And so it begins. The classic coming of age story about a twentysomething girl, finding her way in the city. After graduating (with an Arts degree- questionable choice, but we'll learn about that later) she finds a one bedroom apartment and she buys a cat. Life is sweet. She's a living, breathing, cat-hugging cliche of a single girl. To many people that's how it looks from the outside, that's about as interesting as it gets, and maybe, that's even where the story ends. But that girl is me, and unless I am a total wet blanket, I think we both know thats hardly all there is to tell. The more you get to know people, the more you learn that almost no-one is living their life like it appears from the outside. I'm going to tell you what its really like to be a twentysomething, to live alone, dabble in online dating, attempt to navigate my first functional relationship, work for the boss from hell, and try to find my feet in "this economy". Come on, you know what I mean. But before we can even get to that part of the story, you have to understand how the story begins. So here goes nothing...

When her uncle dies Serena suddenly stops talking. She never talked in school but suddenly she didn’t even call her brother. Her parents never really cared, and her older brother was in college. When a new student at her school unexpectedly sits at her table on his first day it changes everything. She changes. But can she change his view of himself and save him? Can he save her from her solitude and get her to open up? Or will the unexpected happen ending in not only the end of their relationship but their lives as well?