Introduction: I used to think everything was black and white, truth or lie, easy or hard, that if I could just escape my strict, overbearing, abusive father, my life would be perfect. But since I鈥檝e found a reason to risk his wrath and leave, to help a friend in need, I鈥檝e come to realize everything I thought I knew is wrong.  Friends have their own agenda, honesty comes with a dosage of lie, easy doesn鈥檛 even exist, keeping secrets sucks, and love...love is the most painful thing of all.  Maybe if Quinn Hamilton hadn鈥檛 asked me to skip classes for the day and help him pick out an engagement ring for my best friend, I wouldn鈥檛 have fallen for him so completely on that sunny Tuesday afternoon and I wouldn鈥檛 feel so conflicted. But I did, and I can鈥檛 take it back, no matter how hard I try. So I have to deal with the fact that even I鈥檓 not as good, or honest, or caring as I鈥檇 always thought I was, and no matter what I do next, someone鈥檚 going to get hurt. Probably me. -Zoey Blakeland...