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Prologue
Madison
I’ve tried crushing on other boys.
Like Patrick Morland, with the cute freckles and ginger hair.
Or Luke Pacheco, with the dark eyes and charming smile.
But it’s nothing compared to the one boy my heart thumps for.
Asher Russell.
My twin brother’s best friend.
Fraternal twin brother obviously, considering he’s a boy and I’m a girl but I’m sure you know that. Anyway, back to Asher.
I sigh like a girl at a boy band concert. If I was in a cartoon right now, there would be hearts circling my head and stars twinkling from my eyes.
Yes it’s that pathetic.
But I can’t help it.
The quiet, mysterious boy moved in across the street when we were only six. Mason, my brother who’ll make friends with anything that breathes, was outside that same day, riding his bike back and forth in front of his house until Asher finally agreed to come out and play.
Since then they’ve been inseparable. And I happily inserted myself into their friendship, the quiet boy intriguing me more than I wanted to admit.
Why was he so quiet?
Why didn’t he have a dad?
Why was he home alone so much?
Asher was smart, school coming easy to him without much effort. Me on the other hand, I had to study hard to keep my straight A’s. Mason could get good grades if he wanted to, but he didn’t care, putting more attention into football than anything else.
It drove me crazy it came so easy to Asher and it only drew me into him more. How’d he do it? Why couldn’t it be that easy for me? What’s his secret?
I tried to ignore the compulsion to be perfect, but it only grew with time as we got deeper into high school. And my crush got bigger.
But I doubt Asher feels the same. Not that I can tell, he gives nothing away.
Whenever Mason jokes about me actually looking like a girl instead of my usual tomboy look, Asher laughs along with him. He doesn’t see me as anything else than his best friend’s sister.
But I made a promise to myself that when I start college, there will be no more crushing on Asher Russell. It won’t ever happen.
It can’t happen.
My brother would never forgive either of us.
And even though we’re all headed to college together, I’m determined to keep my promise.
Too bad I can’t see the future.
Because what happens will change our lives forever.
ChapterOne
Madison
