#FiveYearsSinceCollabChallenge #TheParadiseAwards #AmoreAwards TeenFiction: More Than Coincidence @TeenFiction @Romance Word Count: 2318 ***************************************** On the coast of Santa Monica, Caralice encounters her high school crush, Alex. It's been five years and 3,000 miles since they last saw each other. With the memory of their senior trip and lingering feelings that never fully disappeared, it seems that this coincidence is another chance for the sweet love they always craved. ***************************************** I cradle myself into his warmth and Alex's arms wrap snugly around my waist while my hands slip around his neck. The scent of his cologne fills the air as my nose pressed against his skin. He's using a different one now. It's less boyish, more expensive, masculine. His skin is a deep tan, his body which had once been lean is now taut with muscles. I fear he has changed and moved on. I pray that night under the stars at the end of our senior year didn't mean nothing to him.

"I think I must be suicidal. That's the only explanation for why I would get into a strange woman's car in the middle of nowhere..." Mose is a wanderer, feeling rejected and failed by life. He finds himself lost in the wilderness, unsure of where he is. A woman picks him up and he falls asleep in her car only to wake up in a peculiar town. Mose's curiosity urges him to delve into the secrets of the town, while all other signs plead for him to escape. #3 hitchhiker #2 middleofnowhere