What would you do if the universe gave you a second shot at love? [#1 in youngwritershortstory 12/27/19]

My body began to curl itself into a ball and sounds of pain helplessly escaped from my throat. The startled animal sounds began to project from my body as it continued to go into shut down mode. It's like the walls have begun to collapse and all of the rubble is falling on top of me and only me. I can hear people screaming and shouting, but for some reason, I feel like I am the only one who can hear them. They are screaming for me to leave, to just run away. They are all so scared of this catastrophic earthquake. Because everything that they know is falling apart. - Book 1 in "Born to Die" series #236 in Teen Fiction

"Just Press Send," is about two boys, with different backgrounds, who both desired the same thing, love. One wanted to experience the love that appeared in movies and the other just wanted to love like he once did before. But love wasn't easy especially when you were Tobias Wach who searched for love in others when he had yet to find love in the most important place or when you were Brandon Hynes who wanted true love but ran from it. However, they couldn't deny the feelings that churned up inside of them when they saw each other for the first time. They were instantly drawn to each other. It was kind of like love at first sight. There were butterflies in the stomach, the heart eyes, and the abnormal beating of the blood pumper. It felt like love. The love they were both missing. Not to mention Valentine's Day was just around the corner. Someone had to make a move and for good reasons. If Brandon and Tobias never met the way that they did then they would have never found out what was truly keeping them from getting the love they desired. All they had to do was make the decision: to press send or to not press send? It was that simple.

Lacey Harding is a young teacher with a troubled past, she never had it easy as a teenager and put herself through college to get her to the place where she is now. Emma Daniels is a young teen at a new school, leaving her last because of an incident that she doesn't like to talk about. The young women grow infatuated with each other, but their relationship is illegal, will Lacey sacrifice her job for a forbidden love? Will Emma open up about her past and allow someone in?