***☆☆☆*** Ryan, the most influential and affluent guy at school, finds it boring to always get the hottest girls, so he creates a betting game among the popular boys. Harden, the determined captain of the football team, is always eager to win a bet to boost his popularity. Tristan, the school's charismatic bad boy, only cares about himself and money. Ethan, the student president, is on the lookout for the perfect girlfriend after his last breakup. Ian, the notorious playboy, will do anything to get the newest attractive girl into his bed. What's the challenge? To be the first to claim new girls at school. The arrival of Ashanti, a feisty and sassy new girl, throws their game into chaos. Uninterested in being claimed, Ashanti is ready to take on the popular jerks who want to win her over. She starts by building a girl gang, rejecting their advances and standing her ground. ***☆☆☆*** "𝑫𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕. 𝑰𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚." ***☆☆☆***

Skylar Rowan is a kind, beautiful and smart sixteen-year-old that just wants to graduate high school, go to a good college and have a successful life. When an opportunity presents her a chance to go to the best high school in the state she has to take it. Mountain Brook Preparatory Academy is filled with high-class teenagers who have been given everything they ever want, which is the exact opposite of Skylars life. When Skylar runs into Luca Reid, the popular, bad boy, quarterback of MBPA, she is thrown into the world of the high class, private school world. ***

Bella is a shy girl, but when you get to know her she's outgoing. When she was 5 something tragic happened to cause her to be the sheltered girl that flinches at the slightest movements. She always treated people kindly and with respect but she never received it back. She was a target for people to pick on and hurt both physically and mentally. With her father always working she feels alone. But when the bad boy starts to become protective of her she started to see that she wasn't alone anymore. Ryder is a bad boy, he has a past that no one knows about, he sticks to his three best friends, and has really bad anger issues. His blue eyes are always cold and always has that I hate you type of look. But when he sees Bella flinch he stares into her brown eyes seeing pain and fear, yet the fear didn't seem like it was because of him and that caused something to stir inside of him. It makes him hate this feeling and had the urge to protect her from whatever was causing her that fear, and without even knowing she became his everything. With Bellas past catching up to her will Ryder protect her? Are they exactly what they need for each other? Or will they tear each other apart? Read to find out more

"I love you" she says and kisses my jaw tenderly. "I love you too baby" I reply stroking her still damp hair. We were sat in a dirty McDonald's car park. We could be sat in a fucking pile of trash and I wouldn't care. Because I would be with her. As long as I'm with her, nothing else matters. -------------------------------------------------------- After all he had known was anger and hatred she was like a breath of fresh air to him. With just one look into her mesmerizing chocolate eyes and one listen to her angelic voice he knew he was ruined. He despised this feeling. He felt helpless. No matter how much he tried to stay away he was drawn to her and he knew he was playing a very dangerous game. Leaving the pain of her past behind her she starts a fresh in a new town with her older brother. Meeting the towns bad boy was not on her agenda but every time she saw him she was intrigued. He was rude and had a terrible attitude, but his eyes didn't show anything but pain which is something she knew all too well. They are complete opposites but have one thing in common. They are both broken, maybe just maybe they could be the cure to each others pain. ⚠️ this story contains mentions of abuse and alcohol so if you are not comfortable with this please do not read my story.