This powerful story of struggle and survival is sure to create a new lease on life for those who have lost someone close. From the beginning, the story captured the power with a dramatic start.
This story follows high school students Nico and Brooklyn as they deal with death and everyday life by trying to run away from their feelings. Brooklyn loses her boyfriend Lucca, who is also Nico's brother, in a car crash and it is taking her time to adjust to living life regularly without the constant reminder of Lucca looming over her everywhere she went.
As if that were not enough there is a constant nagging fear that awaits Brooklyn in her dreams progressively each night; Gabe haunts her. Everyday of his life after the accident Gabe has to face the fact that he killed his friend, and got weaker as time went on. He died from a drug overdose, and is now haunting Brooklyn. Gabe makes Brooklyn promise that she would stay strong after Lucca died. Now he is making sure that she holds up her end of the bargain.
What Brooklyn doesn't know is that Lucca is haunting Nico.
Neither Nico nor Brooklyn admit that they are being haunted, because they think that if they were to mention the haunting, they would be classified as crazy.
They begin working together to heal the pain that they have encountered and enter a sprint triathalon. During their training, Brooklyn and Nico begin getting closer to each other. Not only did they become closer as friends, but they also realized that all they really needed the whole time was each other.
Verse formatting, like in this story, uses minimal dialogue the keep continuous focus on the pain and fear of Brooklyn and Nico. The impact of this story is truly raw, and will leave readers with a comforting feeling in the end.
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