Pov: VictoriaI had a boyfriend! Two weeks after our first date, Jonathan asked me to be his girlfriend. It was all happening very fast but I did not mind it. Alice and Sam liked him, my mom thought he was ‘the sweetest thing ever’ because he bought flowers for her and dropped them off when he came to pick me up for our first date.We had settled on having lunch at Paula’s and then going to the movies to see if they were playing anything good. I had suggested meeting him at the café but he was not having it. He insisted on coming to pick me up from home. I knew that I did not have to do that much to impress Jonathan but I was still nervous.I had to put in some effort. I think that my mom was even more excited about the date than I was. She had even skipped going to work that Saturday just so she could be home when Jonathan came to pick me up.“It's not like this is the first time a boy came to pick me up, Mom. Caleb did that all the time,” I tried to reason with her.“It’s not the sa
Pov: VictoriaHe would be happy to teach me. I was super excited. We set the baking date for that following weekend. The rest of the dinner went well. He cracked jokes and was very attentive. He complimented me so many times I was worried that my face would permanently turn red from blushing too much.After we ate, he paid for the meal and refused to listen to me when I wanted to pay for my own food. We headed for the mall and went straight to the movie theater. There was nothing interesting showing at the time that we got there so we went to get ice cream instead. I was still very stuffed from lunch but who says no to ice cream? I got vanilla ice cream and he got chocolate-flavored ice cream which I thought was an abomination so we argued about it for about twenty minutes before he relented. Vanilla will always be the superior flavor. We talked as we ate the ice cream. Our conversation was so interesting that we accidentally neglected our ice cream bowls.By the time we realized it,
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: Victoria“I knew that our dating was too good to be true. I know that you have feelings for him Tori, I see the way that you look at him. It’s rather obvious to anyone but him.” “I am really sorry Jonathan.” I really meant it.I hated the sad defeated look on his face. It’s like he had seen this coming but decided to take a chance on me anyway, consequences be damned. I felt like a terrible person but I knew it had to be done.“I’m sorry too. I wish I was right for you. There are no hard feelings though. I wish you the best. Can I get one last hug?” he asked.Even in our breakup, he remained the perfect gentleman. I hated that I could not fall for him. I hugged him tightly and bade him farewell, closing that brief chapter in my life. I felt at peace with my decisionI headed back to where Sam and Alice were standing.“Is it done?” Sam asked.“Yeah, I did it and it sucked.”“What? What sucked? What’s done? Am I missing something here?” Alice asked, looking back and forth between
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: VictoriaI woke up that morning with a terrible hangover. Alice and I had partied a little too hard after the wedding. It was amazing how even after ten years, my girls; Samantha, Alice, and I were still best of friends. I had invited them both to the wedding (with the bride’s permission of course) but only Alice was able to come since she, like me, had moved back to Arizona after college.She moved back home to Sedona to take over her family’s business and I lived in Phoenix where I worked as a pastry chef at the La Grande Restaurant as a pastry chef. I had done and completed my degree in business administration at the University of Texas and tried to work in the finance world before I realized that it was not what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.Alice was actually the person who encouraged me to join the culinary school to become a pastry chef. My short relationship with Jonathan somehow ended up changing the course of my life. Even after we broke up, the interest that
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: CalebThere was really no need for Eric to comment on how awkward the situation was. You could cut the tension with a knife. I had considered not attending the lunch that morning. I had woken up at six o'clock that morning. My body was exhausted but my internal clock was so used to being up by that time, I had no control over it.I tried to go back to sleep but I was not able to, unlike my fiancé who was snoozing away blissfully unaware of my struggles. She looked too cute in her sleep, it was a stark contrast to how fierce she was in real life.Sometimes I couldn’t believe that I was actually engaged to Brianna. After dating on and off for almost ten years, it was the only thing to do. I popped the question three months ago. I had taken her on a trip to Paris and proposed to her by the seine river, with a direct view of the Eiffel Tower. I had gone all out; flowers, a string quartet, candles.The whole production cost a pretty penny but I was happy to drop the bundle for her. It