Jas gives me a sympathetic look. She sighs heavily, long nails tapping against the wooden table, dodging the 'Missing' posters scattered all over the surface. "Maybe," she finally says, "Just maybe, he doesn't want to be found, Ava." I clench my jaw. "No. I refuse to believe that. He's not like that." "What do you know?" Jas snorts, finally withdrawing her hand from the table and turning back to look at me. "You don't even know him." xx Ford Wilson was in three out of four of Ava Jackson's classes. They had one mutual friend, did a project together once in sophomore year, and had the same lunch. When Ava's car had broke down, she had even ended up parked outside of Ford's house, asking for gas. In Ava's life, he was everywhere. And yet, she didn't notice him until he was nowhere to be found.

Lauren is a 17 year old girl desperate to get away from her family, but until she can regain her freedom she hides in the shadows of her past. A past that she can't run away from. There's more to Lauren than the girl she shows everyone, but no one wants to risk getting to know the girl with the dead parents. Then Emilio Vega comes to town with a few secrets of his own. Within just a few hours of meeting each other, Lauren catches his eye but it's for all the wrong reasons. As Emilio's biggest secret is threatened to come out, Lauren's future begins to slip away between her fingers. With everyone having their own secrets the question is whose the biggest? With two parts of one story coming together who will get out of this mess with the less damage? © Copyright 2017 Cassandra Servin [THURSDAY UPDATES]

Top 25 Finalist for Target's Once Upon Now contest He's trapped. He couldn't breathe. The white walls were smothering him, the barred windows were taunting him, the ticking of the clock was killing him. Now the nurses, of course, they were there too, they were there constantly choking him, forcing the colored pills down his throat. He wasn't just the amusement of the place. No, he was the beast of the place. Adam was suffering from insanity. Insanity from being locked in one single room for eleven years. Eleven years he has been stuck in the psychiatric hospital. He couldn't get out and he couldn't be saved, so what was left for him? What was there for the beast besides death? There was only one answer, one answer that not even he knew just yet, but it would all start with a single name. That single name that would bring a new feeling to that white room. That single name being Belle. ----------- A/N: This story is entered into the "Once Upon Now" story contest by target. This story is my version of a modern day "Beauty and The Beast" Anyways, thanks for reading!(: Xx Cover made by: Playboystiles

* * * Maya Smith is a girl living in a sea of trouble. She feels like there's nothing for her in this life, no way that she'll ever become normal again. Conrad Wilkins is a boy who's been bred from darkness and misfortune. He sees himself as one who isn't worthy of love; someone who women would always run away from. Together, they make a pair destined on not looks, but circumstantial similarities. And together, they will overcome the plague of flicker pain - the pain ready to knock you back into the world of indecisiveness and fear as soon as you learn to smile... [short chapters]

Hermione Granger wants revenge on Ron. The perfect person for her plan is Draco Malfoy. All she has to do is make him fall for her, easy as cake, right? But is it that easy to win Draco Malfoy's heart? All Draco Malfoy wants is for Pansy Parkinson to leave him alone. The only girl who'd make that happen is none other than Hermione Granger. All he has to do is use his Malfoy charms and seduce her, right? And then she's his? » all copyright belongs to FigmentofAnnie / ihootanniex3 /escapism- 2014© « **Featured in the official Wattpad @Fanfic Harry Potter Fanfiction reading list** ** lovelycover by @cloudstars **

Maisie Lockhart is your non-believer of "love at first sight". Until, it may become an awaken belief when a particular delivery boy catches her eyes one day at her family market. Without a doubt, Maisie finally feels that "attraction" kicking in. But what happens when that certain delivery boy is nowhere to be seen? Enter the Valentino's. They are the handsome, upcoming heirs to well known company, Phoenix Empire. Maisie finds herself sharing some interest with one of the Valentino's. Just when things can't get any messier, her delivery boy may be more than she expects once Maisie manages to catch sight of him once again.

[You can now purchase 100 Voicemails' paperback on Amazon!] After a car accident, seventeen year old Steve Carlton, goes into a coma. When he does wake up after a few months, he suffers from temporary memory loss. During this time, he starts to go through his messages and voicemails on his cellphone, trying to get a clue of who he used to be. Voicemails sent to him from a girl called Ari might have the answers to his questions. A story told through voicemails.

After the nightmare start to the summer where she was imprinted with the Dark Mark by Voldemort himself, Juliet Weasley is certain that her life is over. Her family refuse to believe her story about how she was forced to take the mark, and having not seen her boyfriend Draco Malfoy for almost 3 months, Juliet is convinced that Draco is dead. But when she returns to Hogwarts for her 6th year, she's amazed to find her boyfriend alive and ready to pick up things where they left off. But Draco's changed over the summer too - he's darker, more mysterious and with a secret that he's unwilling to tell his girlfriend about, despite the fact that they've both been to hell and back together and now share a terrible mark. When Juliet finally learns the truth, can she stop Draco before it's too late, whilst winning back the trust of her family and trying not to submit to the dark urges that come with her new mark? The stakes are higher than ever before, and if Juliet fails, more than one will die...

A lot can happen in one night, as Allison Walker finds out when she meets Connor Franta in an alley outside of an LA nightclub. As their friendship grows, Connor and Allison find themselves trying to sort out a mess of exes, house parties, and Ben & Jerry's. Lines are drawn, crossed, and drawn again as they try to make it through a summer filled with late nights and city lights.