Changing- An Amourshipping Story

Chapter 27: And to each their own way

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-Ash's POV-

Beep. Beep. Beep. "PIKAAAAAAAAAAACHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" There's my alarm clock for you. Nothing better to wake you up then having electricity run through your veins the second your alarm clock is done going off. I groan and release a massive yawn before sitting up in my bed. I kind of wish that waking up today was more like waking up yesterday. No having to wake up early. No thunderbolt causing me to wake up. Realizing the fact that you slept with a cute girl. Yeah, yesterday was great. Wait, what was that last reason?! Oh well, better get ready for my day.

When I finish changing, shoving pancakes down my throat at a million miles per hour, and brushing my teeth, I pick up my bag for school and make my way to the door. I begrudgingly step into the hallway but when I step outside, I nearly get ran over by Sawyer, who is charging at full speed to his first class. I look at the time and then face palm. We still have an hour to go before school starts. I guess he thought it was 8:30, when it is actually 7:30. 

I make my way to the main building when I hear two voices fighting. It's Serena and the idiot Camel. I decide to listen to the conversation. "Calem, I am breaking up with you!" Serena says. "What why? I have done nothing wrong." Calem tries to sound innocent but I think he's doing a very poor job, and Serena agrees. "Lies!" She snarls at him. "If you were telling the truth, then what is this?!" She shows him the video and he knows that his time is up. Now Calem might be annoying and rude, but he knows that his time is up. "Alright Serena, I admit I did cheat on you, and I understand that you want to break up with me, since I have been awfully rude of you for these past few years. I know what I am doing isn't right, and I want to change that. In fact, the girl in the video, Miette, has helped me get through that, and I now know that I was a complete jerk to you and made you a worse person, so I understand how you feel. And it's probably for the best if we take our own paths. After all, I think we both found better people for us, we just weren't meant to be together." Calem says. "I probably should have told you about this earlier, but I am still a fool. I guess I just didn't want to hurt you even more. I love Miette, and you love whoever you do, all I know is that it isn't me, and I don't even know if it you have ever even truly loved me." He continues. "I want us both to be happy, and this is the only way for that to be the case. So I guess this is goodbye Serena."  "I guess it is, Calem. And I admit, if I had known this was the case earlier, I would have wanted to consult you about this earlier.  I guess I overreacted when I was thinking that I'd need to show you proof of how you cheated on me. I guess I read too many romance novels." Serena says. "I guess so." He says. "But this is still goodbye, at least for now. Maybe after time, we can try to become friends again when all is said and done. But for now it is goodbye Serena." "Goodbye Calem." And I watched as they both walked off in separate directions.

"RING!" Oh god, I lost track of time didn't I? And I take off running towards History. I arrive panting, and I see Serena giggle as she exclaims, "just in time!" and she pats the seat next to her. I look at her, wanting to know how she feels about what happened. She looks sort of sad but at the same time she is happy. She looks sort of relieved too. And I don't really blame her, as we probably both thought that Calem would do something drastic, but we were proved wrong. We have both read too many fan fictions I guess. I shake my thoughts out of my head, and sit next to her. And she tells me what I already knew. "So, I broke up with Calem today. It surprisingly went well. He told me that he feels bad about what he did and knows that we are both happier to not be together. I kind of feel bad, since I overreacted, but I guess it's been for the best. I am honestly just glad that he didn't try to use force or anything like that. He also told me that when we got everything was figured out, he might want to see me again, but as friends only." I just nod at her and tell her, "It's good that he was nice about it. I don't know if I was expecting him to use force, after all I have been reading a lot of romance stories. I guess we should think optimistically sometimes. After all books aren't real life." She just smiles at me. "You are right Ash. Books often exaggerate things. In books people are usually classed as good or evil. A black or a white. And because we see people like this in books so often, we fail to notice that that is not the case at all. We fail to notice that we are all human, and that we all can make mistakes. Because no one is perfect, Ash. And I thank you for helping me realize that." I look at her confused. "But I didn't even do that much." "Ash, you have done more than you realize."

I snap my head back to the whiteboard, and notice the teacher is rambling on about the buildups to a war. Like seriously, who cares about the buildups? I would much rather learn about the famous battles of the war, but our teacher skips most of that over. And my mind shifts to Serena. She has changed a lot. I remember that just over two weeks ago, she was crying over makeup. But now, look at her. She is able to handle a breakup maturely and not cry about it. She has changed from a rich bullying snob to a smart, attractive, kind, confident woman. And I'm extremely proud of her for becoming a better person. And my heart has slowly started reaching out to her. I still love Honey don't get me wrong. But if I can't have Honey, I could picture myself enjoying being with Serena. I mean they act so similar. They look so alike. They look like they could even be one and the same. And for the first time, I stop to consider it. Could Honey, my childhood crush, possibly be one of my best friends and classmate, Serena Yvonne? 

-End of Chapter 27-

Alright guys, you might be wondering why I decided to make Calem like this. Calem often gets reputation for being a "villain" or "evil" or something like that. But in this book, I used him to show that you should be open to change, and the first step to changing is admitting you are wrong. Calem admits that he was not a good boyfriend for Serena, and he regrets what he has done. Miette has been helping him change, and Calem and Miette care for each other much more then Serena and Calem did. They are better with other people and they both seem to realize it. When Serena and Ash talk about what happened, Serena admits that she was expecting Calem to push her, or for him to want to cling onto her. This is because she viewed him as a horrible person. She was missing the fact that he was a human as well, and she realized it during her conversations with Calem and Ash. This is meant to be Calem's goodbye from the series. His role is for the most part done, and he won't make that many more major appearances. To be honest I feel like the 'evil ex' stereotype is overused. We are all humans, after all. Now I want to talk about the end of the chapter. Some of you might be thinking that he recognized that Serena was Honey. However, this is not the case. He is simply being open minded to the possibility that Serena could be Honey, and he doesn't know that she IS Honey just yet. That's all for now folks, and I will see you in chapter 28.

-Jackson