Something Gained
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Nicholas Burgess --new kid come to town-- finds an ally in Lorelai Vaughn, the girl whose life is forever changed by a gruesome freak accident and the events that follow it. Sparks fly, and love is in the air...
Until baggage from Nick's' past comes blowing through town in the form of a jilted best friend, and Lorelai finds that old family secrets don't stay hidden just because we will them to.
There are people that you meet that have the power to change your life. Sometimes we fight for them, sometimes we lie for them, sometimes we even fall in love with them.
And sometimes, we do all three.
Haunted by their own respective traumas, Lorelai and Nick learn that while suffering may not be beautiful, survival is.
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