"The fuck? Girl it's 2020 why hate?" "I know what year it is, I have my own calendar" I replied but she just gave me an eye roll. "Just...I just don't like that look of it, I don't know... I don't understand." I said, my voice barely a whisper. "Hmm..." She placed her hand on her chin and tapped her lips, "try and kiss me then?" "What?? I just said I don't like the look of two girls together, why would I kiss you?" I backed away a little. "Oh yeah- what about a hug instead?" she asked. "I don't like physical contact." "Please?" "No." "It's just one second!!" "A no is a no." She pouted and stomped her feet and I'm lying if I said she didn't looked cute. "fine. One second." I said, keeping my annoyed façade. "So... You say yes to my Hug?" I rolled my eyes, my lips failing to hide a smile. "I say yes to the hug." ----------------------------- Highest Ranking #1 in Girls (10/29/2020) #1 in gxg (7/31/2022) #1 in highschool (7/31/2022) #1 in girls (8/22/2022) #1 in slow burn (2/17/2023)

When a scandal forces hockey star Amelia Bennett into a fake relationship with guarded photographer Harper Lane, neither expects the headlines, or the feelings, that follow. What starts as a PR stunt begins to spark into something real, threatening to expose more than just their hearts. *** She's the world's best hockey player. She's a heartbroken photographer with nowhere else to go. And they were never supposed to fall in love. At 24, Amelia Bennett is the most talented hockey player on the planet-chaotic, impulsive, and the last Bennett standing without a ring on her finger. After a very public scandal threatens her sponsorships and reputation, the team's PR crisis plan is simple: clean up her image fast. Step one? A fake relationship. Something that should be easy, right? Harper Lane has no interest in fame, or falling for another golden boy-or girl-with a spotlight stitched into their skin. After catching her long-term boyfriend cheating, she's sworn off chaos and charm. But when her best friend Audrey begs her to stay with Millie temporarily, Harper finds herself in the middle of a media storm-and somehow agreeing to pretend to be Millie Bennett's girlfriend. It's only for the cameras. Just long enough to fix Millie's image. Just enough to keep Harper's ex boyfriend off her back. But fake smiles turn into real moments. Cold shoulders warm under shared blankets. And the girl Harper was warned about-the reckless, beautiful mess, is nothing like the one who makes her tea when she's anxious and kisses her like she means it. In a house built on secrets, one accidental love story is about to make headlines.

WATTYS 2022 AWARD WINNER ☾ ˚✩ ⋆｡˚ ✩ ˚✩ ⋆｡˚ ✩ • ☽ "You had an idea?" She laughed lightly when I reminded her. Her laugh was easily contagious, I couldn't help but not laugh with her, even if it was just a small nostril-flare kind of thing. "Yeah, I do." She turned to me slightly, and straightened her posture. "You've seen John Tucker Must Die, right?" She asked, and I summoned the most 'no, duh' expression I possibly could give her. "Perfect. Let's John Tucker the hell out of that motherfucker." ☾ ˚✩ ⋆｡˚ ✩ ˚✩ ⋆｡˚ ✩ • ☽ Abby Reynolds is your average high school senior who's just trying to ace her AP exams to get into her top schools, be a good daughter to her parents, and a loving girlfriend to her boyfriend. When Abby's perfect relationship is ripped to shreds, she fetches a plan to get revenge - with the girl she should hate most. Abby's about to get more than she bargained for, and learn more about herself than any college entry essay could ever teach her, and it's about to come in the form of Tessa Oliver.

Ani is the ASB President and Newspaper President. She's always on top of her shit. You never find a single answer wrong or a problem she can't solve. The girl is smart but so is her mouth. Nicknamed the Ice Bitch, she's stern and won't tolerate bullshit. She's known for her mind, but the school also knows her as the girl who isn't afraid to argue with Cassidy Winters. Cassidy Winters is the captain of cheerleading. Her lusciously blonde curls and piercing blue eyes sparkle over the crowd. Though her beauty attracts everyone, her attitude keeps most away. Heartless and bitchy, the girl acts like some stuck-up princess. Known for flirting and making out with any guy, she is also known for picking fights with the scary president. Though the two hate each other in school, the moment they're outside of it... they're holding hands, laughing and making out. However to Ani... she's just the cheerleader's side piece.

Peyton Kelly is at the top. She's one of the smartest in her class, captain of the soccer team, and senior class president. She expects her senior year in the small town of Branton, Georgia to be a breeze. Yet, the constant presence of Jamie, the cute, new girl from Chicago, seems to throw a wrench in her plan. As the familiar tensions and stress of high school grow, Peyton finds herself face to face with a challenge she can't resist. A mural competition that grants the winning school's art department twenty-thousand dollars. After an act of vandalism brings the girls together, Peyton finds it increasingly difficult to hide who she really is from Jamie and the rest of the world.

Ellie, a shy and insecure 23-year-old, takes a pre-wedding trip with her fiancé and his friends, only to be left alone with Bella, the girlfriend of her fiancé's best friend. Bella is confident, bold, and reckless, contrasting with Ellie's quiet nature. She draws Ellie in without trying, making her heart race and doubts rise. After sharing an unexpected, forced moment, what starts as an uneasy connection, quickly sparks intense emotions and a forbidden attraction they can't ignore.

Aspen Soralis and Leona Sienna have been bestfriends since Leona moved into the house next door one summer. As time goes on, Aspen develops unwanted feelings for her straight, homophobic friend. Aspen resides in a homophobic community and as time goes on, her feelings for Leona only develops further. Throughout the majority of her life, all she's known is to be straight, watching her bestfriend go through a guy after another, sitting on the sidelines as she watched what she thought was the love of her life fool around with guys that don't deserve her.

Getting her heart broken by her family and her bestfriend whom she had a huge crush on, and to whom she bravely confess her feelings to, Mavis Andrade decided to leave her home country and live with her grandmother in the US. She wanted to have a fresh start, new school, new friends and to be free of being herself since her home country is not fully accepting to people being gay. She easily gained new friends whose very accepting of her, but find herself mesmerized by a straight girl Alicia Morgan, head of cheerleader, a Queen Bee. Just one look from her and Mavis is on her knees. Would she stand a chance to her new found love or once again be heartbroken? This is a story of struggling with sexuality and family issues, a love story between two different people with different culture.

Zara McMann and Peyton Mitchell aren't exactly what you'd call 'friends'. An incident in eighth grade turned Peyton against Zara, and they haven't spoken since. After being assigned partners for their latest English assignment they are forced to communicate, but when a lockdown ensues and they are trapped and alone, will they sort out their differences? Copyright © 2021 by crimsonclare