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Casey wasn't supposed to meet him the way she did, certainly not while cleaning up a kid's vomit at the pool. But that was their first meet-cute, the moment that sparked the first of...well, everything.
This is a story about those firsts and all the emotions that come with it - the nerves that keep you up at night wondering if they are even thinking about you, the obsession as you fall in love for the first time, the excitement when the scene you had replayed over and over again hoping would come true...actually does.
And the story is told through the interchanging voices of three rising high school seniors who live in Piedmont, California. There is Matt - the new neighbor from New York City, Casey - the dancer and daughter to a cinematic industry titan, and Corey - the talented athlete who knows he's good. The three of them are brought together unexpectedly as they experience their first summer together.
A note from the author: I loved watching rom-coms growing up, often coming up with my own take of my favorite scenes I would watch wondering if they could happen to me, only to find that a version of them absolutely did in what has been my own epic romance with who was my first, and now husband 18 years later.
The Firsts is entirely fiction, but these characters feel real to me and the moments they experience for the first time feel real too, and I hope they feel real to you too.
The full story - all 100,000 words - is written, but as I am in the process of self-editing, I wanted to share releasing a chapter every day with the hopes that you all can help me make this better as we experience another first of mine - the first of sharing this story - together.