[*mature content*] "Come here." His voice soften as he pulled on my hand, his other hand aiming for my waist. "I missed you." "I'm right here." I say, knowing exactly what he was insinuating. I wanted to hear it from him. I needed to. "You know what I mean." "I do." He nibbles on my ear, sending shivers between my legs. "Will," "I want you." He confesses. "We can't." "Stop fighting it Val. We've waited too long." ***** they meet again. 5 years later. both of them still emotionally, mentally damaged & unavailable. but what makes it so different this time? --------------------------------------- Valeria now works as an assistant in the business industry. The arrogant William owns a business himself. They both parted ways after high school but somehow work brings them together. However, the unfinished business they left years ago resurfaces as they find themselves in the same old situation. But what could possibly make it so different this time? --------------------------------------- @ashmalik1

Flora Danforth is the epitome of all things innocent. Like a flower, Flora is beautiful and pure. Of course, that all changes when she meets the town's sexy, new, mysterious bad boy, Alex. ~ "I'm no good for you, flower." She opens her mouth to speak, but his finger gently silences her. She parts her lips in futile protest, but his finger slides past, slipping inside the warmth of her mouth. She swipes her tongue across the pad of his finger, hollowing her cheeks ever so slightly around it. Alex takes a sharp intake of air, his bright blue eyes growing impossibly dark with lust. "But then again, you're not such a good girl are you, princess?"

"Never call a girl a bitch," I glared into his eyes as he opened them, piercing into me, the bright blue drink I had just poured over him still dripping from his dark hair. "Or she just might act like one." I gave him one last sarcastic smile before pushing by him and walking away, practically strutting. Well, this year will be fun... • • • • Crystal Summers; a self-proclaimed expert in all things sarcastic and the human embodiment of destructive decisions. Trying to get away from her troubled past, she moves with her mom to California to start a new life, and potentially not screw this one up. There, she quickly meets Scarlett and Savanah, her new-found partners in crime, and her life finally begins to feel normal again for the first time in years. But she just so happens to also collide with the school's sexy, notorious jackass, Ashton Monroe.. and his pack of asswipes. She loathes him, and the feeling is mutual. But as the poets say, the line separating love and hate is a very thin one. And often times, when two people hate each other, it can grow into much more. Hopeless devotion, if you will... • • • • !!!TRIGGER WARNING!!! • slight mention(s) of suicidal concepts • substance abuse, addiction, anxiety, PTSD • sexual assault, domestic abuse • strong language and mature scenes • • • •