Long Way To Happy by Cassy
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Summary: All through their lives it's always been Raleigh and Josh. But when Josh breaks up with her after New Years - while he's at NYU - he isn't prepared for all the changes Raleigh has made in her life. She's no longer the girl he knows and loves. When Raleigh leaves Millington for music school in LA, she thinks they're on the verge of recovery. But life there proves more difficult than she ever expected. She makes new friends, new enemies, and new hardships she can't come back from. Josh tries to deal with the fact that he is no longer the man for her while she moves on with her life. But still, it's going to be a long way to happy for both of them.
Categories: In Progress Het Stories, Completed Het Stories
Characters: JC Chasez
Awards: None
Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama
Challenges: None
Parent Series: None
Stories: 3
Series Type: Closed

**I will eventually re-write this story but for now I'm posting it as-is. I promise they get better as they go lol**

Joshua Chasez and Raleigh Coons were meant for each other, or so they thought. When Josh moves away from their home town Millington in Shelby Forrest County, Tennessee, for college in New York City, he puts their relationship in jeopardy. Is their love strong enough to endure everything thrown their way? Or will time and space tear their life-long relationship apart?

Go through the twists and turns of their love/hate relationship when Josh returns home the summer after sending that fateful letter. Raleigh has changed more than Josh cares to think about, but he can't hide the feelings his heart still holds for her. Will her one dirty secret be enough to rip them apart forever, or will she Always be his Baby like he had promised so long ago?



Categories: Completed Het Stories
Characters: JC Chasez
Awards: None
Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama

Series: Long Way To Happy
Chapters: 13
Wordcount: 29551 - Hits: 24148
Complete?: Yes - Published: Jan 08, 2009 - Last Updated: Jan 08, 2009 -

**This story is rated R for sex, language, drugs, alcohol, and violence.**

A few months have gone by and Raleigh and Josh had settled into their schooling at opposite ends of the country. They knew a relationship wouldn't work if they hadn't had time to spend together before leaving Tennessee, so they agreed to just be friends for the time being. At NYU, Josh was studying as hard as he could, while Raleigh was doing what she loved. She made many new friends in her first few weeks at the Hollywood Academy of Music and was having a blast. The bad thing being, with every college student came the partying, drugs, and procrastination. Raleigh was no exception.

After getting a surprise visit from the people she cares about most, will she clean up and become the respectful Raleigh Coons she had always been? Or will the music industry continue to envelope her until she doesn't know who that person is anymore? Follow the twists and turns of a troubled college student and the fight to remember who she used to be before the pressure to fit in. Will love be strong enough to prevail this time? Or will Raleigh finally crush Josh to the point where it just isn't enough anymore?



Categories: Completed Het Stories
Characters: JC Chasez
Awards: None
Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama

Series: Long Way To Happy
Chapters: 19
Wordcount: 79647 - Hits: 51644
Complete?: Yes - Published: Jan 08, 2009 - Last Updated: Jan 09, 2009 -
Raleigh Coons had it all. Fame, fortune, and the love of a man she never wanted to let go of. She knew just what it meant to be truly happy after such a long time of losing herself. But when she must come face-to-face with her past, she can't fight her old feelings as they resurface. Thinking the only way to keep her emotions at bay, Raleigh begins to avoid her first love. When a freak storm passes through her best friend's wedding, forcing Raleigh and Josh to wait out the storm together, she begins thinking that just maybe she'd made a mistake five years ago.

Categories: In Progress Het Stories
Characters: JC Chasez
Awards: None
Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama

Series: Long Way To Happy
Chapters: 17
Wordcount: 78520 - Hits: 38874
Complete?: No - Published: Jan 09, 2009 - Last Updated: Jul 05, 2012 -