The Apprenticeship

End of an Era

This is the end of a long run...I don't know where to go, what to think. Everyone always said, when it's your time you'll know but, I don't think Bella ever did and I don't think I ever will. There's a certain aspect to losing a family member but, an even bigger one to losing a twin. She's been part of me as long as I can remember.

There's one thing I don't think I'll ever miss and that's everything thats happened. I'm vowing to live my life the way Bella would've wanted me to. Following the status quo. Sticking to the things I know. That's what she would've wanted and that's what I'll do. It's the end of an era. End to the partners in crime. End to everything I think I know.

"Avery?" Thats funny, the voice almost sounds like my sister.

I turn and look, it's just Owen, "Oh hey."

"What's up?"

"How am I supposed to continue training like this? My sister just died and everyone just went back to normal, like everything's okay and it's not. Nothing's okay, I miss Bella."

"I understand that, losing someone close, especially that close is always hard."

"I've decided to stop fighting the system and the way everything works. It's what Bella would've wanted. She wouldn't have wanted me to get into trouble without her."

"Avery, you don't have to give up things you believe in just because your sister died."

"That's what you don't understand Owen. She's all I had. She was the reason I was fighting anything to begin with. I didn't want this place to change me, to change us. But it has, it changed her and now it's going to change me."

"Are you sure Bella would've wanted that?"

"No," I stop to think for a second, maybe he's right, "she would want me to stay true to myself."

"Does that mean you have to fight everything that comes your way, just because it may change you?"

"No."

"That's right. Sometimes change is a good thing, it's progress. It's almost never easy but, it produces good things, almost always. Bella would want you to stand up for what you believe in but, not to the point that you're constantly fighting everyone and everything."

"You're probably right. No use in fighting everything, I'll never learn anything that way."

I look down to the scrapbook I am holding in my hands. It's all of Bella's and my memories from birth to last week. Sometimes change isn't a bad thing, sometimes change produces growth. And this is a change I'm willing to make.

I look back to Owen and shake his hand nodding. A silent agreement to change. With his help, things should go better from now on. I'm looking forward to the following months.

The End