*Reupload due to title change* (old title Harbored Secrets) True, it wasn't Protected Pines but Ginger Foutley felt like she could never keep up with all of the upgrades in her life. Her first year in high school was a hellish roller coaster that she wouldn't wish on her worst enemy: dumped, strained friendships that had held firm since elementary school, an emergency operation and a wedding that was nearly ruined by her now grandmother. And as summer began to boil tensions more hurdles stared back at her and her friends, former and current.