Would you protect your heart—or give something real a chance?
For Madison and Lucas, that choice could change everything.
Be honest: if the cute new boy who just moved from Brazil showed up at your lunch table, remembered your favorite shade of green, and brought birthday brigadeiros, how long would you last before catching feelings?
Madison Hardy would like to say longer than she did.
Lucas Petrakis is used to being new. His family moves every few years, and he has learned how to fit in without expecting any place—or person—to last. Madison has never lived anywhere but Prattbridge, and falling for someone who might leave definitely wasn’t part of her comfortably familiar plan.
Somewhere between history homework, playlists, Homecoming, and a first kiss that takes its sweet time, their almost becomes something real. But as graduation inches closer, the future refuses to stay hypothetical.
Falling for Lucas wasn’t the problem. Deciding whether love is worth the uncertainty might be.