Time Apart
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Last published Sun, Oct 12, 2025
Hailey Baker and Landon Romano have been best friends since childhood.
Unfortunately the duo is separated when Landon's parents seeking better job opportunities move to L.A.
What will happen to the pair if they ever were to cross paths again?
What are the results of their 6 years apart?
Hailey Baker:
17 year old who has a bubbly outgoing personality.
Her parents are alcoholics while her dad is abusive. Somehow she manages to keep up her bubbly persona which attracts people toward her. Even ones from the past.
Landon Romano:
18 year old who would rather not to show much personality
He is driven by his goals of joining the NFL one day. In order to reach those goals he is willing to do anything.
Whether it takes using a few people on the way.
They are total opposites, repelled away like plastic to a magnetic.
One issue they both struggle with is being able to forget each other.
So will opposites attract? Or will they stay repelled away from one another?
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