As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams? ***** Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Diana is looking forward to finally finishing high school. Stay out of trouble. Focus only on art. This is Diana's grand plan - until she is assigned to paint the portraits of a girl she can't stand to be around: the school's obnoxious soccer team captain, Alex Perez. ***** It's senior year. Diana just wants to keep her head low while dealing with a family that is slowly but steadily falling apart and a best-friend-turned-enemy that she could certainly do without. The last thing Diana wants to do is spend her last year of high school painting the portraits of Alex Perez. Everyone loves Alex - she's the town's prodigy and the school's golden girl. But Diana and Alex couldn't be more opposite; put them in an art room together and a disaster is bound to happen. [[word count: 70,000 - 80,000]] Cover designed by Ilafi Nastiti [WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST]

It's tough, being best friends with the person you love. Especially if the feeling is... mutual? Wait, what? Truly, neither Mason Byrd nor Cody O'Neill wanted to be just friends. It's just that Cody was fast in the swimming pool but not so much when it came to realising feelings, and Mason was terrified of losing their friendship. Enter Mason's brother asking one stupid question during a college drinking game, and that fear might well become reality. With Mason making terrible panicked decisions to continue hiding his love, and Cody repressing his newfound 'unrequited' crush to focus on his swimming career, one thing's certain: getting where they both wanted to be won't be easy.

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION Can she be herself in a one-size-fits-all world? Lori Palmer is the new girl at Bay Water High, where students prize glossy hair, beach bodies, and school spirit above all else. She misses her old school―where her talent as an artist carried more weight than she does―and longs for her old family life, before her parents got divorced and her mom reinvented herself. So Lori decides that the only way to survive the rest of the year is to blend into the background, but her plans go awry when she discovers that the most popular (and hottest) guy at Bay Water High, Jake, is a volunteer at her brother's school. When her brother befriends Jake's sister, Lori is suddenly thrust into his unfamiliar and exhilarating world of water polo, parties, and stargazing. But with her relationship with her mother deteriorating, old anxieties resurface and Lori finds a new artistic release that unknowingly ignites a powerful movement. When the authorities start asking questions, Lori realizes that finding her voice might have gotten her into a world of trouble...but sometimes standing up for what you believe in is as important as standing up for yourself.

They were neighbors raised to hate each other. They were enemies made to destroy each other. Mack Adler and Piper Nash have always shared the spotlight. They both are the stars of Hawking Valley High Schools lacrosse, basketball, and track team. Ever since that road race between the Adler couple and the Nash couple back in 1988, the two families have been rivals. But after Mack and Piper get trapped together and alone in the high school, they see something in each other they hadn't before. The two slowly grown on each other. But since even a kind conversation is forbidden, the two must hide their new friendship. Will they become more? How will their parents react? Read In Her Arms to find out!

Have you ever felt that if you moved, the world wouldn't move with you? That if you took a step, everything you knew would change?¬¬ Peter Stone, a seventeen-year-old boy, felt this every day. The weight of a decision-of a truth he was still trying to accept. However, Peter would have to learn how to face his fears, even when they come around in a way he least expected.

After being scammed via signing a lease intended for a single bedroom apartment, Ray inadvertently becomes roommates with the university's bisexual heartthrob, Sora Ikeda. The problem? Sora doesn't want anyone-least of all their classmates-to know that they're roommates. Why? Because Sora has a secret - okay, multiple secrets - that could put his reputation and independence on the line.

Jamal is a playboy, accustomed to getting his way with whomever he wishes, whenever he wishes. He's set his sights on the soft spoken boy he met at a bus stop. Avery Michaels is a quiet English major with a hidden wild side. He's okay with having a no strings attached relationship with Jamal, but falling in love isn't part of the plan. When the two tangle, Jamal ends up building a deeper connection than he ever could've dreamt of.

In which feisty and sarcastic Oliver Laurent is madly in love with the kind and good-natured Carson Katsaros.

[ To HIM, 040218 ] ❝I was a rainbow but he was colorblind.❝ In this story told from the perspective of a strong individual, Hayden Williams. Let us witness his story and on how his friendship to a straight guy decay because of a intruder that came to their life.