Nicholee1233
After an earthquake shatters her school, Bella's world doesn't stop shaking-it just breaks in quieter, more dangerous ways.
She can still hear the crash.
Still see the moment everything almost ended.
And no matter how much time passes, part of her is still stuck there-under flickering lights, holding her breath, waiting for something else to fall.
Sam was always her constant.
Her best friend. Her person. The one thing in Bella's life that never felt uncertain.
Until now.
In the aftermath, distance grows where there used to be certainty. Conversations turn fragile. Silence replaces everything they used to say so easily. And when trust begins to fracture, Bella realizes that almost losing someone doesn't always bring you closer-it can pull you apart in ways neither of you know how to fix.
Then there's Jay.
Quiet, observant, and impossible to ignore, he sees the parts of Bella she tries to hide-the fear, the guilt, the weight she carries every day. With him, she doesn't have to pretend she's okay. But what starts as comfort quickly becomes something more complicated... something that threatens to break what's left between her and Sam.
Caught between the past she's terrified to lose and the future she doesn't fully understand, Bella is forced to confront everything she's been running from-her anxiety, her guilt, her feelings, and the truth about who she's becoming.
Because sometimes healing isn't about putting things back the way they were.
Sometimes it's about learning to live with the cracks.
And sometimes, choosing yourself feels like losing everything-
until you realize it might be the only way to finally stand.