At East Briar High, six teenagers are just trying to survive their own lives - grief, pressure, loneliness, expectations, and secrets they don't dare say out loud. Lyra, the quiet girl with too many feelings and a voice she's afraid to use. Blu, the exhausted guitarist carrying more weight than any seventeen‑year‑old should. Jade, the sharp‑tongued bassist who loves harder than she admits. Uche, the drummer who hides his fear behind jokes and volume. Austin, the producer who sees music the way other people see color. Ski, the keyboardist who's spent years trying to disappear. They're strangers - orbiting the same school, the same hallways, the same pain - until the day everything falls apart. When the school's official band quits hours before the pep rally, the six of them are thrown together in a desperate attempt to save the event. What starts as a chaotic, accidental performance becomes something none of them expected: A spark. A sound. A beginning. Unofficially, that's the moment the band forms. Officially? It happens when Lyra convinces them to enter Battle of the Bands, where the grand prize is $100,000 and a record deal - the kind of money that could change all their lives. The kind of chance you don't walk away from. But forming a band is the easy part. Staying one? That's where everything gets messy. Between rising tensions, old wounds, new crushes, clashing personalities, and the pressure of the competition, the six of them are forced to face the parts of themselves they've spent years avoiding. They start as strangers. They become something like friends. And by the end - through the music, the chaos, the heartbreak, and the healing - they might just become a family. If they don't fall apart first.

After a heartbreak she never saw coming, May swore off love for good. No more risks. No more pain. Just her, and the quiet life she's built to protect herself. That was the plan-until Cori Holden came back. Older. Hotter. And impossible to ignore. Cori left with a broken heart, and now he's back in the one place that reminds him of everything he lost. Maybe he came for closure. Maybe he came for something more. But May isn't the same girl he once loved. they're not sure if they are made for eachother.

Almost Love is a collection of short stories about the moments where something almost happens - a confession, a first kiss, a realization, or sometimes just a missed chance. These are the conversations that change everything, the late nights, the quiet car rides, the "I almost told you" moments. Because sometimes love isn't about the big moments. Sometimes it's about the small ones where everything could have changed.

We promised to always be best friends... but no one said anything about falling in love.

Amora Santos didn't come to school looking for love. New country. New school. New life. She just wanted to stay invisible. That plan lasted exactly one day. Because then there was Liam-easy smiles, quiet confidence, and the kind of presence that made her feel seen without even trying. And just like that... Amora was gone. There's only one problem. Liam's best friend is Noah. Loud. Annoying. Impossible to ignore. The kind of boy who always has something to say-and somehow always says it to her. So when Noah offers her a deal, it sounds ridiculous. Fake date him. Make Liam jealous. Get the guy she actually wants. It should've been simple. But nothing about Noah is simple. Not the way he looks at her when no one else is paying attention. Not the way pretending starts to feel real. Not the way he makes her laugh when she's trying so hard not to. Now Amora's caught in something she never planned- between the boy she thought she wanted... and the one she never saw coming. Because sometimes the wrong person feels a little too right.

"Look at these pictures of us." ⋆ ̊ ⋆୨♡୧⋆ ̊ ⋆ ⋆ ̊ ⋆୨♡୧⋆ ̊ ⋆ ⋆ ̊ ⋆୨♡୧⋆ ̊ ⋆ Everyone in town thinks they know who Gracie Winters is. To them, she's something to mock, something to blame for her mom's sins. To herself, she's just trying to live. She survives by staying quiet and hiding behind her camera, Photography is her refuge. She observes love, loneliness, and human connection without ever experiencing it herself. After losing the only two friends who ever truly believed in her, she learns how to be alone again. The bullying hasn't disappeared, but there are some small signs of change. Then, one afternoon in the cafeteria, a hand lands on her shoulder. That single touch sets everything in motion. It forces her to look up, to be seen, and to confront a connection she never thought she deserved. But as she keeps on focusing on the single touch, she realizes that love can be dangerous when it grows in the shadow of buried truths. 🪽🌃