Freya Skye spent her whole life growing up around broken promises, and people who always seemed to leave. Now at twenty-one, she's determined to give her five-year-old daughter a life that feels safe, warm, and full of love - even if it means working exhausting double shifts at a rundown diner and carrying the weight of the world alone. To her daughter, life still feels magical. Pancake dinners at midnight, fairy lights hanging around their tiny apartment, handwritten lunch notes, and movie nights curled up together on the couch. Freya makes sure her little girl never sees how hard things really are. Then Malachi Barton starts showing up at the diner every night. At first, he's just another customer hiding from his own problems. Quiet. Mysterious. Hard to read but what happens when Malachi unexpectedly becomes part of their lives in ways neither of them planned. Because for the first time in years, someone stays. As feelings grow and walls begin to fall Freya is forced to confront the one thing she's never thought she would do again, letting someone in.

Freya Skye came to college hoping for a fresh start-one where she could keep her head down, survive the nerves, and maybe, eventually, find where she belongs. She didn't plan on sharing a dorm. She definitely didn't plan on sharing it with Malachi. He's loud where she's quiet, calm where she's anxious, and somehow, from the very beginning, being around him just... makes things easier. What starts as a random roommate situation turns into late-night talks, shared routines, and a friendship neither of them expected-but both of them start to depend on. Before long, they're inseparable. And everyone notices. Between chaotic drop-ins from friends, constant teasing, and the growing feeling that there's something more between them, Freya and Malachi find themselves stuck in a space that isn't quite just friendship anymore-but isn't anything else yet, either. But behind Malachi's easy smile is something he doesn't let anyone see. Something he hides from everyone... except Freya. And as she becomes the one person he trusts in his worst moments, the line between "best friend" and "something more" starts to blur in ways neither of them know how to handle. Because when someone becomes your calm... losing them isn't an option.

Freya Skye and Malachi Barton have been inseparable since they were kids-late-night phone calls, shared secrets, and a bond that never really needed words. Somewhere along the way, everything changed. Now, in their junior year, they're still close... just not the way they used to be. Not when Freya is always glancing over her shoulder. Not when Malachi's smile never quite reaches his eyes anymore. Not when the people they're supposed to love are the ones slowly breaking them. Freya is stuck in a relationship that feels more like a cage than love. Malachi is fighting battles he never talks about. And everyone around them can see it-everyone except each other. But little things start to slip through. A flinch that shouldn't happen. A silence that says too much. A look that lingers just a second too long. And when the truth finally comes out-messy, painful, and impossible to ignore-it doesn't just break everything apart. It forces them back together. Because maybe they were never meant to be just friends. Maybe they were just waiting for the moment everything else fell away. But healing isn't easy. Trust isn't simple. And love... love doesn't always come at the right time. Especially when the people who hurt you the most are the ones who refuse to let you go.

Freya Skye never planned on returning to LA - not after everything she left behind. But four years later, fate pulls her back into the city she once called home... and dangerously close to the boy she once loved. Malachi Barton has built a new life under bright lights and louder headlines, but the past he never understood still shadows him. And when their paths cross again, one look is enough to unravel the silence between them. Some truths don't stay buried. Some goodbyes don't last. And some hearts stay tied, no matter how far they run.

Freya and Malachi have always liked each other when they confessed there feelings for each other they both didnt realise they liked each other they've been dating roughly 3 years and is Malachi and Freya ready to take the challenge on what comes next? Read to find out

~~UNFINISHED~~ Freya's parents moved to New York for new jobs and supposedly to live closer with their family, her aunt and uncle and four cousins. At her new school, kids are mean, kids are nice, some are even flirty. She gets a job at a local records store, with a guy from her school. He happens to be in her cousin's friend group. They hang out a lot, bonding over their love for music and such. One night she comes home and her parents are arguing, not normal. Then they start talking about her, saying how she's going to turn out like her aunt, who doesn't have a job and relies on her husband.

Malachi. Hockey team captain. Every girl's dream boyfriend. Never met 'the one' until he has. Freya. Figure skater for fun. Never really thought about boys until she meets him.

Freya Skye and Malachi Barton have always been best friends, ever since they were born. When Malachi gets a hockey scholarship at Freya's new private school, things change. Well, people change. 7 chapters out now!! Trying to update every week or 2 weeks!

Malachi and Freya have been neighbours for four years, and for just as long, Malachi has made it his mission to tease her every chance he gets. Freya acts like she can't stand him, rolling her eyes and firing back whenever he annoys her, but deep down, she's had a tiny crush on him since the day they met. Malachi has a reputation for being a player, always with a new girl every week, but Freya has always been different. He has a soft spot for her, even if he'd never admit it. What Freya doesn't know is that Malachi has liked her too, but instead of telling her, he hides it behind teasing, smirks, and pretending she doesn't mean as much to him as she really does.