THIS STORY IS ON HIATUS !!MATURE THEMES!! <Nick> High school was hard. My best friend was suffering and so was I. In a different way. Taking care of my siblings and trying to live a normal teenage life was making me break. Then I met her. She's like the sun. A spitfire, burning hot, even when she's right in front of me the moment I try to touch she's so far out of reach she might as well be on the other side of the planet. Which she is. She ran from me. I haven't seen or spoke to her in three years. She's never left my mind in all that time. And now she's back. And her timing couldn't be any worse. <Emery> I thought it would save me. My parents control over me squeezed so tight around my throat it hurt to continue pretending to be a carefree teenager. Spending my freshman year of college in Venice with my cousin was supposed to be my salvation. Only leaving Black Valley meant leaving him. I thought that's what I wanted. He was insufferable, cocky, a flirt, and not to be trusted. I know what it's like to be played by a man, a man like him. Then it got dangerous. My heart started to waver, delude me into thinking he meant what he said. So I ran away. But now I'm back and It's been three years since I've seen him. It looks like I can't avoid him anymore. I don't think I want to. Yet now, it looks like I'm the one being avoided. **The plot line takes place three years after Needing Adelaide (not including the epilogue) with the exceptions of some flashbacks**
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