You and Ashton Irwin spent your childhood attached at the hip. From building blanket forts to racing your bikes through the neighbourhood, everyone assumed you'd always be in each other's lives. Then high school changed everything. Ashton became the golden boy—the captain of the school's soccer team with good grades, an easy smile, and a reputation teachers adored. You became the school's bad girl, collecting detentions, breaking dress code, and earning a reputation that had people crossing the hallway to avoid you. Somewhere along the way, your friendship dissolved into constant arguments and petty games. Ashton made teasing you and your best friend into a sport of its own, always chasing the reaction he pretended amused him. Now, with graduation creeping closer, neither of you can explain why every glare lasts a little too long... or why walking away has become so much harder than fighting.

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