I remember the first time I couldn't hear. I was seven and sitting in a hospital room with my panicked mother. The doctors lips were moving but no sound as far as I could tell. I turned to my mother and she was in tears as her lips moved. No words, no sound, nothing. The doctor was trying to calm me down but how do you calm down a seven year old who is deaf for the first time in his life? You can't. So of course it took a lot sugary candy and writing on white boards to communicate as best as a first grader can. It was hard on my mum, especially because my dad walked out on us four years before that. I remember as a kid, coming home and locking myself in the basement and screaming at the top of my lungs. Trying to hear something, trying to wake myself from this nightmare and then one day, I realized that this fever dream was my reality and I couldn't change it. My mum tried her hardest for me, making an effort to learn sign language with me, sending me to a deaf school and making sure I was happy. I picked up Sign language easily because I was so young but I struggled trying to communicate with others. I couldn't communicate with the rest of my family, my mum had to communicate for me until I could lip read and try to teach my family how I communicate. Nine years later and things are still tough but not as hard as they were.

The phone is ringing. But Tanvi was too scared to answer the call. She was not ready to talk to him or even hear his voice. She wanted to run away from the present, but she couldn't evade her present. She hadn't talked to him for the past week, and he had called her a number of times. That day itself, he called 5 times. So, finally, with trembling hands, she answered the phone to tell him the truth. "Hello," he said as soon as Tanvi answered the call. Tanvi voice was shaking she didn't know what to say. But she mustered her courage somehow and said, " Please don't contact me again. I know I have played with your feelings without knowing who you actually are. I know I have committed a terrible mistake, or I guess, a sin by doing this, but now I want to end this for once and for all. I don't think you can understand me and forgive me, but the only explanation I say to you is that I am really sorry." He remained silent all this while and did not utter a word. He came to realize that nothing more was left for him to talk. He disconnected the call as soon as she finished her monologue. Tanvi, a +1 student, decided to attract her crush indirectly gets his phone number and starts talking to him anonymously. Initially, she got rejected, but later, earns his trust and friendship. Slowly their friendship reached another level through their sweet phone calls. Then, the real truth came out. He was not the crush whom Tanvi imagines him to be. So what would Tanvi do? Would she ever meet the person with whom she developed such a relationship? Would that person ever want to meet Tanvi after knowing that she played with his feelings, knowingly or unknowingly? Could they be together? Let's see what fate has to do with both of them. A simple love story with its own twists and turns. This is my 1st story. Hope you will give it a chance, and I'll make sure you won't get too bored.

I screamed, not even realising the force of it. Another loved one had died. Rosalia Martinez, princess of Ethura, never had an easy life growing up. With her mother dying at a young age and her father who doesn't seem interested in her, she lives an abandoned life in her Kingdom. Rosalia always wanted to become a warrior, but when her older sister decides to host a Selection, all her freedom is taken away. No more hunting deer, no more fighting with the soldiers. It is the moment she finds an old history book her life changes more than she could ever imagine. The unsolved mystery of a secret Kingdom and a cloaked woman haunts her. Not only in her dreams, but also in real life. As if she doesn't bring herself in enough trouble, a young man arrives at the castle, stealing her heart before she even realises. Can forbidden love overcome danger? Or does she become the warrior she dreamed to be?

"You have no idea of what he truly is. That boys promise of eternal youth is not paradise, it's torture." | ➴ | Emily Walker is a seventeen-year-old orphan. Her life couldn't possibly get any worse, but that all changes when a shadow takes her away from the world she once knew. What was thought to be a safe haven had become the beginning of something unimaginable once she met a pair of devilish green eyes that belonged to the boy by the name of Peter Pan.

" He kisses my wrist, at the spot where the bruises formed. My heart goes into overdrive, sending hot chills all over my body. I stumble in my tracks, gawking, open-mouthed. 'Something wrong?' Archer asks, a hint of a smirk nudging his lips. I shake my head. The smirk widens, but he says nothing and we go on. " xxx Peyton's ex-boyfriend has scarred her for life. She vows never to date somebody that is: a) good-looking b) popular c) flirtatious It's too bad that Archer Raine fits all of those things. It's even worse that he lives right next door.

Working for someone isn't always easy. But working for Mr. BadBoy now that's a whole different story! Riley Mackenzie is quiet, shy and mysterious girl who is scared of anything and everything especially Mr. BadBoy. River Gold is the arrogant bad boy and player of Richfield high. He causes trouble; she's never gotten in one fight. He's failing almost every class; she's a straight A student. He's popular; she's not. What do you get when you put them in a house together? No clue!?!

"Please don't mind if I do this" he said and before I could comprehend what he meant I felt his lips crash onto mine. Then the world around me seemed to be melting. He gently bit my lower lip as his fingers traced circles on my back. My hands found their way around his neck as my fingers latched in his hair. ✖✔✖✔✖✔✖ April McKenzie wants to get through her junior year of high school with no hurdles of her past coming up. Everything goes according to plan till... Mid semester when James Darwin joins. He's in all her classes and like any player he starts of great. But what everybody doesn't know is that he isn't as perfect as his façade claims to be. He helps her and she helps him, so could they possibly be the missing halves of each other? ✖✔✖✔✖ He calls her "Kit Kat" She calls him "Nutty" Find out how they could become the first "Nutty Kit Kat" ✖✔✖✔✖ Mafia ✔ Passion✔ Fun✔ Everything you want? ✔ ✔✖✔✖✔✖✔ All rights reserved

Everest Green was determined to go through her four years of college unnoticed by steering clear of any kind of trouble. Law school was her ultimate goal and no one was going to stand in her way, not even the Greek god lookalikes at Bowling Green University. On her junior year the shy yet opinionated backstroke swimmer gets her potential put to the test when Coach Jennings decides to put her in breath-stroke events for the new approaching season. With her terrible technique Coach Jennings enlists the help of Olympic protégée Matthew Connery to help Everest. With a new season around the corner and a boy that only spells trouble can Everest steer clear of trouble and chase the gold? Most impressive ranking: #1 Crime Drama #1 Crime Fiction #1 Swimming #1 College Romance

Bella is a shy girl, but when you get to know her she's outgoing. When she was 5 something tragic happened to cause her to be the sheltered girl that flinches at the slightest movements. She always treated people kindly and with respect but she never received it back. She was a target for people to pick on and hurt both physically and mentally. With her father always working she feels alone. But when the bad boy starts to become protective of her she started to see that she wasn't alone anymore. Ryder is a bad boy, he has a past that no one knows about, he sticks to his three best friends, and has really bad anger issues. His blue eyes are always cold and always has that I hate you type of look. But when he sees Bella flinch he stares into her brown eyes seeing pain and fear, yet the fear didn't seem like it was because of him and that caused something to stir inside of him. It makes him hate this feeling and had the urge to protect her from whatever was causing her that fear, and without even knowing she became his everything. With Bellas past catching up to her will Ryder protect her? Are they exactly what they need for each other? Or will they tear each other apart? Read to find out more

Meet Karan and Aditi, two introverted, shy, and simple souls who are strangers to the concept of love. Each holds dear a single friendship that eclipses all others in their lives. Karan's world orbits around Aman, a figure marked by arrogance, while Aditi finds her anchor in Kanishka, the very essence of innocence. Aman and Kanishka, the two polar opposites. He seeks solace in seclusion and in the quiet corners of his mind, while she immerses herself in the chaos and noise, living her life like a melody played loudly. She wears her heart on her sleeves, open for all to see, while he on the other hand, appears to be carrying no heart at all. While she thrives among people; he prefers the shadows. Yet, despite their glaring differences, they inevitably find themselves entwined in an emotional ballet they can neither understand nor escape as an inexplicable force pulls them together- a force unknown to them which they call hatred. But could this so-called hatred be actually hiding a deeper connection waiting to be discovered? Or is it merely the clash that's bound to happen when two distinctly different worlds collide? As they grapple with the fine line between love and hatred, their friends Karan and Aditi find their own feelings for each other growing in ways neither imagined nor expected- could this be the work of destiny, or does fate have some other plans in store for them? Come find out in "Unexpected Love," a narrative filled with emotional highs and lows, and the unexpected surprises life throws in our path. Discover the unexpected journeys of love, friendship, and the silent ties that bind us together. *** Disclaimer: This story is my first as a writer. It is unedited, and contains errors from which I have learned and improved. You will notice a gradual evolution in my writing skills from beginner level to a more refined style praised by my current readers. So bear with me for a few chapters, and give my story a chance. I promise it will not disappoint.