**Currently Undergoing Major Editing** If stubbornness had a name, it would be Diem Reynolds. The high school senior's perspective on life and love is tainted by all of the failed relationships surrounding her. When Diem's father gets called on a work trip, Diem is forced to stay with an old family friend who happens to be her new AP Biology teacher. Caden Livingston has his hands full with his new job and his old trauma. He didn't expect the smart ass sitting in the front row of his classroom and sharing his apartment to be the person he needed most. The only question is will his persistence be a match for the girl set on pushing everyone away?

{For those who HATE student/teacher stories, TRY THIS ONE ANYWAYS. I dare you to read it and say it was a waste of time} Alice 'Ace' Spade had fled her horrible foster family by the time she was sixteen and found a way to survive by dancing in a sleazy strip club. One night a man named Malcolm is brought in by his friends and Ace and Mal hit it off. Until the cops crash the club and discover that Ace is only seventeen and a runaway. They force her back to school and back to the foster family that abused her. Her only solace is that Malcolm is now her teacher and sometimes protector. But what happens when they still have powerful chemistry and a growing affection towards each other?