Amy has a fairy tale life planned out for herself. The only problem is life has an entirely different plan for her.

Amy is about to graduate from high school and is a few
months shy of her eighteenth birthday. She is planning to attend State in the
fall, with her boyfriend Mitch, and has her life all planned out. The only
problem is that life has an entirely different plan for her.

A story of one girl and what happens when she graduates high school.

Excerpt:

Dragging
my feet as I walk, I leave my room and head downstairs to face the firing
squad. I step into the kitchen and my parents stop mid sentence and look at me.
It’s a weird feeling, almost like I’m a toy that is being inspected for faults.
They are trying to decide if I pass and get to move on with my existence or I
fail and get tossed to the bottom of a trash bin.

Dad
motions for me to take a seat across the table from him. My mom gets up and
stands at the sink, looking out the window. I can already tell this isn’t going
to be good. I hang my head and wait for it to begin.

“Where
were you?”

I
swallow and turn to my dad. He looks disappointed, but compared to the look on
my mother’s face, he looks calm and collected. I shouldn’t be surprised, he’s
always been the one who steadies the ship when the waves start.

“I… I
went to Mitch’s house.”

My
mom starts to cry. I instantly feel bad, even though I’m not sure why my
sneaking out would cause her to be upset emotionally. I get that she’s mad,
however, this is not the response I was expecting.

Why
would me going to Mitch’s house make her cry? It really makes no sense. My dad
lets out a deep sigh and drums his fingers on the table.

“What
were you doing there?”

I
wrestle with telling them the truth. They are going to be pissed either way.
Maybe I should just tell them about State. I take a deep breath and ready
myself, emotionally, to deal with the slew of questions and judgment that is
sure to follow.

Series Keywords: YA series, coming of age series, free YA romance, high school romance.