***Please Note: This is the sequel to Love Makes the Heart Beat...If you haven't read that story yet, I suggest you read it first as there are some spoilers in this story.*** Four years have passed since graduating high school. Zac and Kaila are now 22 years old and in their last year of college with their newfound best friends Reese, Chad, and Aiden. They are simply enjoying the feeling of experiencing life and the trials and tribulations of growing up. Just when they thought things were going great...drama always seems to be lurking around the corner. As you learned from the last book, love makes the heart beat, it can make you feel alive by experiencing all the incredible things that come along with it. Unexplainable feelings of happiness, devotion, and the never ending feeling of being wanted. It's like something you could never imagine in your wildest dreams to be...but in this story Mikaila is going to learn the hard way that love can also complicate everything....

Mikaila Debevoise has been teased all her life, tired of it all she decides to make a change...one that can affect her whole world. Does she forget who she is deep down inside, forget who was there for her through it all? "Go home Zac, I don't want anything to do with you ever again. Don't call me, don't come over, don't acknowledge my existence. WE are NOT friends anymore." I said in my strongest voice as the tears rolled down my cheek. My heart felt like it was being ripped in two. The pain made it difficult for me to breathe, my chest felt so tight as though it were twisting over and over again into knots and my head felt as if it were going to explode. I could hear him through the door as his voice cracked. "Please don't do this Kai. I'm so sorry." He whispered. "Just leave." I said leaning my forehead against the door with my palm up to where I knew his face was on the other side.

*WARNING: Written in 2008, some content may be offensive* Stasee is your typical shy, quiet teenage girl until the night her brother's best friend Damen Hurtz decides to finally acknowledge her existence. In a desperate attempt to gain his acceptance she allows him to take the one thing every girl values most...her virginity. After that night, Damen constantly begins accepting her while they're alone and then rejecting her in front of his peers. Stasee's frustration and confusion continues to grow, as do her feeling toward the man who continues to break her heart. He claims that he cares for her, but will his need for his peer's acceptance prevent him from ever treating Stasee the way he should? And if he finally realizes the stupidity of popularity over love, will Stasee still be waiting for him?

It was pity that first made Dannie speak to him. She had known Ryan since she was a kid, but he had always been the popular Golden Boy, and she had always been the tomboy that didn’t mind not having any friends. It was odd, she had thought, that all the popular kids who had once kissed the ground he walked on, didn’t so much spared him a glance anymore, and it was this that made her sit with him that one faithful day and begin something that would only end up causing her pain.

Riley Monroe and Everett Rosenfeld have been best friends since they were four and have been in love since they were fourteen. Riley has promised Everett that no matter what, she will be his forever. So after Everett's mother dies in a car accident, why does Everett shut Riley down? Because Everett believes that Riley is the reason why his mother is dead.

Don't postpone what you want. Don't leave anything misunderstood. Make sure the people you care about know; make sure they know how you really feel. Because just like that, it could end. He's reckless and indignant. She harbors an all-consuming secret. Sometimes, God gives us what we never knew we needed.

Everything is happening so fast. My heart was racing as I watched everything go in slow motion. I didn't want anything to happen to him. Not to anybody because they didn't deserve it. What the hell has been going on for the past two months that I didn't know about? I hear a gun shot go off and as I look, I watched him fall to the ground and felt my heart drop to the pit of my stomach. The only thought running through my mind was "How did I get involved in this?" This isn't your typical love story. Its a journey of twists and confusion as everyone tries to figure out who can you trust and who you could ever love again. Love isn't worth anything if two people arent going to give it a shot. So, can you handle the confusing stages of love?

Annalise is your typical quiet nerd that is content with blending into the background.. Tristan is the popular captain of the soccer team that all the girls want to be with. Annalise Foster has been Tristan Evans next door neighbor all her life. Their paths in life never seemed to cross as they are from two totally different worlds. Tristan's never took notice to Annalise. He's known of her and who she is, but he's never really seen her...the real her...that is until she comes back a changed girl from summer camp. Things start changing and soon Annalise is thrown into a life filled with excitement and adventure. Who would've thought the boring girl had bite?