❝You know, there are certain things much more important than making others happy.❞ ↭ On being dragged to a Meet-A-Friend fest, Van meets the infamous Magnus Callahan - a boy who was about to teach him everything that he needed to know about living life to its fullest. ▹ Extended summary inside

❝Would you date the hot, breathtakingly handsome and charming Martin Sykes?❞ ❝Are you the aforementioned Martin Sykes?❞ ❝Yes?❞ ❝Then no.❞ ↭ When Martin dials his project partner's number wrong, little did he know that within a few random conversations he'd be helplessly trying to put a face on the chatty, sarcastic girl on the other end of the line. ▹ Ranked #1 in Short Story on July 19, 2016

a collection of haiku poems. ➳ originally written [#03 in poetry - 7.13.16]

; where i waged wars with my demons and handcrafted words from my black-stained fingertips

Karis accidentally runs into turned-cold soccer captain, Peyton's motorcycle in the middle of a storm, causing him a nasty scrape and a broken bike, both in need of repairs. Thus she sets off to fix them both, causing for things to go awry in their relationship and for everything to change from that point on.

He was the kind of boy that the entire school worshiped. The kind of boy your friends fantasized about. The kind of boy your parents wanted you to marry. He was that golden boy everyone loved. He was captain of the soccer team and the co-captain of the baseball team. He was a straight A student. He was my best friend. Until high school that is. Then he became my neighbor. And made his way back into my life, And somehow my world came crumbling down. • • • • Start: June 2017 End: TBA

Filthy rich. Spoilt rotten • "Stay out of my way. Or I'll do something so much worse than just getting information on your past. I can destroy you." "You wouldn't." "As I said, looks can be deceiving." • • • The lives of these twelve students are not as simple as they seem. Having money doesn't always make you happy and it doesn't always make everything easy. Relationships, parties, drugs, and alcohol. One night stands, bullies, mommy issues, and daddy issues.