BACK TO FRIENDS
[TSITP X OC]
"How can we go back to being friends, when we just shared a bed?"
Three years after losing her mum and sister in a car accident, Priya Desai returns to Cousins Beach for the first time. Once, it was her favourite place, summers spent in Susannah's house with Belly, Steven and the Fisher boys, especially Jeremiah, her childhood best friend and first crush.
Now seventeen, Priya steps back into a world that feels both familiar and foreign. Jeremiah's golden warmth makes her feel alive again, Steven, once the boy who teased her endlessly, surprises her with unexpected attention, and Conrad's quiet intensity draws her in despite the walls he keeps up. Between late-night bonfires, sunlit swims and unspoken tensions, Priya finds herself pulled in different directions by three boys who each see a different side of her. As the summer unfolds, Priya must navigate the tangled threads of friendship, grief and first love, and decide whether she's ready to stop living in the shadow of the past and embrace the future waiting for her.
CONRAD X STEVEN X JEREMIAH X OC