When no one noticed

Some mornings, Autumn wishes she didn't wake up.

Not for attention. Not to be dramatic. But because existing feels like drowning in a world that doesn't notice she's slipping under. Her mom barely speaks to her, her dad is never home, and her brother-her one lifeline-is off at college, believing a lie that she's thriving at boarding school. She's not. She's just... surviving.

Then there's Summer. Her ex-best friend who traded shared secrets for popularity. Seeing her laugh with someone else still stings like a fresh wound.

Autumn has no one. Until a failed suicide attempt lands her in the hospital and brings her brother back into her life-briefly. But when she's sent to a mental health facility with no goodbye, Autumn learns what it truly means to be alone.

Summer break brings a job at a local diner-and an unexpected connection with Norman, the quiet boy who keeps showing up. He's kind, observant, and maybe sees her in a way no one else has. But just when things feel like they might get better, Norman walks in with Summer, and Autumn's fragile world begins to shake again.

As a new school year begins, Autumn finds herself tangled in the past, the present, and the possibility of something real. Forced to partner with Summer, Norman, and the queen bee Amber for a school project, tensions flare-and secrets spill.

This time, Autumn can't hide. But maybe, just maybe, she won't have to anymore.

A raw and emotionally honest story about grief, friendship, first love, and what it means to keep going-even when it feels like no one's watching.