Carly Atwood always remembered the man that used to live in the loft above the barn when she was a little girl. John was her childhood crush, he was the guy she wrote about in her diary, and when he left her in his army greens, he was the first man she ever cried for. Nine years later, Carly isn't the eleven year-old girl John left behind. She grew up and moved on with her life, taking over the Atwood Ranch following her father's death. John isn't the man he used to be either; physically and emotionally scarred following his last deployment in Afghanistan, John is returning to the only place he ever called home, back to the loft above the barn and to the pretty blonde girl that's been holding onto his dog tags for all these years. ----- Title inspired by the song of the same name by Tim McGraw.

When most people look back on their lives, they see that one defining event. The moment that changes everything. And my moment was him.

Laken didn't like the cold, growing up in the Texas heat will do that to a girl, and this cold December day was no exception. New York as of yet was not growing on her, she had not yet stopped mourning her parents, and the ache in her chest simply had not gone away no matter how hard she tried to move passed it. Life was not going Laken's way. And the she couldn't quite shake the feeling that this miserable cold day was somehow not over and the worst was yet to come. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On an old account of mine this story was entitled The Billionaire and The Used-To-Be. However, now that I am rewriting/finishing the story both the plot and name has changed. I am hoping that because I was only two chapters deep no one will be to bummed about the changes. Enjoy!