"I'm sorry, Zoe," the doctor's voice repeats in my head as I leave. When I walked into the doctor's office, I thought I might have a life of unexpected difficulties ahead. Now, as I walk out, all I have are the difficulties. My life? The doctor took that. All but six months, that is... At least, it feels like he took it. I'm going to enjoy my life, I'm doing what I want, I'll be daring! Is what I tell myself as I push the doctor's office door open and look up into the eyes of a beautiful girl I never had the courage to talk to. But now? Now I have nothing to lose.
"Fuyuko? I love that name." Zoe is the first person to say this. But she's the reason for a lot of my first in my life. She's my first friend, the first to bring joy into my life, the first person I want by my side, and the first person I've fallen in love with. I didn't think I would ever laugh or even cry again, until Zoe--a stranger at the time--told me she's dying, that I am the only person she is telling, and that we are now best friends... all in one breath. Because Zoe is the bold, passionate girl that conquers her fears. The girl I have never been... before now. Because I have Zoe by my side... even if it is for only six months.
Fuyuko is the girl Zoe always wanted to be friends with. Zoe is the friend Fuyuko never knew she needed or wanted. But as they work hand-in-hand to make the life Zoe has left as great as possible as they delve into "Zoe's list." But it is the unexpected love that brings them closer than friends. As Fuyuko holds Zoe, she can feel life being breathed into herself... as it is being pulled out of Zoe.
Love, Sorrow, and the In-Between Is a story of platonic soul mates, a story for those of us who want to laugh, cry, dance in the kitchen, have stupid adventures, live, and die... as long as our best friend is at our side.
This is a standalone novel, and the first novel in the Love, Sorrow, series. A series of standalone novels following the lives of a family made up of friends.
(Tropes: One bed, found family, bucket list, soul mates, grumpy sunshine, slice of life.)
Trigger Warnings:
This story contains subjects of bullying, abandonment, homophobia (specifically: Lesbophobia), and suicide.
I like my readers to be well informed of such topics ahead of time, because your well being is worth more than my novel.
