Is It Really You?

CHAPTER 7

Regrets and moving on

Handes POV

I couldn't believe that it was actually happening, kerem breaking up was only a nightmare for me. But here we are living it, and to say i'm heartbroken is an understatement. I know we had our arguments with time, but it was only just a matter of time before I forgave him. Maybe I was being too hard on him, I mean, this movie did affect him a lot, too. I guess he was right all along when he said this before we started dating “are you sure you want to do this? Being this close might have a big effect on a relationship and a lot of times relationships ruin friendships' '. He was the perfect person in so many ways, I don't think there's anyone in this world that is even half the man he is. I really messed up. Hopefully, one day, he can forgive me.

Kerems POV

I can't believe I actually did it. But the anger I have for her at the moment is unmatched. How did she switch up so fast? Did I really mean that less to her that she could treat me like that. Yes, this move took a lot of us, but i didn't know how much it really hurt her. I'm probably going to be angry for the next months coming up. She probably hates me now, and there's probably no way we can make this up. But i'm also so mad that i don't even care anymore.

4 months later

It's been a while since it happened. It took a huge toll on them in different ways. Hande cried every night, stopped focusing on school, and so many other things. Kerem slowly drowned himself into more and more schoolwork. He would wake up, go to school like normal for 8 hours, make sure he had at least 2 hours of extra classes, go to basketball practice for another 3 hours and then go to the gym with his friend. He would come home at 9pm everyday exhausted from his day, just eat and leave to his room again. Handes' grades were falling. She was going into depression. With time, it got better for her, and it was worse for him.

Hande was slowly getting over it. She had many hard conversations with her parents over time, and with time, she realized that they were actually right about everything. They told her about how life brings up such obstacles, and if someone really loves you despite these things happening, they will always come back to you. They helped her get back to her normal self and helped her get back on track at school. The better it got fr hande, the worse it got to kerem.

Kerem went from drowning himself in everything else to just flat out doing nothing. Luckily for him, that happened during his school holiday, so he had time to pull himself together. His parents helped him a lot, they'll knew how much it h, rt so they did everything to help him and care for him. If anything, the whole situation was the worst for kerem since day 1. The guilt he felt after their last convection was something he really will never forgive himself or. No matter what anyone says..

A huge time jump

5 years later

It's been 5 years since they broke up, and that whole thing was already forgotten by them by now. But something started bothering her again after 3 years of finally getting over it and moving on. She wasn't in a new relationship and never was yet, but she finally moved on from the whole kerem thing in her life. One day, when she was looking on her phone, a calendar reminder came up saying that his arrival was in one month. With everything that happened and all the time that passed, she forgot that they did that the night before he moved. They scrolled and scrolled until they reached 2026 and put in on a date where they think he’ll come back, whether it's before or after that it wouldn't matter. When she saw that she started panicking.

“Hande, daughter, what's wrong? Are you ok? Did something happen at school?”

“No mom, I just saw something today on my phone that reminded me of the past. With all the drama that went on and the time that passed, i literally forgot that kerem, and i put in my calendar a date where they meant to come back to turkey. I know I said I wasn't going to talk about him, and even though you guys are still friends with his parents, I don't mind. But seeing this suddenly brought back flashbacks”

“Aww daughter. We're so sorry. We know you moved on, but we also know that even though whatever happened, a part of you still has him somewhere in your heart and mind. Even if it's the slightest thing.”

“Yeah guys. Should I be worried, or do you think that when they come back, he won't even bother to come here when his parents do?”

“Well it's ok to be worried dear, but I'm sure that with time when he's back, he's going to come eventually. He might not look at you or anything when he comes, and you are the same for him. But i know that eventually he will want to come with his parents just to see you even from a distance”

“I'm scared,"

End chapter 7

This one is very short. I'm going to continue where I left off in the next chapter. It will be much much longer than this one. I just dont wanna jump around and go ahead all in on, and then the story ends without me getting what i really wanted out there. Hopefully, you will enjoy this chapter. The next one will be out just before I leave for vacation tomorrow morning. I'm going to try my best to get chapter 9 and further done fast. After vacation in a week, I have exams for 2 weeks so I'm rushing to write and post it all now because I know for 2 weeks I won't even be able to write, let alone post. Take care.