The Forbidden Fruit

His back was towards me, hunched over in defeat, I didn't want to bother him but I've been worrying all day and I needed to know if he was okay. I took hesitant steps towards him. The hardwood ramp creaked beneath my feet and I winced at each sound that emitted from it.

But it didn't matter to me at the moment, because as soon as I lowered myself next to his cold and stiff body, his arms wrapped around my waist, his face buried in the crook of my neck. . . and he cried.

Optimistic, goal-oriented and passion-driven Arabella Smith moves to college at nineteen with a checklist of goals, hopeful that by the end of her school year she would have accomplished everything she had set her heart on. But finding love was one of those things that never made its way onto Arabella's list.

After willingly giving away the one thing that meant the most to her in her life to a guy; her virginity, Arabella expected her love life to pan out like a romantic movie.

But that was the opposite of what happened after that impulsive night. Followed by a string of rumours and heartache, Arabella swore to herself that she would never love someone again and instead allowed rumours to dictate the next two years of her life.

However, that is until she stumbles into the lounge of her dream college and collides with him; Tyler Hart, the boy who took her prized possession, broke her heart and never looked back once. Tyler Hart was your typical high school sweetheart. The quarterback of the school's football team, the charming boy next door and to top it all off; incredibly good looking. Anyone would fall for him, or at least the person he portrayed on the outside.

What happens when Arabella finds out the actual reason Tyler left and never came back? Will she forgive him for scaring her heart or will she fall for the forbidden fruit all over again?