#Chapter 17 – What Dreams Are Made Of

Mom and I ended up watching one of her favorite romantic comedy movies from the 50’s, this movie with Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Throughout the entire movie, I tried not to think about Liam. But it was so hard not to. Even though Liam and I had grown up as next-door neighbors, and I had sometimes been drawn to his window, curious about the life he lead, it was nothing like the pull that I was feeling now. I couldn’t get him out of my mind. I went to my bedroom, turned off my light, and got under the covers. I refused to look into Liam’s room. I could control myself, couldn’t I? I closed my eyes and fell fast asleep… I stepped into the Gravens house party, desperate to talk to Noah after seeing him kiss Ava on the live stream. Wait, hadn’t I seen that before? Or lived through this? Why did this all feel so familiar. But wait, I had a mission. I had to talk to Noah. I stormed towards the staircase, but Liam stepped in front of my path, “Ella, finally, you’re here.” “Of