Everyone thinks they know the beginning of love. Sometimes it starts with a smile. Sometimes it starts with a "Hi." Sometimes with a confession. And sometimes ... It starts with a promise that should never be broken. Ethan Vale is seventeen years old, the sort of boy every parent wants their daughter to bring home. Quiet. Good. Courteous. Never been in trouble, the school's golden boy. But behind that calm smile was a secret that no one would ever believe. Long before she knew his name, he was noticing Ariana Cruz. She is noisy when everyone else is supposed to be silent. Brave when all the others want to be consoled. The girl teachers scold constantly, classmates misunderstand constantly, and rumors chase constantly. Almost everyone calls her the bad girl of the school. He's the last man in the world she should fall for. What begins as an unlikely friendship slowly grows into the safest place either of them has ever been. Every laugh, every late-night talk, and every stolen look brings them closer until friendship is no longer enough. But first love is never so simple. One betrayal alters everything. Secrets they've buried start to creep into the light, friendships start falling apart, and the people they trusted most are the ones who can hurt them the deepest. As the feelings intensify, so does the side of Ethan nobody has ever seen. The sweet boy everybody loves is a lot more possessive than anyone ever thought. And when someone threatens the girl he has loved since the beginning... Even angels know how to turn into monsters. Some love stories start with "I love you." Theirs starts with silence. And by the time Ariana figures out he was the first to fall... She might be falling too hard to get out. Because first love isn't always your fondest memory. Sometimes. . . It's the one that makes your world go upside down.