On the first day of her last year at Alderbrook High, Chelsea Reed wants nothing more than invisibility. But when Benjamin Walsh, the new senior with an easy grin and a guitar, arrives, her plans implode; he notices her-tries to protect her-and refuses to be pushed away. He pulls her into normal things: walks, music, gaming, and late-night conversations where she can breathe. When Gennifer's jealousy escalates into a cruel public smear and a stolen notebook, Chelsea's fragile peace shatters. Rumors, a vandalized locker, and viral lies threaten the one place she's forced to be every day: school. Between therapy visits, awkward dinners with a dad who's still learning how to be present, and a neighbor who keeps showing up, Chelsea must choose whether to stay protected by silence-or risk speaking up and losing the fragile safety she's built. Ben wants to stand by her-if she'll let him. But the greatest fight might be the one she wages inside herself.