How To Love

Why did I let you get away?

Riley's POV

I woke up with a slight headache. Remembering yesterday night at the club with Justin. I knew it was a bad idea to go. My best friend, Kacy insisted on me going. She's a huge fan of Justin's and she knew he was gonna be there, and she begged me to go. I don't know why I gave in, but I wish I wouldn't of. It brought back so many memories that I didn't want to revisit. Speaking of revisiting memories I have to go back to that dreadful place on Friday. My grandfather worked at that school for majority of his life. He was very passionate about teaching and education he was there when the school first opened. Now they are trying to close it, they are having a huge gala in hopes of raising the money needed to keep it opened. They invited me to introduce the guest speaker. Who is yet to be announced. I really don't want to go but I know my grandfather would've went ballistic if he knew that it was on the verge of being shut down. So only for the sake of my grandfather I'm going to go.

"Riley. Please Wake up. You leave tomorrow and you haven't packed a thing. We need to get started." Kacy said as she barged in my room. I didn't want to leave my bed. Better yet get on a plane for 6 hours to go back to Stratford! But I knew she was right.

"Okay. Your right. I'm up." I protested sleepily.

"Oh and your mom and dad called and they both said call them before you leave. Your mom said to make sure that you call her before you call your dad." My parents are anything but happily divorced. My dad got a good job offer here in LA. I was in the 8th grade when we all moved from Stratford. What a coincidence because Justin got discovered at the same time that we moved. Stop thinking about him Riley!

Well that was the best day of my life! I hated Stratford so once we moved here I decided that I would leave all of the bullying and stuff in Canada. And that in LA I would be a whole new Riley! My dad's a doctor and he started making soo much more money in the states than he had ever made in Canada. I got a brand new wardrobe, my braces came off, my acne disappeared, and I finally realized that pigtails weren't that cute on me. I was more confident and my life actually started going good. But then once I hit the 10th grade my parents got divorced. My world came crashing down when my mom moved to Nevada. She couldn't stand to be around him anymore. She begged me to come with her, but I wanted to finish high school at my high school. I didn't want to switch sophomore year! That would've been horrible! Once I graduated high school I decided that I wanted to be a doctor just like my dad. The best school for medicine in California was The University of California-San Francisco. I got in but my mom wanted me to go to college near her. My dad moved to San Francisco. He had been wanting to move there ever since the divorce but he wanted me to finish high school first. I love my mom and my dad with all my heart but with them it was always a competition. So if I went to USCF with my dad then my mother would've went ballistic and thought that I loved him more. And That I stayed with him for high school and then for college. She would've been devastated, and I couldn't do that to her. So I decided to stay in LA, 6 hours away from my dad and 7 hours away from my mom. That seemed fair. So now I'm a senior at David Geffen School of Medicine. And living a wonderful college life with my best-friend Kacy. Both of my parents where horrified of my choice but neither of them won. So i think it worked out good. Now going back to Canada was never on my life agenda, but hey it's for a good cause. I hope I'm making the right decision.

Justin's POV

WOW! I couldn't stop thinking of her she was so gorgeous. In elementary school Riley used to have bad acne, and she wore these hideous braces with all the colors of the rainbow, she had pigtails and she would never take them out, and she would wear these horrible stripped clothes with overalls everyday! It was horrible. But now she was flawless and confident. She wasn't boastful about her beauty though. Like other girls I knew where beautiful and conceded and Riley wasn't like that I could tell. Well it's over now. I will probably never see her again! Not that she would want to be with me anyways. Boy rejection sure felt bad. Ever since 8th grade I was so used to having what I wanted when I wanted it. The girls who I dated wanted to be everything that I wanted them to be. Disregarding there opinions, Riley wouldn't do that she wouldn't change her morals just for me or for anyone in that matter. I needed someone like her in my life it would keep me grounded. Feeling this way for somebody is crazy for me. I haven't really thought about really dating somebody else since Selena. She couldn't handle my busy life and then she just stopped communicating with me. It's my fault because I should've talked to her everyday like a good boyfriend would've. Once the tour was over and I wasn't busy anymore I tried to get back with her but she wanted nothing to do with me. I made a whole album about her! She won't budge though and now I just look pathetic because she's moved on and I won't let go. So I finally decided to let go a few months ago. Since then I just haven't really cared about anything until. Well until now. Speaking of staying grounded look who's calling! It's my manager Scooter.

"Justin!! Do you want to continue making music!" Scooter shouted

"Yes?" I answered.

"Then why the hell do you keep disregarding my instructions! I told to stay out of the big clubs! I get it your young and restless and you want to have fun but you JUST got arrested!! You need to show your beliebers that your responsible! And that you still are the sweet hearted Justin that you've always been, and that your not depressed anymore! They are only gonna take so much! Your pushing it Justin!"

"But Scoot you just said yesterday that I could still party just to try to stay on the down low. And that's exactly what I tried to do I only brought two cars not the limos! Isn't that what you meant?!"

"No Justin! I meant go to smaller clubs not the most popular club in LA! But you know what you have to reap what you sow and now I know what I'm gonna do with you! Your going to Canada!" He was furious and serious and CRAZY! I only go to Canada when I'm visiting my grandparents and they are on a vacation together in Italy thanks to me. So why would I go to Canada?!

"Scooter! Are you crazy I'm not going to Canada! For what?" I protested.

"Your old school in Stratford is on the verge of closing down. They are having a huge banquet fundraising thing to try to keep it open. In order to do that they need a guest speaker! They invited some alumni's with good backgrounds to the gala. They want you to be the guest speaker! This is perfect for you! You need the good publicity right now. So you will be attending. We will have clothes for you packed and you will be leaving first thing tomorrow on the jet.If you like your career than you will go!" And before I could object he hung up on me. Well I guess to Canada it is.