"it's okay, i'm used to being alone" + jack johnson is best friends with jack gilinsky. they've been linked at the hip, but one of them is left in the others shadow *short story*

They say that if you love someone let them go, and if they love you they will come back. But even if you want that person to come back for you, you can't wait forever. ~~~~ Emily Clarke is just a normal girl, working in a small diner in New York City, but dreaming big. Emily has always wanted to be an artist, ever since she moved from England. England held bad memories for her, her mother had died from cancer and now her and her father were almost broke. She was working to keep herself in her small New York apartment and helping her dad who was still in England. But what happens when Emily accidentally bumps into an ex, who just so hapens to be Liam Payne from the world famous boyband One Direction. Why did Emily run away from Liam, who treated her like a princess? What secret does she have, and will she tell Liam, or will he have to figure it out on his own?

This is the sequel (continuation) of After. Hardin and Tessa's relationship will be tested in ways she never expected, but he knew of all along.

The passionate story of Tessa and Hardin continues as family secrets, deep betrayals, and career opportunities threaten to tear them apart.

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.