped down on her bed. This wasn't how this year was suppose to be. She had planned on them going to the same school back in New York, getting a little place together. What she didn't didn't plan on was seeing what she had that day.

Clare was driving down the road towards Eli's place. She had only been here once, otherwise he always insisted on coming to Toronto to see her. She didn't know whether it was because he knew her parents wouldn't approve, or if she didn't want to meet his roommates or his friends.

Her mom & her step father had went to his cabin for the weekend, so she thought that this would be the perfect time to surprise Eli. She wanted to see his life beyond Toronto, especially since come this fall it would be her life too.

She was became more nervous the closer she got to his place, and she didn't know why. Okay maybe she did. It had been a few months since she had last seen him. He hadn't been able to make it up for Easter, and with Senior year, there was just so much to do before graduation, she didn't have a chance to pop down there.

Maybe the first indication that things wouldn't work out was that distance was making it hard to find time for one another. That the emails, the skyping became farther apart after the months went by.

Tears ran down her face just thinking about it.

KC walked into his place, that he shared with his mom. He chose to stay at home, to make one less added cost of being in university. Others might not think its cool to still be living with your parent, but he didn't care. They had lost out on so many years during his childhood, he felt like he was gaining those years back.

"Hey mom," he said sitting at the table in the kitchen.

"Hey college boy, how was the first day," she smiled. She was very proud of her son, of all the obstacles he had overcome. She knew it hadn't been easy, after everything he went through with both her and his dad.

"Fine. Thinking I'm going to get a job at one of the coffee shops on campus, make a little extra money."

"KC, you don't have to do that, things are going well at work."

"Mom, I want to. I want to be able to help out a little, and maybe even have a little extra spending money."

"Okay, just promise me that if it becomes too much with your classes that you will quit. I want your education to come first."

"Alright deal. So whats for dinner?"

"Lasagna, it's just in the oven."

"I'm glad we moved here mom. I think it was the best decision we could have possibly made." He was so proud of his mom for being able to turn her life around, for becoming the mother he had always wanted.

"Me too," she smiled.

The phone rang, and woke Clare up. She hadn't realized that she had dozed off doing her English homework. "Hello."

"Hey Clare Bear."

"Hey Darcy."

"How's UBC treating you?"

"So far not too bad. How's California, how's Peter?"

"It's good, he's working at one of the film studios in Hollywood, under a big time director. I'm working at a local free clinic."

"That sounds great, seems like everything's working perfectly for you two there. So what honor do I have for this phone call."

"Well Peter & I have finally set a date for the wedding. We're thinking a Christmas Wedding. And of course I want you to be in the wedding, so there's no backing out of coming to this wedding."

"Alright, but only because it's you. I miss you Darcy." It was times like this when she really missed her sister.

"I miss you too Clare Bear. Now does this mean I'm finally going to get to meet thee Eli. The one I've heard so much about."

She had yet to tell her or her mom about what had happen. She just said she changed her mind about the school she wanted to go to, without any explanation. She didn't want to hear I told you so, from her mom. And she only knew that Darcy would worry, and she didn't want that. Darcy had just become engaged to Peter after the reunite, after she came home from Africa. She didn't want to take away from that.

"We'll see, I'm not sure if he can with his schedule. I'll ask."

"Great!" she said with such excitement.

"Well I've got some homework to finish, we'll Skype soon."

"Alright, love you."

"I love you too, tell Peter I say hi."

"I will do so."

Clare put down the phone, walked over and grabbed a cup of coffee, she was going to need some if she was going to stay awake to finish off the homework.

KC was wiping down the tables at the cafe, thinking about home. Vancouver was great, but he sometimes missed Toronto, his friends, and most of all Ty, or should he say Doug.

When he glanced up, there was a girl walking by, who looked familiar. He shook it off, it couldn't be here, she had planned to go to NYU with Eli. She had mentioned it the last time he had talked to her a few months ago.

He missed Clare, and their friendship. Yes they had gotten lost after the whole Jenna thing, but before he left they had finally overcome that, and become friends again. He was glad because she was the first person who believed in him.

Now he wish that had been her, so that maybe he would know some more friendly faces around here.