Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

She had the kind of beauty that was more than on the outside, to him, you had to look past her eyes • • • Short story

It's 5 years later and Kendall's life is far from what she expected. When she comes home to help her sick Mom she realises just how much can change in half a decade.