When Stars Collide in Silence.

''The ache in your chest isn't a heart attack, it's a lonely heart yearning for a connection.''

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Rory Nott is barely keeping it together-flunking math, dodging whispers in the hallway, and coming home to an empty apartment while his mom works three jobs to keep the lights on. He's been drifting ever since his dad walked out when he was nine. Riley Uriah keeps her pain quiet. Her smiles are measured, her bruises hidden. With a father who only knows how to break things and a mother long gone, she's learned how to survive in silence. They shouldn't have met. But one failed math test and a mandatory tutoring session bring them crashing into each other's orbit. As walls come down and secrets rise, Rory and Riley discover what it means to be truly seen-two lonely hearts colliding in a world that never stops moving.