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    The Way It Was Before
    The Way It Was Before
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    • Reads
      Reads 1,533,749
      1,533,7491.5M
    • Votes
      Votes 62,078
      62,07862K
    • Parts
      Parts 44
      4444
    • Time
      Time 7h 28m
      7 hours, 28 minutes7h 28m
    raindrops_
    Complete
    Complete, First published May 30, 2013
    [This story is free again]
        
        A social klutz and certified bookworm, Autumn Lyne is content with having just books as companions--that is, until her extrovert of a sister drags her out to meet her band. But nobody has expected that this would mark the plot twist her heart has never signed up for. Her first love.
        
        
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        Fifteen-year-old Autumn Lyne has terrible social skills, and when her older sister Clover has had enough of her being alone all the time, she's forced to interact with people outside of her tiny world. Meeting and befriending her sister's bandmates is only the beginning. Her growing bond with the charming Michael Summer seems unstoppable. But what if there is more to him than meets the eye? How can a girl who has barely opened up her heart handle her first love--and first heartbreak? 
        
        Illustration by raindrops_
        Cover Layout by Rayne Mariano
    All Rights Reserved
    • autumn
    • band
    • comingofage
    • completed
    • english
    • family
    • firstlove
    • friendship
    • highschool
    • hope
    • love
    • lovestory
    • memories
    • music
    • regret
    • romance
    • sliceoflife
    • teenfiction
    • trust
    • youngadult
    autumnbandcomingofagecompletedenglishfamilyfirstlovefriendshiphighschoolhopelovelovestorymemoriesmusicregretromancesliceoflifeteenfictiontrustyoungadult
    Table of contentsLast updated Jan 06, 2021
    • 「 Author's Note: Please Read 」
    • prologue
    • one
    • two
    • three
    • four
    • five
    • six
    • seven
    • eight
    • nine
    • ten
    • eleven
    • twelve
    • thirteen
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    • twenty-seven
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    • thirty
    • thirty-one
    • thirty-two
    • thirty-three
    • thirty-four
    • thirty-five
    • thirty-six
    • thirty-seven
    • thirty-eight
    • thirty-nine
    • epilogue
    • his letter
    • 「 Extras 」

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    • 「 Author's Note: Please Read 」
    • prologue
    • one
    • two
    • three
    • four
    • five
    • six
    • seven
    • eight
    • nine
    • ten
    • eleven
    • twelve
    • thirteen
    • fourteen
    • fifteen
    • sixteen
    • seventeen
    • eighteen
    • nineteen
    • twenty
    • twenty-one
    • twenty-two
    • twenty-three
    • twenty-four
    • twenty-five
    • twenty-six
    • twenty-seven
    • twenty-eight
    • twenty-nine
    • thirty
    • thirty-one
    • thirty-two
    • thirty-three
    • thirty-four
    • thirty-five
    • thirty-six
    • thirty-seven
    • thirty-eight
    • thirty-nine
    • epilogue
    • his letter
    • 「 Extras 」
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