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Hope you enjoy this. Oneshot from Callie and Sephy's points of view.

Callie

I didn't know who to pick. Lucas or Tobey? I thought of everything they had both done for me and I realized that they had both done extraordinary things for me. I loved them both, but I couldn't have them both. It was one or the other…but who?

I thought over the entire time that I was angry at Tobey. Was it because I cared about him and therefore was less willing to forgive him? Or was I truly angry at him? He had changed so much, now that he had grown up.

Then I thought about Lucas. He had risked so much for me. He had gone against everyone to be with me. I was constantly testing him, but he had put up with me.

What could I do? But then I realized that I knew who I should pick. I just didn't want to admit it because that would mean hurting one of them.

Sephy

I paced around the living room thinking about Sonny and Nathan. I was confused. Sonny was from so long ago. He had left me, then all of a sudden when I had found someone else he had come back to me. But Nathan, he was so…I didn't know how to describe it. With Sonny I was always unsure, but with Nathan I felt safe. As if nothing could ever hurt me.

Sonny made me feel like a young girl again. He reminded me so much of Callum. Callum had had the same potential as him, but the world had treated Callum cruelly.

But I wasn't a young girl anymore. I didn't want just to be swept off my feet and be told that all my troubles would disappear. I wanted someone who would be a partner with me.

I made my decision, but I didn't know how to break it to him.

Callie

I took a deep breath, inhaling the sea water, watching the sun slowly go across the sky. I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Callie?"

I turned. I looked Tobey in the face. I couldn't do it. It was too cruel, too mean after all these years.

"I'm sorry, Tobey. I love you as a friend and I hope that we can always be friends."

"So it's Lucas? We will always be friends, Callie. If I can't have more, then I'll settle."

He spoke these words softly, without malice, but it tore at me and I felt terrible. He left. I stayed a bit longer and just as I was about to leave I spotted a figure in the distance. I recognized him and started to walk towards him.

"Callie."

"How did you know I was here?"

"Tobey told me to come find you. How are you?"

I didn't know where to start so I simply said,

"I love you, Lucas."

Sephy

I called Sonny, but when he answered the phone I knew that I owed it to him to speak in person. When he arrived, I was trying to figure a speech, but when I saw him all words disintegrated. I couldn't speak, but looked at him, beseeching him to understand. Slowly he said,

"So it's no."

I nodded, tears falling down from my eyes.

"Why?"

Those demanding words fell harshly onto my ears. I didn't know how to reply so I said as straightforward as possible,

"You offer me the chance to be the young, immature, irresponsible girl that I was when I loved Callum. You remind me of Callum. And as long as I'm with you, I'll always be haunted by the chances Callum and I lost. You remind me of the past. Nathan…he represents my future. He represents a chance for me to start over again."

I could see he was angry. He nodded and without a word stormed out of the house. I sighed. Then the doorbell rang. I opened the door thinking Sonny had forgotten to say something to me, but it was Nathan. I smiled happily at him and hugged him.

Later as he held me in his arms I whispered to him,

"Nathan Ealing, I love you with all my heart."