Stella Rose lives a life of secrets and half truths. But she's  never had to lie to Zach Mitchell before. He's her best friend. When they start to explore a romantic relationship, everything comes crashing down around them. Betrayals take place, secrets spill, and hearts get stomped on. Now, a few years later, and about to graduate high school, will we see the wounds heal? Will Stella and Zach get a second chance?


[WARNING: Contains triggers for eating disorders, emotional and physical abuse, suicidal thoughts, harmful language]

**This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. **

Is This Our Second Chance

The smell wakes me up. Its foul and metallic, but then the sounds are next. Like an ambulance's siren. Its looping around and around. Its so loud its hurting my ears. I try to cover my ears, I can't. 


It hurt. I wish the ambulance to go past me, but it doesn't. It keeps coming. It keeps getting louder and louder, shrieking incessantly, and then I start to register the voices. 


 I feel two fingers pressing into my wrist. That hurts too. I try to tell them to stop, but I can't. 


I try to open my eyes, to wake up, but I can't. The feeling of being trapped starts to sink in and register. 


More beeps and alarms sound off. I can't hear what the female is saying. 


She says something again that I can't hear. 


With a jerk, I open my eyes. I look up, all I can see is white. I shake. No, I'm in a vehicle, and the vehicle shakes over the bumps in the road. 


I still can't move. My neck feels like it's on fire and constricted. It dawns on me. 


Chapter 17