I was three when my father was diagnosed with cancer. I lived through the pain of knowing he would die someday. My family and I tried to forget what was going to happen and make the most out of what time we had left. Sometimes he would say that he could see our dog - our dead dog. He said, 'I need to get to her, she wants me to follow her.' In the end, he wasn't himself anymore. One night, I was sleeping, waiting for my parents to come to my bed to say goodnight. He never came. My mom came in and woke me up, she told me that he had died. After she had told me, she left to go back to my father. I lied in bed, sobbing. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't fall asleep, and ended up crying all through the night. I will never forget that night, the night that changed my life forever. When he died, I was only seven. My friends tried to comfort me, telling me that they knew how I felt. They couldn't possibly know how I felt. The worst that had happened to them with their parents is that they had gotten a divorce. One of my best friends said that she had lost her grandfather - therefore, knowing how I felt on that day. How could she possibly know how it felt to lose my father? A father that never yelled at me, was always nice to me, always there for me.
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Scarlett lost her father when she was seven. When she shared this with her class, it brought her, Jai, and Luke closer. Her only real friends are the Janoskians, but what happens when a (Usually it's called a love triangle.. but there are four people in it so I don't know what to call it other than this...) love square forms and she has to choose who to be with? Hearts are broken, multiple times, and what will happen when tragedy strikes, and she has no one to turn to?
~ ALL OF THE MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES OF SCARLETT'S FATHER, ARE MY OWN. THEY ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME ~
"If you asked me three months ago what heartbreak was, I would tell you it's losing somebody close to you due to unspeakable circumstances.
But right now, in this moment, I would say it's you.
I would say it's the feeling I got in my chest when I realized I was out of time.
When I stood in the rain and yelled for you to stay, but all I saw was your back.
I would say heartbreak is lying in bed at two in the morning, watching my ceiling fan go around and around, wondering why you couldn't stop to listen.
Two seconds. All I needed was two seconds to say the words.
All I needed was to seconds for me to tell you I was in love with you. With everything about you. With the way you move, and the feeling of your arms around me. With the feeling of your chest vibrating as you laugh.
Heartbreak is falling in love with everything about you, but having the words permanently stuck in my throat."
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Gracelyn Levinsky grew up with Daniel Grey. She has always looked to him as a brother, but when she escapes from her abusive Mom and moves to the same town Danny moved to when he was ten, she finds out that he's in love with her. After countless attempts to get her to feel the same, Danny gives up.
But when Grace realizes just how much she does love Danny, words can't help her because he shut her out of his life completely.
How do you tell somebody who you can't talk to that you're in love with them?
Simple. You force them to listen.
WARNING: THIS STORY INCLUDES THE VERY ATTRACTIVE DANIEL GREY WHO REMINDS ME AND EVERYONE WITH OVARIES OF A SOFT GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPY THAT IS SLEEPING ON YOUR CHEST SO PLEASE BEWARE THAT YOUR OVARIES WILL EXPLODE WHILE READING THIS STORY!
AN: please don't steal this story. I'm working/have worked really hard to create this and develop the characters and story line. This is solely made up out of my mind.
The cover was made by @nerdfpiper and I highly recommend her!