clementine | lucas jade zumann [✓]

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clementine: june 23rd 2015. three years ago yesterday one of the greatest women in the world passed away. she was a beacon of hope in even the darkest of times and stood by me through everything i did. my grandmother was my biggest fan, and i was hers. she deserves the world. grandma, i love you to the moon and back, and i would go on an infinite amount of trips just to prove it.

a year ago tomorrow my grandfather suffered a heart attack. he was an adventurer, he shared his stories with me as a child and i still relive them in my imagination each day. he was a goofball, the life of the party, the greatest man to ever live. i've always been told i'm just like him, in every aspect of my appearance and personality, perhaps that's why i was named after him.

time for a truth bomb, my name is not clementine. it was my grandmothers name, and when she passed away i needed to always have a part of me with her. so, i adopted her name as my own. but i love you all immensely and you deserve to know that my real name is james. after my grandfather james-john, or grampy j.j as i called him. james delilah winters is my full name, but everyone always called my jamie up until a few years ago, and i'm sorry for keeping this all secret, but now i feel like i can share this with you and open up more as this is a part of me. i'm still clementine, but i'm also jamie.

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well. this was actually the inspiration for the story, i always wanted clementine to have adopted the name from an important female figure in her life and eventually reveal that it isn't her real name. it's sort of the concept of letting go of the past and realizing no matter what, the people we love will always be with us.