Prologue
*KYLIE*
They say nobody's perfect, but I was. I was perfect. Key word here being "was". I was Kylie Alessia Boston and I lived in Eastwind, which is one of the small towns in Maryland, near the Chesapeake Bay. Eastwind was rather small, which meant you automatically knew everyone and vice versa.
I was the gushing beauty of the town. Granted, I was five feet four and a head shorter than almost everyone in my grade, but my Armenian heritage gave me an olive coloured skin which looked forever tanned, and high cheekbones. My body was flawless. My eyes were a colour which wasn't exactly blue or grey.
But I wasn't all about the looks. I could read any book at any time and I had the second highest GPA in my grade. That didn't banish me to the geeky side of the high school social ranks. I was not queen bee popular but popular all the same. I was the leader of my school's Glee Club. I attended parties often and had my own group of friends including a boyfriend.
And then my passions: I was the fastest swimmer in my school Eastwind High School and also in the state. I had won multiple trophies for my school. I had a voice which was simply amazing. I had no idea why I had that amount of talent, but some people are just blessed.
I had both my parents who had been in love with each other forever. I was a professional daddy's girl since I was the last of three kids, the only girl. I had two older brothers; Austin and Alex, who were twins. We were a close family, bursting with happiness and love. We were upper middle class and never wanted, we were Methodist but knew how to have fun, we were perfect.
Let's cut this short, shall we? My life isn't perfect anymore, quite far from it actually. Two months ago I was in a car crash. Simply put, my old life is a far away dream and I'm stuck in a wheelchair. The doctors keep talking about a thousand different possible solutions but all I am is sick and tired of this life. I've accepted my fate, my fate is the wheelchair.
Aurora Worthington's life was a picture-perfect script, written by people who cared more about appearances than authenticity. In Encino Hills, she was the queen of the high school elite-the untouchable blonde with an icy smile and a wardrobe that could grace a runway. To everyone else, she had it all. But beneath the surface, Aurora was drowning in a sea of her own insecurities, believing that love was something reserved for people who deserved it. People unlike her.
Her world was black and white-cold and lifeless-until a lanky boy from Reseda stepped into her life.
Miguel Diaz was the kind of person she had been taught to ignore. He was earnest, kind, and completely different from anyone she'd ever known. He wasn't wrapped in the privilege of Encino; he was wrapped in hope, determination, and an unshakable belief in second chances.
It was love at first sight-well, at least for Miguel. Aurora tried her best to ignore the way his big brown eyes followed her everywhere she went or how he took every opportunity to talk to her. But the more she pushed him away, the more she felt her carefully guarded walls start to crack.
For the first time in her life, Aurora wondered if someone could see past the mask she wore-and if she was brave enough to let them.