Along For The Ride- Part 2
Growing up in a divorced family, Auden never learned how to ride a bike. She became super focused on academics in order to make her parents happy and was never really allowed to have a childhood. Because she studies all the time, she has no social life and even plans to spend her summer in-between high school and college reading ahead for her fall classes. But after getting a present from her highly social and carefree brother, Auden makes a sudden change of plans. Instead of spending her summer on academics, she decides to spend it at the beach with her dad, his new wife, and their new baby. Instead of intending to spend the summer entirely free of work, Auden ends up helping her stepmother out by working in her popular, boardwalk boutique. There she begins to get a chance to see the world of a normal teen friendships, fashion, and even boys. Auden's chronic insomnia results in her befriending one boy in particular, Eli, a local bike celebrity. A year earlier local teen Eli's best friend, Abe, was killed in an auto accident in which Eli was driving, Eli still feels responsible even though it was not his fault. He has stopped doing things he loves, like championship biking. Late at night, the two go on mini-quests to recapture Auden's childhood and in the process they gain much more.
The biggest conflicts in the story are both internal. The biggest internal conflict was between Auden and Eli, they both had feelings for each other but because of their pasts they are a little bit more shy than the average teenage. Another big internal conflict was Auden being so focused on academics in order to make her parents happy, she had no social life and if she wouldn't have decided to go stay with her father, his new wife (her step mom), and their new baby, she would have been studying all day the whole summer reading ahead for her fall classes. Also another big internal conflicts was Eli realizing that it was not necessarily his responsibility that his best friend, Abe, was killed in the automobile accident. All these problems were solved between the two teenagers, together they helped each other get through their issues.
Growing up in a divorced family, Auden never learned how to ride a bike. She became super focused on academics in order to make her parents happy and was never really allowed to have a childhood. Because she studies all the time, she has no social life and even plans to spend her summer in-between high school and college reading ahead for her fall classes. But after getting a present from her highly social and carefree brother, Auden makes a sudden change of plans. Instead of spending her summer on academics, she decides to spend it at the beach with her dad, his new wife, and their new baby. Instead of intending to spend the summer entirely free of work, Auden ends up helping her stepmother out by working in her popular, boardwalk boutique. There she begins to get a chance to see the world of a normal teen friendships, fashion, and even boys. Auden's chronic insomnia results in her befriending one boy in particular, Eli, a local bike celebrity. A year earlier local teen Eli's best friend, Abe, was killed in an auto accident in which Eli was driving, Eli still feels responsible even though it was not his fault. He has stopped doing things he loves, like championship biking. Late at night, the two go on mini-quests to recapture Auden's childhood and in the process they gain much more.
The biggest conflicts in the story are both internal. The biggest internal conflict was between Auden and Eli, they both had feelings for each other but because of their pasts they are a little bit more shy than the average teenage. Another big internal conflict was Auden being so focused on academics in order to make her parents happy, she had no social life and if she wouldn't have decided to go stay with her father, his new wife (her step mom), and their new baby, she would have been studying all day the whole summer reading ahead for her fall classes. Also another big internal conflicts was Eli realizing that it was not necessarily his responsibility that his best friend, Abe, was killed in the automobile accident. All these problems were solved between the two teenagers, together they helped each other get through their issues.
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