Riley Fletcher was just minding her own business one night when she accidentally stumbles across a mysterious boy in an alley. She finds herself eavesdropping on his sketchy phone conversation. When he realizes she's there, he gets angry and demands to know what she heard. After convincing him that she didn't hear anything, they part ways...Only to be reunited at school. But the boy doesn't want her to hang around him. Riley is confused, until she hears rumors about gangs and fighting that make the boy seem extremely suspicious. Will Riley and the dangerous stranger get unexpectedly sucked into a bittersweet romance, or will she decide she doesn't need the drama in her life, and give up? Will Riley find out what romance really is?

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION The Bro Code says to leave no bro behind... But what happens when you have to choose between love and friendship? ***** Nick Maguire would never betray his best friends, Carter and Austin, by breaking The Bro Code, and he knows they'd never do that either. They've got each other's backs. That is, until Carter's sister, Eliza, returns from Australia. Unfortunately, Eliza is basically incredible, and Nick almost immediately falls head over heels. The two begin to form an undeniable bond that crackles with electricity - and spells a whole lot of trouble. Nick is about to find out that codes are made to be broken. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]