Chapter 1: Ashley's Alex

There wasn't a single thing about herself that Vanessa Henley found exceptional. She didn't play any sports, she'd never participated in clubs, and for the most part, she was happy to live her life in her best friend Ashley's perfect shadow. However, Alex Ainsley saw something different.

A few months before the school's formal dance, this very definition of male excellence asked Vanessa to accompany him, thus flinging her into a month-long, one-sided war with her former infatuated best friend.

But what started out as a curse eventually proved to be a blessing, as it led her back to one of her closest childhood friends.

First there was a fallout, and then there was Vince.