Pov: Victoria It was finally graduation day. The four years of learning and hard work had all led up to this moment when I would get my high school diploma. It all felt very surreal. This time I had also gotten swept up in Sam and Alice’s excitement. The previous week we had all gone shopping and made sure that everyone had found the perfect outfit. My mom had even busted out the emergency credit card. She told me that no expenses would be spared. I only graduated once! The morning of, I was woken up by a text from Jonathan. “Wake up babe! We did it! I can’t wait to see you. I bet you’ll look great.” He was the sweetest. Over the two weeks, I had given a lot of thought to our relationship. He was perfect for me and I was happy when I was with him. I chose him. I owed it to myself to see what we could be. I jumped out of my bed, hopped into the shower, and started getting ready. I had straightened my hair the previous night and put it in curlers. So I took them out and put on my em

Pov: Caleb“Bye caleb! I am really going to miss you. I’ll come visit you as soon as I can.” Brianna said as she hugged me. Her hold on me was so tight, I felt like I was being suffocated.I could not believe that the summer was already over. It had gone by so fast. I had thoroughly enjoyed myself. The guys and I took full advantage of the summer sun. We swam nearly every day, we had gone on short road trips to places like the Grand Canyon, we partied harder than we ever had. I grew a lot closer to some of my team members.My relationship with Brianna had also flourished. We spent so much time together, our families had even met. I had gone over to their place several times. Her parents loved me. Then again, most parents did and when her sister came home, I bonded with her which was a huge relief. It was obvious that Bree looked up to her sister and valued her opinion above all else so when I got her stamp of approval I was elated. My family on the other hand had not warmed up to her

Pov: Victoria“I am afraid I can’t let you do that love. You need to go receive the delivery for the shop today and Tori has a lunch that she needs to get to,” he replied.“My lunch starts at one o'clock. I have time. It’s like nine am,” I responded, settling in further in the bed.“Actually, it’s ten minutes to noon. If you don’t wake up now you are going to be late.” I sprang out of bed immediately.If I did not leave soon, I would be late. If I was late, my mother would kill me and bury my remains in her flower garden which would be an unfortunate series of events. I rushed to the bathroom to straighten myself up so that I didn’t look like a complete mess then ran out to my car with only one shoe on because I had misplaced the other and could not be bothered to look for it at the time.I drove to my childhood home at record speed. By the time I got there, I had only forty minutes to get ready and get to the Stallone Residence. Immediately I opened the door, I remembered why we had

Pov: VictoriaI had never been so glad to sit down for a meal in my life. I had expected our interaction to be weird but that was a lot worse than I thought it would be. What was that!? I tried to be subtle and walk to the table really fast so that I was not stuck sitting next to Caleb but Eric beat me to the seat next to his dad so I had to sit beside my mom and Caleb sat between us.“Great! Now I have to talk to him!” I thought to myself.The appetizers were brought out. It was a platter of Baked Brie With Figs, Pistachios, And Oranges. It looked absolutely delicious but I could not stand the sight of it. I was still paying for the mistakes I had made last night. My stomach felt very uneasy so I passed.“Why aren’t you eating honey?” my mom asked with a concerned look on her face. “I just don’t want to fill up before the main course. I had a heavy breakfast,” I lied.On cue, my stomach rumbled. I prayed that it was not so loud that Mom could hear it. The truth was that I was starvi

Caleb POV:I walked around my father’s office. I had not been there for several years. I was not involved in the day-to-day running of the family’s businesses so I did not have any reason to be in Dad’s office. I had always felt guilty about that. I knew that even though he was exceedingly proud of me, Dad would have loved me if I took over the business.I was his oldest son so it only made sense. Luckily for him, Eric had stepped up. He had always had an interest in Business Administration and he exceeded all expectations whenever Dad delegated a duty to him. He thrived in the business world and so he became the COO of the company in my place.He genuinely loved what he did. You could tell by the way he spoke about it. to be honest, it was all gibberish to me. I, however, was still a shareholder in the company so every once in a while, especially when I was home, I would check-in. Besides, it was always interesting to see Eric in his element.I picked up a framed photo of all of us