"I'll always protect you."
"Promise?"
"Pinky Promise."
Naomi Whit and Terrence Tec are childhood best friends, attached at the hip for as long as they can remember.
At the age of 14 Terrence had to move away due to his father being in the Air Force, stationed all the way in Nashville, Tennessee a long way from Lincoln City, Oregon.
Without Terrence to keep her on her feet, 13 year old Naomi spirals down hill. Angry she changes, no longer the shy sweet girl she used to be.
She's damaged, depressed, alone. After 4 years apart, what happens when Terrence comes back for his best friend, only to see that she's not the same?
Can Terrence fix her? Or will he just end up breaking her more?
"So you're saying that if I kissed you right now, you wouldn't feel anything?" He asked, taking slow, purposeful steps closer to me, but I couldn't go farther back as I felt an obstruction behind me, a desk.
"Uh...totally," I cussed myself for stuttering.
"Okay then, let's test that theory, shall we?" And his lips landed on mine.
Sam and Ryan had been best friends when they were little and couldn't do without each other. They pinky swore they would never leave each other, but then Sam moved, breaking that promise. And now she's back, and Ryan isn't entirely happy to see her.
Bookcover by @userpewpew