Hiding from Hope

Jessie

I was content with the state of my life. My solitary existence was what I chose, I was better off when no one held me to promises. Love? Well that is just a distant memory, a lesson learned the hard way. Then she happened. My sister's best friend, all sunshine, and rainbows. With every skip into the room, she stole the air from my lungs, resurrecting feelings I'd buried deep. She is a temptation I can't shake, and completely off limits, not that she'd want me anyway. I just don't know how long I can avoid the best part of my day before I ruin it by doing something we can't take back.

Casey

Freshly single and enjoying the new found freedom, even if loneliness was creeping up on me. I was swearing off romantic entanglements, so done with boys. But, of course, my childhood crush stumbles back into my orbit, a walking disaster in need of a hug and a reality check. Under all that angst though, is just a gentle lumberjack. I was determined to help him get back to his old self again. I wanted to be a friend, or just his friendly neighbourhood therapist, but my heart decided to go rogue and those old familiar feelings came rushing back. I was a lovesick teenager again. There's just one minor problem: he's my best friend's older brother, and he's head over heels for someone else.