High school senior Esme Green has always been hidden in the shadows of her cute and smart siblings. For years, Esme, the eldest granddaughter and essentially the less paid attention to middle child, has had her eyes on one goal: being better than her older brother. Except, it's hard to be better than someone your gran...
Dakota Underwood is a liar. At least, that's how she feels half the time. A junior in high school, Dakota spends her days helping her best friend at the animal shelter and working at the local diner. When she's not busy, she desperately tries to maintain the carefully constructed image she's built for her family and f...
Phoebe Mason has a problem. When Phoebe's older siblings come to visit her for the holidays, that's all Phoebe thinks it is: just for the holidays. That is, until one of Phoebe's sisters decides to take on the role of "temporary" head of the household while their mother scrambles to figure things out. Gabriella Santos...
High school Juniors Claire Mason and Sophie Wood are on completely different sides of their high school's social latter. Sophie's nice, energetic, and can't handle the mere idea of not being liked; whereas Claire is intimidating, quiet, and somewhat emotionally closed off to those who don't know her. The two spend al...
"Do you want it to be... real?" She questioned. My words got caught in my throat, I slowly nod. "Even if I'm not..." she droned off. I knew what she meant. Even if she wasn't my ex. "Please..." I surprised myself with my word. Her eyes met mine once more, and she leaned even closer, and before I could understand...
"I- I'm not going home" I state, stopping in my path before she follows me all the way to grandma's house. "No shit, Sherlock" she bobs her head with each word but gives me a smile- she's so charming and she doesn't even have to try- but god, I'm sure she's never been told no, "take me with you?" She says it like a q...
When she finds herself broken up with by her girlfriend of two years, energetic and outgoing seventeen-year-old Cassidy Reed doesn't know what to do with herself for the summer. Initially, Cassie's summer is spent forcing herself out of bed for work, eating ice cream and stalking her ex's social media, and crying in h...
Hannah Anderson. A high school senior who spends most of her time keeping to herself. Hannah only has two real friends and- if you count her loyal retriever Comet- three, spends all her time at home watching her brother Jasper or at her art classes, and has a long history of declining her friends' many invitations to...
Seventeen-year-old Fiona Taylor has never been in a relationship. Fiona spends most of her time taking care of her little sister and cat, watching rom-coms, and hanging out with her friends Ethan, Dylan, and Yasmine (one of which is her cousin). Fiona never thought she'd experience romance- especially when she rarely...
Tabitha tilted her head and stared at me, causing everything in my stomach to twist and turn. "Tabitha Camilla Thompson- why are you staring at me like that?" I asked with a small blush rushing across my cheeks. "You're so pretty," she said in a whisper. My heart began to pound, "and you're so drunk" I replied- becaus...