So, this is the first time I have ever done this. I'm not sure anyone will read it, but here's goes. This is just my closure for a story that has been so momentous for me. My favorite moments from the story, and my thanks you's to the people that have been there reading every word over the last few months.

The idea for "The Walk" stemmed from two places. First I gained inspiration listening to "(Another Song) All Over Again" on FutureSexLoveSounds. For some reason, the line "Little Girl, you're all I've got." sounded to me like he had a daughter, that he had refused to have anything to do with, but suddenly realized he should. I'm pretty sure no one else hears it that way but that's fine. Maybe it's just me, wishing that my father would have had that realization and come looking for me. But, thats unimportant.

I had already started with the Chasing Cars Series, in which Justin has a daughter, little Riley, and so that killed part of the idea. I didn't want to be running two stories where he was trying to make up for lost time. So I moved the idea to the back of my mind, wondering if I would ever get the chance to use that song for something.

The I heard the song "The Walk" by Hanson. I have been a Hanson fan for quite a while. They were the first concert I ever went to, and I've kept up with them. I realized that by a strange chain of events I had actually met them when I was really young, my grandfather knew a friend of their family and what not, but it got me thinking about how lives get intertwined and twisted up within eachothers and the song brought me a clarity. And so, I ressurrected that old idea, and melded the songs together to create this story about how quickly your life can change. And how your reactions, or lack thereof, to such changes affect you in ways you really can't predict.

And so, The Walk was born.

All too often people let their fears determine what course they will take and in this story Justin has to learn how to overcome his fear of not being perfect in the eyes of his fans. I don't actually know Justin, although that doesn't mean I don't dream of that haha, so I don't know what his fears are. I have no idea if he does have any illigitamite children out there waiting to be found. I don't think I want to know.

I'm not sure what readers will get out of it, and thats the beauty of stories in general, that you take what you want from it and no one has the right to tell you what you should think. But, I wanted to let you know where I was coming from.

Although I am very attached to the entire work, there are a few moments that stand out, as my favorites. The first time they hug, after Justin finds out that he is indeed the father. He realizes that Allie will be a fixture in his life for quite some time.

Next, I loved when Justin took Allie out for dinner the first time, there's a quote about a monkey that is special to me and a few other people, and trust me you don't need to know. It's just a little reminder to me and those people, that they are a part of my walk wherever it takes me.

When they find out the sex of the baby, it brings them a little closer, something that had been happening slowly already. After that, Justin has a dream about their first encounter, and he realizes what's happening, and is a little frightened at what that means.

Then, Renee comes and forces the two of them to just kiss and get it over with. Chapter eleven is wonderful to me, because even though they had clearly had sex before, up until this point, even though now they were dating they hadn't gone that far. So when they did, it was like it was the first time all over again. In my head anyway.

I knew before I even started writing this, that the last actual chapter was going to have "(Another Song) All Over Again" as its track. And I feel that him suddenly being there, right when she needed him, was the mot beautiful part of the whole story. One look at his son and he realizes that nothing else matters but Noah and Allie.

It took a couple tries to write the epilogue but I am really happy with how the story ended, and no one does an interview quite like Barbara Walters.

I have a few people I would like to thank for this story.

First thanks to Justin Timberlake, for being my muse. And for supplying the set list for the story. And the initial spark of the idea.

Second, thanks to Hanson, for writing "The Walk." I think I will carry the words of that song with me forever.

Next, I want to thank my Grandfather... because even now that he is gone, he is still the driving force that gets me out of bed every day, the one who always told me I could do anything, and the person who makes "me believe in myself when nobody else can help." He's the reason I continue my "walk."

I want to thank Deidre and Kerri, for being my biggest fans, and my makeshift editors. I tend to write down all my thoughts much to quickly and it falls to them to call me out on grammar and spelling stuff. Not that they mind, they always get to read everything before everyone else.

Thank you to all of the other people who have read this, and who will read it. I hope that you enjoy it.

Thank you to my fellow Fanfiction writers, all of the dedicated dreamers, and beyond. It helps to know that I am not alone, lost in this little world. You too know that the writing is so much more then just a crazy teenybopper living in a fantasy world. Its healing, and an outlet for the creative energy that we all have living inside of us.

Last, but not least, a special thank you to Amanda, from Streetcorner Symphony (one of my favoritist sites). I got the idea to do this page from her.

I hope you enjoyed "The Walk." And, I sincerely hope that you find your way on your own walk, and enjoy every minute of it. You only get one chance.