A distraught Lucy ends up “liking” a lot of Gabe’s online posts, because she is hurt that Darren was cheating on her (or so she thought he was). Lucy may be seen as a selfish person who only thought about herself, instead of truly feeling selfless in wanting happiness for Gabe, even if it meant being with someone else. When Iris samples the last remaining batch, she realizes that their gelato recipe and her ice cream recipe are one and the same. Lucy flies off to Jerusalem, where Gabe is currently in a coma, and is highly unlikely to ever wake up again.

I also noticed she came off as priviledged and selfish many times, which caused her to make such poor choices. In writing this novel, I learned that while every person is different and every relationship is unique, there are commonalities in love and heartbreak that we can all relate to. Lucy and Gabe have no personalities beyond this very teenage yearning to "change the world" and "make a difference" but they have all the depth of characters in a tooth paste ad. But how can she tell them she knows it, when she's not sure why Gio's uncle gave it to her mother in the first place? We all know, the heart wants what it wants and sometimes that doesn't always equate to rational choices.Santopolo took us on a journey of missed chances, regret and uncertainty that left us pondering our own choices. I’ve never seen anything like this before…I just keep thinking about you…I was wrong when I asked you to come to Jerusalem.

But before she can make her decision, she must start her story - their story - at the very beginning.She tells the reader that she wanted them both to be happy too but that she didn’t see a way to make it happen.