Broken Arrows

foreword

EPIGRAPH

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."

—Jane Austen

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EXTENDED SUMMARY

They used to be inseparable. They used to know everything about each other: quirks, flaws, habits and all. They used to be best friends. Now, they can barely look each other in the eye.

Sachi Nakano hasn't spoken to her middle school friends since high school began. All it took was one month into their new year for their once unbreakable bond to crumble. Now that graduation has come and gone, she has one measly summer before she's off to college, and that might be all she needs to reignite an old spark.

One lake house. Four frenemies. A total disaster.

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STATUS

completed | posting (november '15 - july '16)
completed | writing (november '15 - january '16)

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

Love isn't limited to romance. Love is more than that; love is the relationship between siblings, the relationship between parent and child, the relationship between friends. And as someone who has never fallen in love, I sometimes find it difficult to accurately portray the emotions one might have when they fall for someone.

But as someone who has had my entire personality shaped by the people around me, people I consider my friends, I understand the connection that binds two people in soul, even if there is no romance involved. I'm fortunate to have people I know I can count on, who've healed parts of me I didn't know were broken, who've fit into my life like they were meant to be here all along.

Friendship, like romance, has its complications. People can fall out of friendship just as well, and that's what I wanted to portray with this novel.

There may be people who aren't fortunate to have someone they can really count on, and there may be people who bicker constantly with their companions, and there may be friends who are even closer than siblings. Friendship is just as intricate as romance, and it is so easily glossed over in novels that people don't realize how essential it is to one's well being.

With this project, I promise there will be none of that. The history, the pain, the heartbreak—none of that will be brushed over. Friendship can be just as ugly as love, but it can be just as beautiful. I can only hope that you'll accept the characters for who they are and who they are with each other, and I promise that this will be a crazy ride.

Here's to proving that platonic relationships can be a hundred times more interesting than romantic ones.

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DEDICATION

This is for those whose loyalty knows no end. The debt will be repaid.