When Charlotte agrees to fake date bad boy Mason to make her best friend and secret crush, Ben, jealous, she thinks it will be a simple arrangement. The rules are clear and she's certain of her goal: make Ben fall in love with her. So why does it seem like the lines always blur when Mason is around? *** Charlotte Anderson has secretly been in love with her best friend, Ben Hathaway, since childhood, though he's never seen her as anything but the girl next door. After witnessing Ben kissing another girl at a party, a heartbroken Charlotte accidentally admits her crush to notorious bad boy Mason Reed... who also happens to be one of Ben's closest friends. But Mason isn't going to tell Charlotte's secret; instead, he suggests they fake a relationship to make Ben jealous. They create a set of strict rules for the arrangement: no kissing when Ben isn't around, no sex, and no falling in love. But as their fake relationship progresses, and Mason's walls break down, Charlotte finds herself questioning her true feelings for both boys, and wondering if some rules are meant to be broken-especially when it comes to love. [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet (This story is a standalone title in the Dependency series) [[Wattpad Editors Choice: June 2021]]

Dallas Tucker Winston (17) is part of a gang called the Greasers with Ponyboy(14), sodapop(16), and Darryl (20) being the 3 brothers of the gang called the Curtis. Johnny(16), Two-bit(18), and Steve(17) being the rest of the gang. The rival gang the Socs contains Bob Randy, Cherry, and Marcia. Dallas is kind, protective, strong, rude, cocky, aggressive, flirtatious, and charming. Dallas has likes you ever since you met but dosen't know how to admit it, your 16, Y/N Y/L or Y/N Curtis. older than ponyboy but younger than sodapop and Darrel. I had a abusive house hold so I moved in to the Curtis houshold 4 years ago when I was 12.

Born in the city of Detroit, Asia Adams always had the worst luck. Everything about her life always seemed to be unfortunate. Even when she's forced to move to New York, her bad luck trailed behind her. Things start to change for a while when she meets New York's bad boy, Dallas Winston, but for her, everything must come crashing down at some point.

"𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦." ⧉ 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘋𝘐𝘚𝘊𝘓𝘈𝘐𝘔𝘌𝘙 !! 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘌 𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥: 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩, 2019 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥: 𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥, 2020 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥: 𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘩, 2020