Completed • First Draft - not edited. || "You gonna sit there all night?" Luka glances at me, smirking. I glare back. "I was enjoying the last few seconds of peace before having to spend an evening pretending to like you." "That's funny," he says, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Why?" I snap. "Because I was thinking the same thing." || The rules? Easy enough. 1. Pretend to be the perfect couple. 2. Keep it professional. 3. And whatever you do, don't. catch. feelings. Simple, right? Sofia Calloway never planned on going viral for throwing a drink in Luka Mikhaylov's face. But one video, one pissed-off hockey star, and one furious university later... she's suddenly stuck in a fake relationship with the guy she can't stand. He needs to clean up his image before the NHL draft. She needs the free tuition that comes with the deal. All they have to do is smile for the cameras, hold hands at the games, and act like they don't want to strangle each other. Then come the late-night arguments that last too long. The stolen glances that feel too dangerous. The moment where "pretend" starts looking way too real. Because when you break the rules, someone's bound to lose. And this time, it might be both of them.

Escaping the painful memories of home, Isabella Brown moves across the country to restart a new. The life of a university student isn't lost to her between the social dynamics of sports, parties, and dating. The only issue is her roommates best friend, Ellie who won't seem to disappear, no matter how hard she tries. Ellie is a cocky, energetic, but light hearted, jock who doesn't do anything without a motive. Just her smile alone leaves Isabella's heart racing and stomach twisting, obviously out of annoyance. Now questioning everything she had once known, Isabella finds herself wishing she had never left the safety net of her twin sized bed back in Boston. She always believed love was certain, that love was easy. What if love is fragile, starving, what if her love was skinny?

"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚." I look up at her, her thumb opening my bottom lip. "𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡? 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚." Her raspy voice replies as she slowly pulls my chin up. Our lips just inches apart.... {Jesse's sister Willow moves in with him after coming home from college. Ellie is her brother's best friend and band mate. She was also a walking nightmare. At least in Willow's eyes she was. They never did get along as kids and she sure as hell was not gonna get along with her now. Even if being around her rekindled old feelings Willow was sure she wouldn't be the same idiot she was all those years ago. } Smut will be present so if that's not your thing FAIR WARNING

We know how it went and how it ended, seen everything there was to see, and read every thought. To sum it all up, it's a story about an unlikely pairing that falls in love. One fell first, and the other fell harder- fell so fucking hard that it destroyed them. They weren't meant for each other, not even close. Some years have gone by. New jobs were worked, and new relationships were explored. But life has a funny way of making you face your past one way or another.

Bronte Davis is Worthington High's sweetheart. With a charismatic and loveable personality and a drive to help anyone and everyone, it's easy to understand just why everyone loves her. That is, everyone except Blake Parker; the school's rude and arrogant bad boy. But even that's not hard to understand why. While Blake is mean, cruel and egotistical, Bronte is kind, helpful and humble. So what happens when Bronte is forced to stay at Blake's house since her parents are off on a work trip around Africa? Well, with Bronte's sudden determination to befriend the arrogant Bad Boy, you can only imagine all the different possibilities. Yes, all the possibilities that involve the two ripping each other's throats out, that is. With late night conversations, ruthless pranks, constant bickering and secrets that are yet to unfold, its a miracle the two haven't killed each other... yet. Then again, opposites do attract. ▲ ▲ ▲ Cover made by @jeoneunkiko