"Sink or swim, Riley," my father once said to me. Rays of sun battered the pier deck, gliding over the water's surface like hundreds of shimmering snakes. His words were delivered moments before I found myself hurtling towards the subtle waves at his hand. I drowned that day. Twice. The day he died was not a day I mourned, nor was it one I celebrated. The lessons he taught me are etched so deeply into the back of my brain that I can't fill the holes they burned. He taught me to survive and he taught me how to hate. He told me that love did not exist, and that expression of emotions should be punishable. He asked me to be perfect and he beat his expectations into me. My father threw me into the deep end and I've been struggling to keep my head above the surface ever since. I don't know how much longer I can struggle against the current. The waves keep breaking over my head, hurling me further and further back towards the place I've tried so hard to claw myself out of. I'm drowning again, and the water is turning dark. I can't reach the lifelines at the surface. But I'm not the only one sinking, this time. I was taught to survive at any cost, even if that means letting someone else drown. My father said, "If you drown, you weren't built to survive." He only knew how to save himself. He didn't believe in mercy. The most important lesson I ever learnt from my father was that I could never let myself turn into him. He built me to survive and yet I'm drowning. Maybe he was wrong when he told me that you can't teach someone to swim when you're sinking.

Belle sanders is suffering from serious case of depression. She needs someone to cheer her up after her horrible break up with 'him'. Then, a bad boy came to her life as a annoying roommate, as a enemy and even something much more than friends?

(Complete) After Seren is assaulted by someone in her friend group, she begins to fall deeper into the depths of her depression. No one seems to notice, except for the former bad boy and his friends. "Seriously, this is probably the best book I've read on Wattpad." -@dowries "I thought you were bluffing in the description but dang, you got me. Ima say- this truly is one of the best books on Wattpad." -@jamzeverywhere "Easily the best book I have ever read and I'm not exaggerating." - @purelyaureila "Simultaneously shattered me and put me back together, one of the best things I've ever read. Didn't think I could love two characters so deeply." -@imswriting "If I was ever to reread a book- it would be this one." -@thethotpocket "This is my favourite book! I would pay literal money just to continue to experience these characters!" - @sapphhhireee Spin Offs: Notice Me, and Trust Me *****

Aubrey has always been the ultimate target for bullies at her school. All she wants is to be good enough for once in her life. What happens when she goes online and finds a website called 'the weight game' where it teaches people quick ways to shed weight? and she takes the tips that tell her to fast, and purge? Never put someone down, because it will never help you reach the top. And never call a person fat, because you never know what they will do in order to prove you wrong...........