I had one chance. One chance to tell the boy of my dreams that I love him, one chance to finally get the guy. And I blew it. I watched him leave. I watched as he went off to college to start a whole new life without me in it. A life filled with drinking, parties, and hot college girls. I suddenly became the pathetic young best friend, pining from afar, while he lived his life. It took me a long time to get a second chance, and now that I have it, I wonder if I’ll finally have the guts to confess my love or if it will all go up in flames.

Some people say that home is where the heart it is. I say bullshit. My home was nothing but a pile of ashes, and my heart was in two places at once. Half of it with my parents, and the other half tucked away for someone special, for someone who was the light in all of this darkness. With a home to build, a girl to prove myself to, classes to attend, a rodeo to ride, and parents to bring home, I was going to need more than just eight seconds. It was time to tighten up the reigns and hold on, because LIFE was going to be the hardest ride of them all. \Author Note\ Book One -DO YOU LOVE ME, should be read before this one. This is a continuation of book one.

I was born a Taylor, which meant my life had been mapped out for me since birth. I was the only girl, the golden child, and Fox Taylor’s little sister. People assumed that I had the good life, but they didn’t know me well. No one came close enough to see the real me, the one that was suffocating and failing miserably under the pressure. No one knew what happened in my past, and up until now, I wanted to keep it that way. When Josh Landon sat down at my table in the library, I wanted to pretend I was someone else. For the first time in eighteen years, I enjoyed the company of a guy. In fact, I didn’t want our conversation to end. So I did something reckless, and gave him my phone number. I guess I never expected him to call. He knew who I was. I was a TAYLOR. That title came with expectations and an over protective brother. I wasn’t living, only existing.