Emma James Xavier's been the golden child of her town since she was born. Pretty, smart, athletic, and cunning. Brown hair, green eyes with a gold ring around them, long limbs
River Jay Woods's the stereotypical "boy next door." Cute, funny, honest, and of course athletic and mischievous.
At a family and friends reunion that Emma's dad organizes, River bumps into Emma. They meet and this was the start of a powerful friendship and possibly something more.
At 13 years old, Emma was the typical girl every girl wanted to be and the girl every boy wanted to date. Everyone in her family was outgoing and expresses their feelings, except her. She hid behind her mask of beauty, brawn, and brains, because she was truly someone different underneath. Behind every mask is who you really are. She wasn't who her town knew her to be. She was a cancer patient who couldn't be cured yet - and only she knew that she was close to dying. So what does she do when her cancer really starts affecting her? She runs from life. Before she runs, she gives her best friend some information - 18.68 m + 1.
ONE SECRET THAT WILL CHANGE HER LIFE.
Nerdy Dakota Evans makes the biggest mistake of her life by falling in love with her best friend, Aaron Ford. Despite coming from entirely different cliques in school, will their relationship have a chance?
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In a high school where everyone belongs to cliques, nerdy and boyish Dakota Evans' friendship with basketball jock, Aaron Ford, becomes a big issue. Aaron's highly protective of Dakota and doesn't realize that she's in love with him. With their friendship eventually going on the rocks, will Aaron finally realize his true feelings for Dakota before it's too late?
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