"there's no way that's the same girl who refused to wear a dress to homecoming?" "i didn't see the vision before, but now?" - in which the sweet, quiet, girl comes back changed in the best way.

Two kids in hollywood get their big breaks at such a young age. With that comes endless pressures, drama, and never ending tired nights. Romance in hollywood is even messier.

𝙄𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝... 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙖 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙣. 𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙎𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧? 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙥? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮? "𝙂𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪"

Malachi Barton's career is on thin ice. One wrong move, one misunderstood post, and suddenly Disney thinks his image needs saving. Enter Jordyn-a talented singer with a sharp tongue and no interest in fame-who just happens to be perfect for the cameras. The catch? Malachi and Jordyn have to pretend they're a couple... and Disney doesn't know it's fake. What starts as a reluctant arrangement quickly turns messy. Forced smiles, staged dates, and paparazzi-approved PDA blur the lines between acting and reality. And somewhere between the teasing, the arguments, and the stolen private moments, Jordyn starts to see the real Malachi-and he starts to see her. Now the question isn't whether they can keep up the charade-it's whether they can keep their hearts out of it.

At Sterling Academy-the most elite prep school on the East Coast-Dijtali (Gee-Ta-Lee) James is the girl no one dares mess with. Smart. Polished. Untouchable. She's the top of her class, the favorite of every teacher, and the standard everyone else tries (and fails) to meet. But beneath the perfect GPA and polite smile is a girl who stopped letting people in after one heartbreak too many. Enter Malachi Barton. The new transfer student on a performing arts scholarship. Golden boy energy. Movie star smile. And everything Dijtali can't stand. From the second he walks in, he's loud, flirty, and infuriatingly warm. The worst part? He reminds her of the boy who broke her heart-and she swore she'd never fall for someone like that again. So she shuts him down. Hard. But when a high-stakes academic competition forces them to team up, she's suddenly stuck with the one person she's been trying to avoid. And the more time she spends with Malachi, the harder it gets to keep pretending she doesn't care. She's ice. He's fire. And she's starting to melt.

When Malachi Barton signed up for Dancing With the Stars, he thought the hardest part would be learning how to cha-cha in front of millions of people. He was wrong. Enter Aurora "Rory" James-his pro partner. She's bossy, insanely talented, and somehow manages to make him trip over his own feet with just one look. Their first rehearsal ends in disaster, their second isn't much better (JK!) ... but their chemistry? Yeah, that's instant. Soon the tabloids are buzzing, fans are shipping them, and every dance feels way too real to be just acting. But the one rule of the ballroom? Don't fall for your partner. Too bad no one told Malachi that rules were meant to be broken. Glitter. Secrets. Slow-burn romance. This season, the real competition isn't winning the trophy-it's surviving each other

In which, Taelyn Reynolds is a smart girl. She's not loud about it. She just is. She's observant but both an introvert and an extrovert at the same time. She's used to people who underestimate her. And she's used to mean girls that are socially strategic and taunt her. He's the golden boy. Rarely at school. Always filming or on a press tour. He's charming. He's used to being used by media. He's tired of being "on". He's used to being liked immediately. But when they're paired for a project, he's intrigued when she doesn't.

"Nothings gonna hurt you baby" "As long as you're with me you'll be just fine" Description in intro chapter !! Malachi Barton/fem oc

➜ 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡... Maya Vega's last summer before college gets sabotaged by her family's impromptu trip to California, but an unexpected meeting with Disney's Golden Boy makes it worthwhile. ➜ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 "You're trouble." "No. You are." "Guess we're even."