Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. *** Claire is lost and scared and utterly alone. Her family is in shambles after the death of her older sister Ina, and she's left to pick up the broken pieces of herself as her life heads into a downwards spiral of loneliness. Her heart leads her to 5:48, a little cafe by 33rd street, where she finds her new home. With a broken heart and a speech disability, Jasper has his heart and mouth sewn shut by the winding threads of hurt and fear. Painting and serving coffee in cafe 5:48 are one of his last few saving graces, but the smile he's been painting on himself will soon fade away as everything he's ever held dear slips away from his grasp. Ezra is out-of-sync and oddly cold by the way life has treated his young self. Abandoned by his single mother at an early age, he has grown up thinking that he is a mistake. His constant shaking hands are a reflection of what he often thinks of himself, but the delightful pastries he bakes for 5:48's customers are a reflection of what others see of him. Drew is a quirky rarity. He is a dash of loud, a pinch of exuberant, and a cup of eccentric - just like the meals he serves in the cafe as the only chef there. Behind his playful grins and outlandish clothes, however, are his jutting ribs, hollowed cheeks, and too-thin arms. Sometimes he cannot stomach being in his own skin as much as he cannot stomach food. This family has gone a long way from finding each other, and they'll be going a long way together too as reality comes catching up to them, threatening the newfound happiness they've found with each other. Secrets are revealed, pasts become presents, and lives are changed. Slowly but surely, they find their way back home. *** NOTE AS OF 08/2026: This is the old version of the story from 2012, posted in FULL. Another story that will be considered a reprise of this old version is in the works, and will be posted under the name "Hiraya House."

Jack and Finn. Finn and Jack. These two boys are the reason I'm here, telling my story. I'm not your normal girl. Yeah, yeah. You've heard this all before-some girl creates a pathetic story about her life and then falls in love with a guy she just met. Well, not me. This is my story. And if you want it to, it can become yours too. Alexandra Crystal Williams took a chance. She made a deal with her parents. She was going to put all of her world famous university applications on hold and travel to London to meet Jack and Finn Harries, the two boys who changed her life, and request a spot in their agency. She had a year, one year, to try to make her dreams come true, to escape her unwanted destiny, and she was definitely going to do Whatever It Takes. DON'T WANT TO READ THIS? WATCH THE TRAILER ON THE SIDEBAR! :)

Riley Monroe and Everett Rosenfeld have been best friends since they were four and have been in love since they were fourteen. Riley has promised Everett that no matter what, she will be his forever. So after Everett's mother dies in a car accident, why does Everett shut Riley down? Because Everett believes that Riley is the reason why his mother is dead.

William Weston. Everyone knows the name. Werewolves and humans alike, they’re both familiar with it. Werewolves know him as one of the strongest ruling Alpha’s of his time. Humans know him as the hot shot CEO of his company. Either way, William Weston is a household name. Hanna Crest. The name is whispered by werewolves and popular among humans. Werewolves know her as the girl who refuses to commit to her own blood. Humans know her as the hottest party planner to date. No matter which way you put it, Hanna Crest is a talked about girl. Hanna can’t stand the werewolf community, William can’t get away from it. With the two polar opposites, it was only fair that fate match them up as mates. When problems arise for the both of them, they’ll learn that fate is not something that you mess with because it always gets things just right.

After losing her parents in a drunk driving accident, Hailey Baker moves in with her wealthy and eccentric uncle. After seven months of recovery, she still has trouble with her back and is sometimes confined to a wheelchair. But she is determined to live a normal life. When she starts at a new school, she meets Blake Adams. He's surly, grumpy, and gorgeous. He's also legally blind. Together, the two of them learn that while love is blind, it can also be a powerful healer.

When seventeen year old Mia is sent by her mother to go work at an all-boys summer camp, she can’t help but worry. As the assistant cook, she interacts with the boys throughout the whole day. Soon Mia finds herself in a sticky situation being strung between two major hotties and the head cook, who happens to be a bit older than her. Will Mia make it out of camp alive?

"That's exactly how I told you not to do it," Asher groaned from his seat beside me. "You're never going to win her over that way." I rolled my eyes, ground the rose petals between my fingers and kept my eyes on the chandelier so I wasn't glaring at the dance floor. "Who say's I'm trying to win her over?" "Well you obviously wouldn't have fucked up so much if you weren't trying." --- Evan Reed was a force to be reckoned with. A jerk with a smile that could leave you breathless, a gaze that could send your heart racing with equal parts fear and equal parts thrill, and a record sheet that could send your mother crying--the last thing Vegas wanted was to get involved with him. But when she's suddenly thrust into a whole new situation she wasn't ready for, she didn't have a choice but to depend on the one guy who could get her out of it. And that of course was the badass she never, ever wanted to fall for.

Caleigh Lansky isn't like others her age. Her little sister, Heavyn, has been diagnosed with Leukemia and their mother died when Heavyn was a newborn. Their father hardly gets to see them and when he does see them, it is from behind bars. Caleigh and Heavyn are sent to live with a foster family until either their father is released from prison or another family member comes forth to take care of them. Problems, both physical and mental, arise and Caleigh begins to self-harm and refuses to eat. A family member that they never knew existed comes forth and takes the children. Caleigh and Heavyn have to move across the country to restart their entire lives. Their neighbor seems to be interested in Caleigh and goes out of his way to befriend her. She tries to keep herself from having an emotional attachment to anything so it will be easier for her to let herself fall apart. In the meanwhile, Heavyn's condition worsens and it is only a matter of time before both Lansky girl's let go of everything they have ever known. 2013, tnl.

Brooke, 19, loses her memory after a fire kills her whole family and everything in her home is destroyed. The only thing she has left is a jaded journal with a bucket list she made years ago. Nowhere else to go, she reconnects with an old childhood friend who helps her reach the end of her bucket list, while also battling a heartbreaking fate.

An internationally known actor and singer isn’t something you see every day, walking down the halls of your school. But for Rosalyn and every other student at Vinova Academy, it was. Alongside that was the fact that he was part of the 'Powerful Trio' of Vinova; a trio with looks that could counter a Greek God and was, well, powerful. When wallflower Rosalyn Clarke suddenly catches the attention of this 'trio', she finds herself mixed into a drama and romance filled high-school life that she wanted to completely avoid, after a drama-filled freshman year. But in the midst of it all she finds that whatever the Powerful Trio wants--it gets. Or maybe it's just a matter of time that all of that changed.