Chapter One: Alone

Haleigh is a soft spoken, shy college freshman, with a severe social anxiety disorder who is trying to find her place in a strange new environment. Envious that her best friend Shane was able to make it out of the small State of Vermont without her, Haleigh finds herself completely and utterly alone. Until she meets Zander, the rebel, bad boy with an unforgivable past. Can Haleigh look passed the mistakes Zander made as a teenager and allow him into her life? Or will Haleigh's story end in heartbreak for everyone involved?