Olivia

When my  parents found out I'm still having panic attacks, they were ready to drop everything for me again. I couldn't let that happen, so I put in a three month leave of absence at work and decided to spend the summer in the small town of Roots, Texas, where my parents had built a life for themselves over the past two years. It was supposed to be simple: get there, convince my parents that I'm okay, and leave without getting in the way of their life. But when the town golden boy, aka my landlord and the apple of my parents' eye, sweeps in, everything gets complicated. Suddenly  he's cooking for me and pushing me to open up to my parents. He's introducing me to girls my age who I love spending time with and helping me plan a fundraiser for the town's local animal shelter. I thought I could just get in and get out of this town, but everything about it makes me want to put down roots.

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Rhett

When Olivia's parents asked me to show their daughter around town and help her see that there's more to life than her stressful job in San Francisco, I figured I could to this simple favor for the two people who had become like the parents I've always wished I had. Little did I know she would sweep in like a hurricane, making me question everything I thought was true about life and breaking down my walls. I know I can never give Olivia the love she deserves, and she's supposed to leave at the end of her threee months, so we could never be together. Unless...