Summer vacation is something that everyone enjoys right? The hot sun shining down on you, the feeling of the hot sand between your toes, the dark tans you get, and hanging out with friends. That is if you're spending your hot warm summer in cold boring Canada.

He lit his cigarette, I lit nothing. He drank alcohol, I drank water. He smirked, I smiled. He didn't love me, I didn't love him. He and I together wouldn't last a day. And then the game started... He said he found me intriguing, unique, and interesting because I didn't swoon over him. "You and me Grey, let's play a game. We'll date and in three months time I promise you will fall for me. When you fall in love with me between that time span, I win. If in any way you were to win I'll give up all the alcohol, cigarettes, and player ways." It was a game I wasn't willing to lose, but all games had accidents and consequences. It takes a broken heart to know how to break a heart.

Brooklyn Banks is a nerd. Ever since she was in middle school and junior high, she's been mocked and teased about how she dresses and how she's so smart. It wasn't too bad until Remy Fox showed up. Since then, Remy has been playing pranks on her and embarrassing her to the extreme. One day, Remy does something so bad, that Brooklyn is forced to drop out from school. It's a new year. Brooklyn has a chance to begin a new life. It's going great until a familiar face shows up. Remy. Thinking that his pranks have gone on long enough, Brooklyn decides to change; for the better. Remy is in for a, "nerdy" surprise. Brooklyn is a nerd gone bad...

Clarke Griffin had a hard life ever since she was a little girl. Her mother, Abby Griffin, left home when Clarke was only seven. When Abby left, she was leaving Clarke all alone with her father, Jake Griffin. At the time Jake was a loving, caring father. But, when Abby left, it seemed as if she took all of Jake's good qualities and happiness with her. Now Clarke is eighteen, it has been eleven years since her mother left. Clarke now has and abusive, alcoholic father, who is unsafe for her to be around. When she takes action in escaping her father, she meets someone who may be able to help her, Bellamy Blake...A Bellamy Blake who is wanted by the police. Bellamy Blake didn't get to choose the life he had. He was born into it, and was forced to make decisions that he didn't want to make. Now, he's wanted by the police, and he can't live the normal and happy life he always dreamed of. He must continue to move around, and lie about everything. From his name, to his job, to what he likes. Somewhere along the way of hiding, and pretending to be someone else, Bellamy lost himself. But, when he meets a young women in need of help, everything for the both of them changes.

This collection tells of life, pain, suffering, and sometimes even happiness. I hope you will enjoy. Thanks to @wendythestoryteller , a super talented writer and artist, for making this brilliant cover! Highest rank: #3 IN VIGNETTE! Featured on @flashfic 's The BreakRoom reading list. Part of the Wattpad Block Party 2017. RtL was a Wattpad featured story. My piece, Breaking Up With Anne, was published in the anthology Conversations by Kingston University Press. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/KUPress/popular © Christine Bottas. All rights reserved 2015-2020.