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."

Rosellia is a normal teenage girl. Well... normal enough... Anyways, she doesn't have any friends so her mom makes her go to this barbecue that her mother's long lost friend is hosting. Little does she know that just going to the barbecue will change her life forever. She eventually learns that her new friends are hiding a big secret. Although Rosellia isn't quite normal, will she be able to handle the truth? Will it be for the best? Will she ever get another hot dog?

Kimberly Wales is the average type of person. She hates attention and most importantly, she hates Troy Milton! The most popular guy in school that is said to be a player and a bad boy. When her friends introduced her to the new trending chat site "chatmates.com," an unknown username "youdontknowwhoiam_18" started chatting her.

{EDITING} |All Aaron McCarter wants is to make his roommate's life a living nightmare, but will love get in the way of his plans for revenge?| ***** "He hates her. She kind of hates/loves him. What happens when they are stuck together in the same dorm room for three months?" Danielle Landon's life has never been perfect, but for the past one and half years, it is worse than it ever was. One fateful night changed her for life. Now her best friend is lying in the hospital, unaware of everything around her. The boy she had once loved hates her. Her family has no time to include her in their plans. Her dorm room is the only place she can call her own and now it has also been invaded by her enemy... Mr. Perfect. As if it is all not enough, she gets herself a stalker... Who leaves notes and things for her in the secret. She is now entangled in something sinister and she has to face everything alone. Can she make it out of the knots in her life?

“I’m going to get straight to the point. I want you to make me fall in love with you.” Camila Jones is fearless. She’s also uncontrollably fierce and overly ambitious which tends to be a bad combination. When she unexpectedly fails an audition due to her inability to express love, she’s forced to reconsider something she swore she would never do when she was a kid – fall in love. But where is a seventeen year old supposed to find a guy to fall in love with? Turns out, it might be a lot simpler than she thought.

All eighteen year old Anna Lee wanted was a summer babysitting job. That's exactly what she got when she received a call from someone named Simon requesting a babysitter for his five sons. Who knew that the five boys would be the boy band One Direction? Or that sometimes they'd be babysitting her! (disclaimer: this was written by thirteen-year-old me, don't expect anything fantastic despite the amount of readers)