Peyton has had a rough go of things. A distant father, a drunk mother. The usual sort of sob story. When Peyton finds out that her dad is getting remarried and that she's going to have to take a road trip across the country with her brother and her boyfriend to be there on his wedding day, she thinks that things couldn't possibly get any worse. Until her boyfriend cheats on her a few weeks before their departure date with none other than her best friend. The sob story continues. Now, Peyton is forced to travel across America with a foreign stranger, her grumpy brother, his very un-grumpy girlfriend, and a dog who's just trying his best. She's convinced that this will be the worst summer of her life but if it were that depressing, there wouldn't be a story written about it. Things take a twist for the better... and then for the worst... and for the better again (basically, it's a very twisty ride) as she finds ways to make this road trip memorable for everybody.

Elizabeth Delmar is a not your normal teenage girl. She hates shopping, dresses, and anything girly. She would rather go surfing with the boys than going to get her nails done. She is also one of the 'populars' at school but she doesn't care about that stereotypical opinion, that's more her brothers. Oh did I mention she had brothers? Well yeah she does and four of them at that. The overprotective dimwits basically rule over her when her parents aren't home; which is most of the time. Can she survive when the new mysterious bad boy comes to town and catches her eye? Or will she ignore him to keep her brothers at bay. Find out as you read Me, Myself, and My 4 Brothers. Please don't take any of the chapters or dialogue within this book without my permission. It is all rightfully mine unless the text is quoted from another source which I will provide the authors name with. Otherwise all text is my personal writing and republishing it without consent can and will be punishable by law.

Bailey Thompson and her three older brothers don't always get along, they fight, argue, and disagree, but in the end they all still love each other. They're family, family isn't suppose to make your life easy, they make it hell, but it does have its benefits. They're there for you through the good, bad, all of it, they got your back when it hurts, that's family. So no matter how much Bailey and her brothers fight they will always be there for each other, no matter the distance, no matter the reason. This is her story.

❝And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am.❞ { 2 0 1 4 © josie nicholson short story. all rights reserved. } edited by the great @iprobablyateit! myself and my readers can never thank you enough.

Alexa Burnham has it all. She's beautiful, popular, smart, and nice to everyone. Not to mention pretty rich. And she's captain of the cheerleading team, on the dance team, and an amazing singer. She has an amazing personality and school life. But some people don't like her. She doesn't even know who or why. But when she gets an anonymous text saying she's ugly, fat, stupid, and stuck up, she just spirals down. Will her friend Karla help her and make sure she stays her own happy self, or will she break down and give up?

[THE REWRITTEN VERSION AS OF 2017] Flo is struggling to get over the death of her parents, seven months ago. Her life is turned upside, and she struggles to make sense of the world, having the most important people taken away from her. Dealing with stresses of school, friends and her grief, it all becomes too much for her so she decides to spend her summer in London. Wanting a quiet summer, whilst staying with a family friend, Flo wants to just keep her head down, but that's a little difficult when she is arrested for an alleged crime she hasn't committed, and she soon finds herself embroiled with notorious bad boy Zac Wilson. A dance enthusiast, Flo uses her talent to escape from her pain. Wanting to prove that she isn't defined by her grief, and to make her parents proud, she enrols herself into a dance contest, when a space becomes available- the opportunity which could change her life forever. Flo is in for an exhilarating, law-breaking, drama filled summer, with the chance of find love in London - everything she doesn't want.

"She was beautifully broken - shattered beyond repair. And that was what made her ravishing."

Arleen, a German name and Irish name, meaning of an oath and noble. She made a lot of oaths, broke them all. And she was noble, at least she was, once. • Book three of the little rebel series.

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you." -Elbert Hubbard ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ She was everything but fine. Being bullied has become a part of Gwen Patton's life, and all she ever wanted was a friend. Especially when every aspect of her life is miserable. So when she meets geeky and socially awkward, Max Henderson at Louis' Diner she intends on keeping the rumors about her and her past under wraps. But you can only pretend that everything is fine for so long until everything has been unraveled, then there is nothing left to do but to admit that you aren't, in fact, fine. ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ I squeeze his hand to let him know I'm fine and that what he said doesn't bother me. In fact I expected that from Pa and an earful when we see each other whether that be tonight or tomorrow. I know for a fact that Pa will not forgive me for ruining what little percent he thought he had at moving forward in his career. As we walk back to his house I murmur, "You look better without your hair covering up your beautiful eyes." He looks at me surprised. "Really?" he questions incredulously. I nod. "Why so surprised?" "Because m-most people find m-my eye color a bit-t odd," he explains. "Not me." He stays silent for a minute digesting what I said before he murmurs into my ear, "And you look your b-best when no one is p-pushing you to dress a-as somebody you're n-not."

Sienna Mast is a tough girl and she always has been. But everybody has their breaking point. Sienna's abusive household becomes too much for her, so she seeks outside help in her uncle that lives across the country. She needs money and he has a lot of it, but she has to earn it. Her uncle promises Sienna money if she can complete the summer at a dance school. Since she's been dancing her whole life, she doesn't think it'll be too hard. However, she starts to rethink her decision when she realizes that her classmates are willing to do anything to beat the competition. With a bubbly roommate, a scary instructor, and a few jealous enemies, Sienna has to make it through the summer for her family's sake. What could possibly go wrong? Buy the paperback edition on Lulu! http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/writerbug44