❝why is it that we always fall in love with our best friend?❞ a short story between nick and aria split into three parts: childhood, adolescence, and their glorious teenage years. all about their friendship and how love can really creep up on you. _ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. DO NOT COPY MY IDEA. COMPLETED JULY 1, 2015!!

❝Death is like rain. When it comes, you get drenched. When it passes, part of it sticks with you for a while. Some people get over it. They move on; get dry; forget. But so long as you let the storm keep coming, the rain won't ever stop. Then, before you know it, everyone is dead. Everyone including you. So get up. Stop worrying about the damned rain and start thinking about what's on the other side of that storm: Survival.❞ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ The people aren't quite people anymore. From here on out, you shoot to kill. Better them than us. ⠀⠀⠀⠀[ extended summary inside ] ⠀⠀⠀⠀the 5th wave | fem!oc x male!oc ⠀⠀⠀⠀olivia martin © 2015 (original ⠀⠀⠀⠀ver) & © 2023 (revamped ver) ⠀⠀⠀⠀( cover by me / @iydiamartin )

val·iant /'valyǝnt/ adjective 1. possessing or shadowing courage or determination THE FIFTH WAVE BEN PARISH // OC COPYRIGHT 2016 EVANSWALKER

❝One of the joys of a really good book is that you're so into the world of the book, you forget what you're looking at is words on a page.❞ — Rick Yancey