"IN MY SIXTEEN YEARS OF LIFE, I'VE HAD YET TO EXPERIENCE LOVE.."
"In my sixteen years of life, I've never to yet experience love or heartbreak, but instead I stockpile other people's musings about these things"(Mackler page 5).
Dakota tells Jena he thinks he likes her and she's shocked because she's so reserved and would never expect it from someone like him. She got really excited after because she is so quiet and shy.
Her and Dakota were planning to go on boat ride with a bunch of people and Dakota tells Jena he's gonna swim to the private island their headed to but instead he goes back to the hotel to hang out with Jena's friend Skye and ends up leaving Jena alone.
Jena though Dakota really liked her but in the end he didn't windup liking her which crumbled her trip to paradise. She thought it was good when he liked her, but it was all A lie. He ended up liking Skye, Jena's friend.