Presents two stories by Sarah Dessen including "The Truth About Forever," in which Macy plans to work at the library and wait for her brainy boyfriend to return from camp, but instead she goes to work at a catering business where she makes new friends and finally faces her grief; and "Lock and Key," in which high school senior Ruby is abandoned by her alcoholic mother and winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, learning about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she has something to offer others.