Lips Of An Angel
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It hadn't been their decision. Not in the beginning. They'd been pushed apart by their loved ones. No one thought they were right for each other.
And in some ways they weren't.
They came from different worlds.
Different backgrounds.
Different friends.
Her friends believed he was going to break her heart and leave her in the dust with them to pick up the pieces.
His friends thought she wasn't good enough for him; that she was beneath him.
And really that wouldn't have mattered; they could have overcome their friends' disbelief in their relationship, and they had. But then there was one obstacle neither one of them was willing to cross.
Their parents.
It hadn't been so bad in the beginning, they'd been allowed to be together because no one thought it would ever become serious— but it had.
That's when the problems began to arise.
Both Zachary Goode and Cameron Morgan came from wealthy families. However, the way the families came about said wealth had been the problem all along.
Her mother and father had worked hard for their fortune, building it up from the ground, and earning their place in the world.
His parent's, however, had been born into the wealth of their ancestors. Never had they worked a day in their life; everything handed to them on a silver platter. His mother and father were nothing but figure heads and icons to multi-million dollar companies they owned.
Zach Goode had been raised a spoilt brat in a small family, everything he could ever want given to him with so much of the snap of his fingers.
Cammie Morgan had been raised in a family with several siblings, and her parents didn't give her anything at the drop of a hat, instead teaching her morals and respect so that the money she inherited would never corrupt her delicate soul.
Their town of Roseville, Virginia, had never had ancestry rivalries. The town was a large enough size so that with each generation the hatred of one family wasn't passed on to later generations.
So by default, Cammie and Zach never were supposed to hate each other. They just weren't supposed to interact— act like the other ceased to exist.
Neither had really noticed the other before the summer before college.
Of course she knew of him, and he knew of her. They hadn't spoken once, until a day at the beach where it had been coincidental.
It only took them one summer to fall in love, the kind of love that you could try and ignore but ended never being able to forget.
Their friends had come around; respecting the love Cammie and Zach shared, seeing how genuine it really was.
Their parent's, however, never could comply.
They were relentless, ordering their children to quit seeing the other.
Cammie and Zach decided to ignore them at first— until their inheritance was threatened to be cut off; they were threatened to be cut out of the family indefinitely.
Zach knew he could never make it on his own; he certainly didn't have the grades to get into college with an academic scholarship, and if he could on an athletic scholarship he would need his parents to sign off on it; which they would never do if he stayed with Cammie.
Cammie couldn't afford to lose her family, they were close knit; her mother and father had been a constant presence throughout her childhood and adolescence as well as many of her older and younger siblings that depended on her and she depended on.
In short: they were blinded by the fortunes of their families, neither willing to give it up for the other.
They both decided it was just a summer fling; something they could overcome. They would find someone else; someone better suited for their family.
It was a mutual decision. He was honest with her, saying he couldn't afford to throw his future away for her, and to his unpleasant surprise she agreed, spitting his own words back.
Despite the decision being mutual both were hurt by the inevitable breakup. She cried for weeks— he sulked to no end.
Neither would admit it; but they missed the other, and couldn't shake the feeling that they'd made a mistake and should have taken the risk.
In the end their parent's got what they wanted: two broken hearted children willing inherit the company when old enough to take their minds of the 'what ifs' and 'what could have beens'.
Even ten years later he stilled loved her, even after everyone believed he'd moved on. He never willed himself to fall in love again, living in fear that he would have to let go what he once cherished again. Cammie had had more progress, actually falling in love again: but as anyone knows— you can never truly forget your first true love. She lived genuinely happy with her boyfriend of three years who she knew was on the verge or proposing. Things were perfect for her; but they were as good as she dared to hope.
Zach had ended up not taking over his parent's company, his older brother, Marcus, had filled that spot. So all he'd given up had been for nothing after all. Of course he still got money from the company, and still lived quite wealthily in a Penthouse apartment in New York on the Upper East side. He had a longtime girlfriend of a year and half, who was completely devoted to him, but he didn't care much for; which wasn't fair to her at all, but he'd stopped caring long ago.
Cammie remained in Roseville, becoming the CEO of her parent's company and having not truly regretted her decision. She assumed her former love had also made well because she knew well that he lived a wonderful lifestyle and assumed he was happy.
If either of them were honest with themselves, deep down they both wanted something better, someone they couldn't have, and someone they would linger over losing for the rest of their lives.
Ten years is a lot of time to think things over.
And when Zach got the call late on a Sunday evening, he knew that he hadn't lost all hope.
AN: Another two/three shot. In the next chapter we'll explain things further as this is a sort of a prolog or introduction. I know it's kind of tedious to read but it explains Cammie and Zach's backgrounds. This story is based of the song "Lips Of An Angel" by Hinder.
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