Having A Friend

Isabelle (Izzy) Johnson has never even thought of having a real friend in high school because of the embarrassment of her mother's drinking and pill-popping problems. That all changes when she meets Jasmine (Jas) Pierce.

It's senior year and Isabelle is finally 18. One more year and she's out of that house for good. She's been working hard in school to get a scholarship to help with college and at her job to save any money she can for college.

She can't think about what her mother will do when she leaves for good. She's been the mother to her mother for the past 3 years since her father disappeared. Her mother turned to drinking not long after and lost her job as a result.

Isabelle had to step up and get a job to pay for the difference that her father's "death" benefits didn't cover. He was declared dead six months after his disappearance. Her mother believes he's still out there on some deserted island fighting to get back to them. Regardless of there being no survivors of the plane crash.

Isabelle doesn't allow herself to have such fantasies, she has to be the adult and think practically. She's never allowed herself to enjoy the benefits of high-school outside of the school itself.

That's all about to change though because this is her last year of high school, and she deserves to have some fun. But with the now disappearance of her mother, the struggle to open up about what's going on at home, and the budding chemical attraction between herself and Jeff who happens to be the twin brother of the friend she has finally made. Will Izzy choose friendship over love? Where's her mother disappeared to?

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