Four longtime friends. Four stories. One impending reunion. An ideal multi-love story, right? Not exactly.
For Jessica, life can't get much better. For Myriam and Bianca, life does give them struggles, but they wouldn't have it any other way. But for Kaitlyn, it's all about a fight to stop being dragged down and to just live through the misfortunes.
As an unexpected class reunion approaches, three of these friends, no matter how separated, reminisce their times together, remembering how it was Kaitlyn that kept them all together and supported them, no matter what. But Kaitlyn has been hiding her secrets and shames all these years, not wanting her friends to know the truth about how her life really is...
As the date gets closer, life itself seemingly conspires against Kaitlyn, and she begins to lose her own light. Can the other three find out the truth about her, pull her out of her despairs, and save her, before it's too late?
This story will be told from multiple perspectives, and is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real-life people or other characters is merely a coincidence.
This story will have some moments of the following topics: suicide, depression, anxiety, self-harm, abuse, and bullying. If you are sensitive/highly sensitive to these topics, it is advised to not read, but if you do, please take care, and read with caution - I will try my best to provide warnings before triggering scenes are depicted.
Nobody told me adulthood was going to be this way. How I constantly feel like I have no idea what I'm doing. I'd imagine it feels like being stranded in the middle of the ocean with no land in sight. The constant fear and panic of nothing going right.
Except when I see him I feel the smallest sense of relief. I was always stuck in the sea of you, but I lost my way. And now, you won't be the one on the boat throwing me a lifevest like you've always done. That ship sailed long ago.
It was up to me now to save myself.
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Kennedy was only supposed to be gone one year. That was the plan.
It's been 5.
After running and hiding from her past, Kennedy comes back to town to face the world she has been trying her best to forget. While everything has changed including her, everything seems to be the same. Will she be able to confront her past including the boy next door that she just can't seem to get rid of?
It's taken Cal five years to forget the girl next door. He certainly wasn't expecting his feelings to come flooding back at the moment their eyes found each other. While trying to sort his feelings for his first love, he continues to navigate the next steps of his own future.
In the final installment of The Deep End trilogy, Kennedy and Cal are forced together for a wedding after years apart. The gang reunites for more shenanigans and memories while they navigate adulthood. While they have all grown and changed in some ways, has their love for each other remained? Can they navigate their way or will they be lost at sea?