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Some stories begin with a confession.
Mine began with a glance.
This novel is inspired by real life.
Emrys DeLeon isn't me-but she carries my laughter, my dreams, my loud voice, my hopeless heart, and every feeling I never had the courage to say out loud.
Then there's Julienne Diaz.
The quiet girl.
The beautiful, nonchalant class president.
A writer who always chooses the seat near the door, filling page after page while the rest of the classroom grows loud around her.
Meanwhile, Emrys is the complete opposite.
She's noisy, always laughing with her friends, always getting assigned as a cleaner because she talks too much.
But in the middle of every laugh...
she always finds herself looking for the same girl.
Maybe their eyes meet.
Maybe it's just Emrys's blurry eyesight making her imagine things.
Either way...
she smiles.
This is a story about silent glances, little "what ifs," ordinary school days, and a love that quietly blooms from three rows away.
And if, by some unbelievable coincidence, the girl who inspired this story ever reads these pages...
Thank you.
You've unknowingly become the first person I've ever wanted to write a novel about.
Maybe this story will always remain fiction.
Maybe the ending I wrote will only ever exist within these chapters.
Because people say your heart may already belong to someone else.
But even so...
I'll keep writing.
After all, some people become our greatest stories, even if they never realize they were part of them.
Welcome to The Story You Never Knew You Were In.