Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

as the title suggests, this is legit going to be my diary. and yes, most diaries are supposed to be secret, but I have always been an open book. I like to pretend to be mysterious, but the people around me will all tell you that I am someone who doesn't know how or when to shut tf up. I suppose you could classify this as poetry as well, but honestly, I just find this way of writing to be far more entertaining. So beware that it'll probably be a chaotic mess of a writing style. I am nothing but a sucker for joy, after all. Sense comes after.

[Disclaimer: This book is a first draft and is currently on hold as it's in the process of transitioning to a full novel.] How many friends do you have? When a stray thought forces Will Marte to notice the oddities in his everyday life, what follows is a reflection on the friendly relationships he has and had and a contemplation on the question: what is a friend? Having had an unconventional upbringing, he still feels its effects as an adult. Now, everyone around him is aging normally in their conventional life, and he doesn't know how to be rather than to seem. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Published in February 2024 for Open Novella Contest 2024 Copyright © by CrownedMadness (Maddy Alson) 2024

𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗌 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗉𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖨𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍-𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁-𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗅. 𝖢𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗈𝗉𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝖿, 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾. Be 𝖺 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖭𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝖠𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝖥𝖺𝗂𝗋 (𝖭𝖸𝖠𝖥) 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟥. 𝖡𝗋𝗂𝖡𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗀𝗇𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖭𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖫𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅. https://www.bribooks.com/bookstore/8-15-pm 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 © 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝟴𝟲𝟬𝟴 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱.