In which nothing is ever as they seem. When Lorenzo Thornton and his disgustingly dysfunctional family, move across the country, in an attempt erase what was broken, Julian Myers can't help but let his eyes linger a little too long without a knawing feeling to know more about the green eyed boy. Lorenzo, up until six months upon their move, had been the ideal child in most eyes. He never talked back, he could control a conversation, where it was suppose to end up, he smiled, nodded, and never caused too much trouble to damage his families image. He's different now but he never did feelings before and he shouldn't start now, especially when a castatrophy of a guy and his friends start to make him feel things he never knew existed. Julian Myers was a golden boy known for trouble, not being the trouble himself but moreso his friends and their silly ways of life. He most times had a sharp mouth and a way of ending up in unpredictable scenarios that usually pissed him off. Until one day, it didn't. -------- chapters are unedited, so if theres spelling mistakes, forgive me, i'll get to it eventually. -🧸

Completed • First Draft - not edited. || "You gonna sit there all night?" Luka glances at me, smirking. I glare back. "I was enjoying the last few seconds of peace before having to spend an evening pretending to like you." "That's funny," he says, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Why?" I snap. "Because I was thinking the same thing." || The rules? Easy enough. 1. Pretend to be the perfect couple. 2. Keep it professional. 3. And whatever you do, don't. catch. feelings. Simple, right? Sofia Calloway never planned on going viral for throwing a drink in Luka Mikhaylov's face. But one video, one pissed-off hockey star, and one furious university later... she's suddenly stuck in a fake relationship with the guy she can't stand. He needs to clean up his image before the NHL draft. She needs the free tuition that comes with the deal. All they have to do is smile for the cameras, hold hands at the games, and act like they don't want to strangle each other. Then come the late-night arguments that last too long. The stolen glances that feel too dangerous. The moment where "pretend" starts looking way too real. Because when you break the rules, someone's bound to lose. And this time, it might be both of them.

A troubled girl from Baltimore, MD has to move to New York because her parents are worried about her. When she moves she meets a boy.