This Would Be Easier If I Was Normal
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This Would Be Easier If I Was Normal
by @writingoutloud_brooke
🏁 New girl. New town. Zero chill. 🏁
After her mom's engagement blows up in dramatic fashion, Brooke Carter is forced to leave her city life in Chicago and start over in sleepy Willow Creek, North Carolina - home of country clubs, perfect smiles, and secrets no one talks about.
She's just trying to lay low, survive high school, and maybe not cry in the bathroom every other day.
But that was before:
✔️ She caught the eye of Eli Reyes, the emotionally unavailable musician with a tragic past
✔️ She accidentally made enemies with Savannah Blake, queen of the school and Eli's almost-ex
✔️ And before one text changed everything...
Now, Brooke's stuck in the middle of messy friend groups, late-night bonfires, and a love triangle she never asked for. But Willow Creek has its own skeletons - and some of them might be connected to her.
Fake friends. Real feelings. And the biggest secret she's ever kept.
This year, Brooke's not trying to fit in.
She's just trying to not fall apart.
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