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College was supposed to be simple. Classes. Friends. Bad decisions. Late-night conversations that somehow turn into even worse decisions. Then Heather Bennett transfers in. She’s sweet, funny, effortlessly easy to like—and her arrival shifts something inside a friend group that has known each other long enough to believe they already understand every relationship within it. Tristan is suddenly acting different. Ethan thinks it’s hilarious. Lucas notices more than he says. Noah is trying to keep everyone sane. Amelia is watching the whole thing unfold with increasingly suspicious side-eyes. And Heather? She’s just trying to find where she belongs. But new friendships have a way of changing old ones. Feelings get complicated. Boundaries blur. People misunderstand each other. Crushes appear where nobody expected them, and relationships that once seemed simple begin becoming something else entirely. There is no predetermined love story here. Friendships can deepen or fall apart. Attraction can be mutual, one-sided, unexpected—or nonexistent. Heather isn't anyone’s villain, Tristan isn't anyone’s destiny, and nobody belongs to anybody. Who becomes important to you—and what those relationships become—is yours to discover. A slow-burn college story about friendship, messy feelings, found family, heartbreak, unexpected connections, and realizing that sometimes the person everyone assumes the story is about… isn’t.