A/N: Okay this is a flashback this entire chapter and it's all in Casey's POV.

When they arrived home 45 minutes later Casey was absolutely worn out. She decided to go upstairs and rest for a bit until dinner. She ran up the stairs, into her bedroom, and tossed aside her jacket. Barely thinking she threw herself on top of her bed and fell into a deep sleep.

I glanced up at him that next morning. He was playing that new song he wrote me on his guitar, "When she's not here with me. I still feel her. Just the memory of her face penetrates me. She's more than anything or anyone, she's my everything." His sweet melodies filled the room. My head was resting on his chest and the sound of his heart gave me a jolt.

When he stopped playing he looked me in the eyes, "I love you" he whispered.

I glanced up at him and whispered back, "I love you too!" He rolled me over onto my back onto his bed and kissed me hard. I let him and we continued that way for a long time...

The warmth from his mouth made me feel safe and secure. This wasn't just another kiss this was ongoing and I felt scared about what would happen if we continued this passionate kiss. I broke free of the embrace trying to catch my breathe.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"I don't know this just doesn't feel right..."

"What doesn't feel right? Us?" Justin asked.

"I don't know... I mean, don't you think we're going a bit fast?"

"Not if we're in love. I mean Romeo and Juliet were only thirteen when they decided to move forward. We're 15, that's two more years than them. What are you not ready for this Casey?"

"Not yet..."

"Well then.. I guess we should wait. I don't want to pressure you into something your not ready for..."

"Aw...That's so sweet Justin. That means a lot to me," just then he bent down and kissed me. I kissed him back but stopped at that and went back to what we were doing before the kissing thing got in the way.

6 Months Later...

Justin and I were walking home after leaving our neighboring schools. He had his arm slung around me and kept kissing my neck. After a while he let go of kissing me although he still had his arm around me.

"Hey I've got something to tell you," he said.

"Is it good or bad?" I asked.

"Well that depends..."

"Okay..well, what is it?" I asked once more.

"Well you know how I brought up that guy from that independent label and how we were going to try and get him to come to one of our gigs?"

"Yes..."

"Well apparently he went to our last show and get this he wants to sign us to his label,"

"Wow, that's awesome! I'm so proud of you!" We stopped walking and I threw both arms around his neck only to recognize his face, "Wait..why is this bad?"

"Well he wants us to get in the studio right away..."

"Well that's awesome, I cannot beli-" I said getting all excited once again.

"The studio is in Toronto," he interrupted.

"But that's so far away,"

"Well only six hours,"

"How long are you going to be in Toronto?"

"Indefinitely until the demo is finished."

"Oh.. I see.." I knew that meant only one thing LDR. Long Distance Relationship. Everyone knows that they hardly last. I mean come on how are you supposed to maintain a healthy relationship with someone who is so far away. Texts, emails, and phone calls can only go so far. It's not like I'm going to drive six hours everyday to go up to see him. I don't even have my license yet. How the hell is this supposed to work?

I unhooked myself from around his arms and stood beside him with my arms by my side.

"Look this isn't the end of us," he said finally.

"How can you say that? Toronto is going to change you, it's going to change us and you know it."

"What am I supposed to do Casey? I can't turn down this opportunity!" He said.

"I know and you don't have to. I think I know a solution," My heart was beginning to break but I had to do the right thing.

"Really?" His eyes swimming with hopefulness.

"Yes...It's over between us," I could feel my eyes welling up in tears.

"What is this? Some sort of ultimatum?" He said his voice getting angry.

"No..because it's not a choice. Your going to be a rock star and produce an awesome demo and your going to forget about me and I'm going to move on with my life."

"But I don't want to forget about you!"

"Justin we are too young to get caught up with something so serious. You know just as well as I do, that if you miss this opportunity, you're going to question it the rest of your life."

"Well maybe when I return you'll-" He began to say but I interrupted. Tears started streaming down my face.

"Goodbye Justin," and with that I turned around and hurried on home. I rubbed my fists to my eyes trying to hide my tears. I didn't really look at him when I said goodbye, I just kept on walking. Looking at him would've made it harder to let go and I knew that's what I had to do.

Two Months Later...

I was just fastening up one of the last boxes from my room, when I heard a knock at the door.

"Just a minute!" I yelled. I quickly fastened the box shut with some duct tape. I quickly wrote on the box, Casey's Pillows. Once I finished I placed it with the other boxes for the movers to take down to the moving van.

I dusted myself off and went to answer the door. At that moment, I saw the last person in the world I would ever expect to see, it was Justin.

He hadn't changed much since the last time I saw him. His messy blond hair still fell over his eyes and he was dressed in a band shirt and jeans like always. Though there was something different about him and I couldn't quite place my finger on it. Maybe he had a grown an inch? Or perhaps he had tested out a new cologne. I was still amazed to see him standing there. He had left for Toronto two months ago, the day after we talked.

He hadn't called since he'd been gone. I didn't expect him to, the way we'd left things, it was impossible to say really. Also no letters found their way to my mailbox, though again, not surprising. So what was he doing here?

"What are you doing here?" I asked looking at him as if he'd been a ghost, he had been a ghost, at least for the last two months it felt like he was.

"Can I come in?" I nodded and opened the door. What else could I do? He had obviously come here for a reason.

"I'd offer you something to drink but everything is all packed up..." I said dully.

"It's fine..." he said quietly standing in the middle of the room just looking at me.

"So back to my question..." I said finally.

"Yeah um...can we sit down?" He asked. I found two chairs that still hadn't been packed and set them out in the middle of the room.

We both sat down and then I said, "Okay so..can you answer it now?"

"Fair enough. Okay well let's just say that joining that independent label was the worst decision I ever made,"

"What? Why? What happened?" I asked freaking out kind of.

"Well Mike who signed the contract with the label didn't read the fine print. Apparently it was a scam to steal songs. So all of our old songs got taken away and our money that went into it, is gone. We were all broke. Of course we didn't figure all this out until two weeks ago so they got a lot our stuff and our songs. After that we all began to fall apart and Mike took off to god knows where. Steven hitched a ride to NYC to try and make something of himself. The other two decided to go to college and since I'm the only one that's still in high school, I caught a ride back home."

"What did your parents have to say?"

"Well Dad's never around anymore and when he is all he and mom do is argue. Mom on the other hand paid for me to come home and covered all the things I lost. She wasn't too pleased when I left in the first place, so I think coming home brought her some satisfaction."

"Oh..." I didn't know what to say. I sort of blame myself for what happened. I had pushed him to go. If I didn't push him then he wouldn't have been scammed and maybe he could've had some dignity. It's all my fault.

He must've noticed my behavior, "Don't blame yourself Case, you didn't know and I wanted to go. If we weren't together I would've gone without a second thought."

I nodded without knowing what else to say.

"Casey, there's something you should know," he said.

"What's that?"

"I didn't write a damn thing when I was gone,"

"Oh..."

"Because my inspiration was gone. You are my inspiration I can't write/think/whatever when your not with me," he began. Oh no.. I began to think.. this isn't good. No.. No.. No..

"Justin-"

"Don't say anything. Casey, I still feel the way I felt two months ago. I know what I feel and maybe we can just get back together and-" I interrupted him.

"I'm moving," I said.

"What?"

"My mom met someone while you were gone. His name is George and he has three kids and they live far away from here. He proposed to her and their getting married this weekend. I move in the day after tomorrow."

"So your leaving?"

"I don't have a choice."

"Sure you do you can just move in with-"

"Justin, I moved on," I said finally.

"I knew this would happen the second you told me you wanted me to go to Toronto. I knew that you were going to move on and forget about me. I knew it," he said quietly.

"I'll be honest. It was hard, but I didn't know when or if you were coming back. I didn't want to spend my life waiting for you. We're young too young to get caught up in this,"

"Casey...I love you!" He exclaimed. I stood up and walked away from him went over to the door opened it and signaled him out.

"I think you should go," I said. I had moved on and I wasn't going to argue about it anymore.

"You know what Case," he began to say standing up. "I think your afraid of this and until you come to terms with this...you're never going to be happy.." He said an inch from my face before storming out.

I shut the door behind him..closed my eyes..and took a deep breath...

A/N: Why may you ask that I dedicated a whole chapter to a flashback? Because half a chapter wouldn't give the full effect that I wanted this one to have. I have gotten several comments about Casey and Justin's past and having a flashback of the three most significant parts in their relationship. I think it was important that I introduced why Casey resented Justin. The fight they had before she left was an important part that will play a bigger part in the story. Also to get you a bigger insight into Justin's character. Although there's still more about him to learn... Next chapter will contain more Nasey and Dasey so keep your eyes peeled... Reviews are very much appreciated!

Thanks,

Ally