wattys longlist 2018 | MEET ELLA. She's drowning, literally. Ella has lung cancer, causing her lungs to fill with liquid that needs to be drained daily. Every breath she takes feeds her life, but also takes it. MEET JAKE. Resident smoker and bad boy. Forced into rehabilitation, and fighting his inner demons fills up his day. Jakes over it all, he doesn't want to live anymore. So what will happen when the two meet? A girl fighting to live. A boy hoping to die. *not edited or monitored*

**EDITING** "See? Isn't it beautiful?" she whispered, breaking the comfortable silence between us, her voice soft and full of awe. "Yeah." i whispered, my gaze still locked on her. "It really is." She looked at me, a puzzled expression on her face. "You're not even looking at the sunrise," I smiled, gently brushing my thumb over her cheek. "I know." • • • Emmalyn Ansley may seem like the epitome of sweetness and humor, but beneath her warm exterior lies a world of pain that no one sees-not even those closest to her. Despite her outward strength and fierce independence, the reality is far more complex, as her body bears the hidden scars of a life that has been anything but kind. On the other hand, Mateo Ellis is the embodiment of cold indifference. Hardened by a life devoid of love, he presents himself as a ruthless, self-serving young man who trusts no one beyond his tight-knit circle of friends. He's never known what it feels like to be loved, and he has no desire to change that. But when these two seemingly incompatible souls collide, the result is anything but predictable. Will their meeting lead to mutual destruction, or will it spark something neither of them has ever experienced-something that could change their lives forever? 🏅#1 in Mental Health 14.07.2024 🏅#1 in Abuse 15.10.2024 🏅#1 in Addiction 05.02.2025 🏅#1 in Trauma 15.10.2024 🏅#1 in Fighting 25.10.2024 🏅#1 in Fighter 21.10.2025 🏅#1 in Panic attacks 15.10.2024 🏅#1 in Shooting 27.02.2025 🏅#1 in Sad story 02.06.2025 🏅#2 in Depression 06.11.2024 🏅#2 in Overprotective 06.11.2024 🏅#2 in Bad boy 05.02.2025 🏅#2 in Loss 05.03.2025 🏅#3 in Sunshine 09.10.2024

WARNING! This story was my first (unedited/draft). Grammer, plot, etc is messy so please beware! thank you :))) - He couldn't get enough of the emerald in her gaze. And the one colour she thought she'd be afraid of was a colour her heart was set to beat towards a million times a day. - 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙠. He is the most feared person in their town. Anyone who crossed his way was met with brutality and cruelty within him. He kills without remorse. But when he locks his grey eyes on a pair of green ones, everything he trained to become had vanished, because of her. 𝙇𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙖 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙨. She is known and loved by many, she was as gentle and sweet as a flower. She is the light in the darkness. But when she sets her green eyes upon his grey ones, she can't help but let her light shine through the darkness of him.

A normal bunch of 16 year old American teens. Maya and her twin Theo share the same person, Noah. Noah is Theo's best friend but over time Maya and Noah fall in love. Maya and Noah hate each other so that Maya thinks...

• • • Stefano Daniele Magini - young businessman, billionaire, and leader of the Italian Mafia. He is a strong, smart, hot, egoistic, cold, cheeky man. Every girl wants him. He always gets what he wants. He never loses what is his. He didn't believe in love. He is a professional killer and leader. He knows how to rule. Isabella Andrea Diamond - young lady. She is the daughter of the leader's British Mafia. She is Mafia's princess. She is a beautiful, clever, powerful, hot, cheeky, strong, cute, rude, crazy girl. Maybe she is pretty like Angel but smarter than Devil. She likes guns and knives. She is pure Mafia. She is fear. • • • They met at the ball, they danced, laughed but they didn't know that they will be soon husband and wife. He wanted to expand his business and she executed her father's order. They have a little secret about the night when they met. They will fight and hate each other, but one night they will love. From haters to friends, from friends to lovers, from lovers to really husband and wife. It is a story about them and their big "Love".

Sometimes little ends that were left untied have a way of coming back and changing all your plans. I got my ex-girlfriend pregnant, now she's gone and I'm stuck with a baby. This isn't how I planned my life to be. My plan was to just live in the moment, no huge responsiblities. Just live my life with no regrets. Before the whole baby thing, I stayed out all hours of the night doing whatever I wanted. I was barely passing the 11th grade. My name is Dominick and now I'm no where near living my life with NO REGRETS. ***CURRENTLY BEING EDITED/RE-WRITTEN***

Colton Daniel has it all. Athletic ability, good looks, good grades, and a smoking hot girlfriend. With his future locked and loaded he breezes through senior year. That is, until one January night. One knock will change his life forever. #3 in General Fiction

Amelia Astoria, under an old pact with her grandfather and the Don of the Costra Nostra that runs New York City, agreed to marry Theodore Salvatore--the next mafia boss of the Salvatore clan, despite the high risk that comes with it, just to fulfill her grandfather's last wish. She never expected to fall in love with him, but even with his cold indifference, she still loved him deeply. But she knew that this love would just kill her softly. She couldn't continue living with this unrequited love that was slowly eating away her heart. She has to move on. She must let him go. She must lose him to love herself again.

I stopped staring out of the window then looked at the pregnancy test which I must've been holding for at least twenty minutes. A light blue cross was on the screen. 'Positive,' I whispered to myself as I threw the pregnancy test to the ground before beginning to cry. I've seen the programmes of "Teen Mom" and "16 and Pregnant" but never once, did I expect that to happen to me. Isabella Jenkins use to be a normal sixteen year old, until a drunken party changed her life. What's it like to be sixteen and pregnant?

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