ℐ𝖭 𝒲𝖧𝖨𝖢𝖧.... 𝑎𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗌 ，𝖺 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗂𝖼，𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾．𝗎𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽，𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗈𝗅𝗈． 𝑚𝖺𝗍𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖺 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖽𝖾．𝗌𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗆𝖾𝗍，𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝗁𝖾'𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗍．𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝗈 𝗐𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀，𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾． 𝑎𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖺'𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽，𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾．𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋，𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥． 𝑏𝗎𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀'𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾，𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗅，𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌，𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍？

𝐼𝖭 𝖶𝖧𝖨𝖢𝖧.... 𝑖𝗋𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗈𝗅𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗆𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝖺 𝖻𝗂𝗋𝗍𝗁𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗒 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗈．𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆；𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒，𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾，𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽．𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋，𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁，𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝗁𝗂𝗆．𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌． 𝑐𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗈𝗅𝗈 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗂𝗋𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌，𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾...𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍，𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗇𝖾𝗂𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍．𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗆． 𝑓𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄𝗌，𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌，𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗋𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗂𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌．𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍，𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇？

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇... 𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 has just moved to massechussets because of her parents' recent (and very messy) divorce, which she is not at all happy about. attending a new school near the middle of the semester, with no friends, isn't exactly ideal. and 10x worse for aurora. 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨 eats lunch with his brothers every day, until one day, he decides to sit with the new girl. it doesn't exactly go well, but she'll warm up to him. he knows she will. he eventually comes up with the courage to invite her to his house, under the pretence of a school project, and it all starts from there. 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚 quickly become each other's safe place-maybe too safe-and get so caught up in their "friendship," that they miss the slowly coming desire for more than what they have.