šš¦šš«š¬šØš§ š š¢šš³š šš«šš„š She had everything. Perfect family. Amazing best friend. A dream. Until she lost in all in the space of 7 seconds. Her life flips upside down. She was lost. Her mind is infiltrated by dark demons and harsh truths. Emerson struggles to find her purpose. Until him, Kingston James the perfect yet broken boy who happens to be on the same ice hockey team as her older brother. What happens when the sparks fly after one party and Em is left dealing with her feelings for him. It is worth the risk to lose herself in love again and potentially lose someone else. šš¢š§š š¬ššØš§ ššš¦šš¬ He is a super star. On and off the ring. But he always knew everything was surface level. His brother was his best friend, until he decides to leave and King is left wondering what is the point. He was lost. Except now, he knows he wants to be the help his brother never had. Struggling to maintain the nice guy mentality when his mind is full of darkness. He believed he would never come out of the dark. Until her. His teammate and best friendās younger sister. A dream - kind, sweet and gorgeous. But totally off limits. But after an enlightening encounter wonders is she the light he needs.
View MoreREHEARSAL DINNER | the night before the wedding MATURE CONTENT | 18+ āWe are getting married tomorrow. Like tomorrow.ā Em says from her spot resting on my chest. āYeah we are, surreal huh?ā I respond. āUm yes, but Iām excited.ā āMe too, no nerves?ā āNone not with you ever.ā That makes my heart swell. āSo you arenāt going to pull a Burke and leave me at the alter?ā I ask referring to one of the many weddings on Greys. āNot at all, I want this so fucking much.ā āMe too Em.ā āI love you.ā She whispers. āI love you more.ā āHow are your vows going?ā She asks. Ugh those things, the declaration of love. Matrimony. They are coming along nicely but I just know Emās are going to be like 1000 times better than mine. āGood. Yours?ā I ask and she smirks. āIām happy, Josie loves them so I hope you do too. Because thereās still time for Jos and I to run of into the sunset.ā Thatās not the first time either of them have mentioned their happily ever afte
Time flies when you are busy, overworked and exhausted. I feel like I blinked and now itās a week out from my own wedding. Iām getting married to the love of my life in a week. I couldnāt be happier or more excited. But first, the bachelorette night courtesy of Josie my maid of honour. I knock on her apartment door, box in hand and question ready on my lips. āOh Em you look nice, did you want Josie?ā Austen asks opening the door to greet me. āThank you and yes I would like my best friend.ā āDid Kingston ask you yet?ā āYeah last night although Iām kind of sad I didnāt get a box too.ā āOh well, guess you donāt have the better best-friend.ā Thatās something we all fight over who has the better best-friendship, which duo is better. The sisters by love or brothers by choice. We donāt know. There will never to be a correct answer. Because really we are just a lucky bunch of people to be surrounded by amazing company that we get to share, live and love with.
āThatās not fair!ā I shout as Em hits me again with the water gun. She continues until I surrender and throw her over my shoulder as she laughs at me. āKingston put me down.ā āWhat, baby?ā She starts pinching my behind and I canāt reach her hand to slap it away. āStop that.ā āWell put me down now.ā I throw her in the water. She breaks the surface and her stern gazes meets mine. āNot like that.ā āYou asked for it.ā āI said put me down not toss me in the lake.ā We are up at Milesā vacation home in Cape Cod we have come the past two years as one big massive family. It has enough beds for everyone. We play games, cook together, laugh, have fun, itās a tradition I donāt see us breaking anytime soon. This is sort of our last hoorah. All together. After this we all go our separate ways. Yeah weāll stay in touch but it wonāt be the same. Unless we all live near each other again. When we leave here tomorrow we will be making the journey to New York. Sin
There are future spoilers for other couples (who will eventually have their own stories). Itās hard writing this time for K&E and not talking about where their friends lives are at. They are all so close like a massive family. So read at your own discretion. Pause reading here, if you want to read Josie and Austenās story from the beginning and not where they end up, I try keep it to a minimum, but again kind of hard since it effects King and Em directly. Itās up to you where you go from here! These chapters and this time was my favourite to write and are probably some of my best āCome on Em we are going to miss our flight if you donāt hurry up?ā Kingston shouts from the bathroom. āJosie you too. Hurry up.ā Austen adds. āEm what is taking so long?ā āJust need to finish, last chapterā¦ā āYou have time for that on the plane, now get your butt in gear. Are you packed, do you have everything?ā He says snatching my iPad from me. He pulls me into his chest. āYes
6 MONTHS LATERā¦ Graduation, baby. We finally did it. Boston Uās Class of 22! Itās been an amazing, adventurous, sweet, crazy journey. But we did. Us four girls stand hand in hand in their apartment before we finally head out to walk across the stage. After four years. All the ups and downs. Every party. Failed grade. Library study session. Coffee from Glazes. Hockey game. Sorority event. We made it through. Stronger and better than ever. We all have incredible futures ahead of us. Me as at nursing school. Josie at an internship for Vogue. Addison as a teacher at a prestigious school. Sutton at an insane PR and Marketing firm for Sports Professionals. I canāt believe we did it. I love these girls more than life itself. Without them this would have been a boring journey. We are sisters. Wherever we end up we will always have each other. āYou girls ready to go?ā Cole asks from his spot next to the door. Heās accompanied by Kingston, Austen and
Weāve enjoyed a perfect state of bliss bridging the gap between Christmas and New Years. We spent the time with Emās family. Itās important for her mental health to spend time with them and during the semester it doesnāt happen that often. So we soaked up all the time we could with them. Along with bouncing back and forth to my parents as well. Over the past year our relationship has grown to new heights. All because of the girl next to me. She was the catalyst. The fighting force. My parents thank her every time. She just smiles and says sweet words in response. But she truly has no idea how strong they feel over this. Knowing I could have ended up like him scares them the most. But more importantly it scares me. We also took time and brought Cora and Tate with us. Since the two of them are two peas in a pod. Itās adorable honestly. Seeing them get along so well is amazing. We are home now. And tonight is party night. We are getting all dressed up and heading t
Christmas is in full swing at the Hale-Cooper and Fitzgerald-James apartment. Like it looks like Santa and his 12 reindeer threw up in our apartment. There are decorations everywhere. Not that I expected anything less from Josie. I mean she makes āWinter Wonderlandā her bitch. The tree is real for god sake. Real. Like pine and woody smelling. It fills the apartment day in and out. Oh and if that isnāt enough there is about 16 Christmas soy scented candles in our apartment. Thereās bound to be 2 burning at all times in every room. The carols and music fill our speaker system in our apartment every morning 9am sharp. Then throughout the day its the alternating routine between music and movies. There are snacks always out. Candy canes. Hersheyās kisses with festive flavours. There is always a round of Pillsbury Christmas cookies in the cupboard and one in the oven. Oh and fresh ready to bake packet in the fridge. Just for safe keeping. In case we eat them all. Weāve b
Itās been a month since Emās incident. It scared and terrified me. Receiving that phone call from Callum. I knew I shouldnāt have left herā¦ Iām cooking dinner for us at home, the vegetables are prepped and chicken is cooking now. Josie is studying at the breakfast bar. Austenās not home and Em isnāt home from the library either. āNot studying with Em today?ā I ask Josie. āNah cramps got really bad today, so I just decided to stay home. That smells good.ā āThanks.ā āUgh Kingston your phone is ringing.ā āDoes it say who it is?ā āCallum. I think.ā Milesā boyfriend why would he be ringing me. āPass it here.ā āAlright.ā She leans over and grabs it. āHi Callum.ā āUmm hi Iām with Emerson now, somethingās happened. She needs you. We are on our way to the hospital now.ā With that all the colour drains from me. Emerson, hospital, what the fuck. āKingston what is it?ā Josie asks worried. āEmerson something happened.ā āWhat? Where.ā āI donāt know we need to
āDamien, I canātā¦.. thatā¦ā¦. I hateā¦.. It hurts Damien, I canāt breatheā¦ā āEmmy youāre ok, slowly in and out, there you go, you are safe now. You have a concussion, you are going to need stitches for the cut and will need some wrapping on your wrist.ā āWHERE IS SHE?ā I hear the familiar voice I love come down the hall. āDo you want to see him? Heāll understand if you donāt.ā I just nod and squeeze his arm. āI love you Emmy, youāll get through this. Weāll see Lily together alright. Iām not leaving you alone.ā He enters to hallway leaving me with the nurse in the room. Itās protocol, I know that. Kingston enters the room and I can see his tear stricken eyes. āIām so fucking sorry. Emerson. I should have been there. I should have. Iām so sorry.ā āItās not your fault.ā āI know but I should have been there, I shouldnāt have left you there by yourself.ā āHow were you meant to know. Iāve done that many times. Just tonight something happened.ā āItās not your
5 YEARS AGO. It took 7 seconds for my world to turn upside down. All the memories, smiles, happiness and love gone with the words āthereās nothing we can doā. In one hour, I lost the two people in my life that mean everything to me. Iāve seen the same 4 walls for the past week. My older brother, Damien is sleeping on a chair in the corner of the plain, sterile hospital room with my younger sister Tate on his chest. Meanwhile, Iām bouncing between both mum and dadās hospital rooms with my older brother Cole. Just waiting. Waiting for changes. Updates. Something to happen. But at this rate, nothing is changing and nothing is happening. Except everythingās changed. It was only a week ago, everything changed. Yet it felt like yesterday but also like it didnāt even happen. I canāt comprehend it, how could it happen. To us. My family. What did we do to deserve this. flashback (one week ago) Since mum and dad were away after being on their annual anniversary trip to London. Damien my ol...
After Everything by Amanda Bittencourt is a dreamy romance novel. Emerson Fitzgerald is living a picture-perfect life. Things go upside down due to an accident involving her parents. She and her siblings worry about their parents, and their future is falling apart. While dealing with issues, Kingston James is aware of Emerson's struggles. He is a passive guy who looks at life negatively. But he cannot help but be attracted to Emerson, the sister of his best friend and teammate. Will they find comfort and hope in each other's arms?
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