Arianna has lived her whole life in Boston with her 8 siblings and her parents. It has become the one place she loves the most. So, when her parents tell her that they're going to move to a small town in Oregon called Bandon, she becomes heartbroken but she understands. Raising a huge family is hard to do in a place like Boston and she knows Oregon always has jobs available. They have a lot of things to worry about but Arianna is always trying to help them. She's leaving her best friends behind and everyone she grew up with but she wouldn't expect to find new friends. She meets an infuriating boy named Alex Collins, who slowly starts to show Arianna how she should truly live her life and let loose.

"I have bad news, sweetheart," I heard my mother's voice crack as she spoke those 5 words. 5 simple words that when are put together is the most nerve-wracking sentence. I felt the nerves as I cleared my throat preparing myself for the worse, "What's going on, mom?" "Evelyn, it's your father," she paused before continuing, "Cancer's back, and this time; it's going to be harder to win this battle" --- Evelyn Walker, 19-year-old attending UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Here, she lives an average life with her 2 best friends leaving behind her 6 other siblings and parents back in Ohio. When she receives the life-changing news from her mother, she gets on the train and tries to get home for Christmas. Her trip back home just couldn't go right after she's reunited with a cocky, British ex-boyfriend named Nathan Wilson. Will Evelyn get home on time? Will she fall in love again in the process? ------ This story has not been edited.