What do you do when there's no hope? When your mum is battling cancer, but her sword breaks beyond repair? What do you do when you feel alone? When everything you've ever held onto starts crumbling beneath you? What do you do when your family snaps? When all you do is cry, not eat, not sleep and hardly breathe? There is nothing. Emily was suffocating. And it wasn't getting any easier. Four doctors. One best friend. Not even they could stop her from drowning. They had the last time, and the time before, but this time it was different. She asked herself these questions so much, but pushed the most important to the back of her head. What do you do when you know you're dying?

"I don't want you to split up" "We'll be happier this way."

Staring was a problem for Millie. That damn music shop was a problem for Millie. That boy was a problem for Millie. Luke Hemmings. For as long as she could remember, she'd been head over heels for him (not that he knew she existed). Somehow, he was so perfect in every way possible- she'd never not got butterflies about him. Now that school was starting again, and her family was falling apart, she had to restore her hope in love and friendship. And maybe, just maybe, he could help her on the way.

"Wait, wait, wait" "You wanna marry our mom?" "Yes, I want to marry your mom."

"I'd do anything to hug her" "That's the worst thing you could do to yourself right now"

"That's my beautiful princess" "Dad- stop"

she sits with him on the school bus, yet they never talk to each other.

all it took was his weird lip syncing to a song she loved