According to her father, Nicole Robinson has lived a extremely privileged life despite their modest middle-class status. To help his daughter begin to appreciate what she has, he forces Nikki to volunteer at a homeless shelter in downtown LA. Reluctantly, Nikki agrees, only to find herself thrown into the lives of countless poverty stricken people. Nikki eventually comes to care about these people, as if they were her own family. One boy in particular, Zachary Fisher, finds a special place in her heart and she quickly finds herself drawn to him. His happy go-lucky personality, despite his rough background and situation, inspires and captivates her. He is unlike anyone she has ever known and makes her rethink the abusive relationship she seems to be stuck in. Issues arise that threaten to ruin everything, and Nikki quickly realizes that you never know what you have, until its gone.

THIS IS A SAMPLE ONLY!!! THE STORY HAS NOW BEEN PUBLISHED SO I HAVE HAD TO REMOVE MOST OF IT FROM WATTPAD. Chloe Henderson has never been one to break the rules or push the boundaries… but during her summer break, she and her friends use fake IDs to sneak into a club. It’s there that she meets handsome and alluring bartender, Will Morris. The pair hit it off immediately, growing closer with every passing day. But as with every summer, it has to end sometime. Chloe’s senior year approaches and there’s a shock in store when she returns to do her final year at school. Will is there too, but he’s not one of her fellow students… A tale of forbidden love, broken hearts, friendship, and rivalry.

[PUBLISHED UNDER POP FICTION, AN IMPRINT OF SUMMIT MEDIA] One competition, one man, twenty-five women, and a bet. Zachary Astor wanted to be the Bachelor for one purpose alone: to prove to his friends that he can ditch twenty-five women without ever looking back at any of them. But will he stand on to his words when he meets Julianne Grey, the only woman who seems to regret being in the competition? Despite what he thinks, Zachary will find his thoughts preoccupied by the weird, silent, and mysterious girl he keeps on giving a rose much to his own amazement and her disappointment.

Senior year couldn't be better. Avery Nelson's finally dumped her brain-dead boyfriend, she's taking all easy classes, and she finally has a job working at the local McDonald's. Her life couldn't get any better. But when McDonald's gets robbed by a psycho with a gun to the back of her head, Avery can feel everything falling apart. A mysterious masked man dressed in all black appears out of no where, saving not only her life, but the rest of the restaurant's as well. And thus begins the meetings between Avery and the masked man. He hasn't claimed a name for himself, yet the media has been all over him. Unoffically known as The Man With The Green Slash, he has taken a liking to Avery. His arrogant attitude matched with the mystery of him leaves Avery curious for more. And soon she finds herself struggling to figure out who the Green Slash really is under the mask.

Delinquent, Reject, Prodigy. Orphaned Rosemary Adams manages to find a family only to be tossed aside when she's wrongly accused of vandalism. She's sent to a boarding school for delinquent kids where her natural abilities for the piano are discovered and for the next few years, her only focus is music. But when her agent dies in a car accident, Rose vows to never touch a piano again. Now, on her own and enrolled in a public school, can she keep her vow? Will the thrill of rock music make her change her mind? Or will Mac Parker, lead singer in a rock band scare her away? This story is a spin off of Playing Evelyn.

Their eyes had met from across the crowded room, music blaring in the background. Sparks flew, passion flared and it took one single night in the heat of the moment to wreck 17 year old Rachel Warner's life. She's pregnant with Jason Reinhardt's child, the school's imfamous bad boy but what if the rumors weren't completely true? What if Jason wasn't completely bad? And what happens when she wants to keep her baby? Jason Reinhardt hates his family, who had ruined his mother's health due to their cruelty just because his mother had been the maid of the Reinhardt family before his wealthy father married her. Once his mother died, Jason left to live on his own, forsaking his inheritence and vowing to never ask for his fathers help for anything but then Rachel and their baby suddenly steps into the picture. He remembers their wreckless night of passion and by the innocence he's seen in Rachel's eyes, he knows he's the father. Her warm presence, her laughter and stubbornness touches a place in his heart that he didn't even realize he had. And she's given him something he's always wanted. A family. But will their new found "family" survive the trails of life? Will their bond break or grow stronger? Only time will tell. And what does their fathers have to say about all this? -- There are also side stories of Rachel's friends Nancy and Dana. Tough girl Nancy Griffin is trying to fend off charming British hunk Gerard Hemmingway's advances...will she risk giving her heart out to him? And Dana is having a "forbidden" relationship that even her 2 best friends don't know about...how will their reactions be when they do find out?

"I-I think I'm in love with you." My eyes widened and my breath caught as those words left his lips. It was my worst and most beautiful nightmare coming alive. But I couldn't, I just couldn't. "I-I can't, I'm sorry." I started running away, wiping the stray tears that betrayed me and leaked, with the palm of my hand. I sniffed, feeling a growing pain in my heart. I clutched my chest, barely able to handle it. I kept running, but when I knew I was far enough, I fell to my knees, still holding my chest. That's when I heard it. The sound that shouldn't even be audible was so loud in the still silence that it swayed the trees. But maybe that was just an illusion. Maybe only I could hear it. The sound of my heart breaking. ______________________________________ Two people. Entirely opposite in only one manner. Noah's on his 'quest for love,' and Jade cowers from any such feelings. Hiding from love, she bumps into the playboy, himself, who's far from just mildly determined to make her cave into him. Will she be able to escape love...and its heartbreaking ways? Especially when it's Noah she's trying to hide from? ~*~*~* (trailer inside)

In life there are things that are said, and then there are those that remain unsaid. For Keely Staub, her life mostly remained in the latter category. She kept the one true love, music, hidden from even her best friends. But when one song changed the world she lived in, shaking it to it's very core, everything she knows is about to change. Her future and a past even hidden from her collide as she wades through a world she'd never dared to dream of, allowing her half heart to maybe find an equally broken one in the unlikely source of Seth Ryan.

Kalise is always surrounded by a bunch of kids. A bunch of evil little monsters that is. She's been a babysitter for the last few years, and hates every minute of it. Everyone has to get by and make money some how. While her best friend and roommate Luna, spends most of her time sleeping with the helpless, lost single dads. Kalise agrees to herself to never fall into that game, and to never sleep with any of the parents. She's a virgin and proud of it. That is until Tristins uncle Kale shows up, out of nowhere to pick Tristin up one day. With Kales sexy good looks and confident cocky smile, Kalise starts finding it harder everyday to stick to her plan. Will she follow what her head is telling her, or what her body is craving for?

Step into the world of the Unbelievables. Holly’s life has always been a bit uneven, with her parents overseas having practically disowned her for their work, leaving her whilst she completes her final year of school and her brother David leaves her behind for university. She finds herself living with her Nan whilst she deals with the loss of her Pop – her hero – and her rickety life, things become more complicated with the strange arrival of something above normal, something she detests and would describe as a punishment. Thrown into the deep end to help the breath stealing Lucas (the new boy) to fit into school she begins to formulate feelings for him and fast, though can her punishment prevent her for being herself? Will Lucas run when they’re thrown into an all new world? Or will Lucas show Holly that carrying a burden is more of a gift?