* THIS WAS INSPIRED BY SAVING EVEREST* *plus the author approves* Forrest Cherrywood. Ironic right? The popular jock of the soccer team. The party animal. The boyfriend of the head cheerleader. One of the hottest guys at Venice Beach High. His reputation tumbles down when his attempt of suicide spread like wild fire in school. Things start to change, and not in a good way. Until he meets Averi. She may be an outcast but she's one hell of a girl. The positivity he needs to be happy. Truly happy. Could she pull his heart strings? If so, there'll be a bunch of drama.

Ain't got nothin', won't be nothin'. That's the motto that most of the boys from the east side of Brooklyn went by. Some of them were thieves, drug dealers, murderers, or even rapists. They were an array of criminals, but all for one reason - to get by. Then there were the others, the ones who were athletes or writers or engineers, talented people who actually had a ticket out of the hood. Then there were people in the middle who got along with everybody but never really chose one side. People like Max. When you float along in the river that is the ghetto, you may think you're unbothered, but there is always something waiting. There will always be a stick in the water, and for Max, it all came at the wrong time. Most of his friends were on the criminal side, but he was just about to get his one-way departure ticket before things came crashing down. There were only two possibilities: either he got stuck in the hood forever, or he lost his life. After living here for so long, you realize that those two are one and the same.

"What would you rate me?" "From one through ten? Definitely a 12." It went silent for a moment. "What about me?" "What about you?" "What would you rate me?" "Why do you care?" "I don't care." "Then why are you asking?" "Why did you ask?" "Cause it was a joke." "Well so is mine." "I guess a 12 too." "You're only saying that cause I rated you a 12." "But it doesn't matter cause its a joke. Right?" "Right."

"Why do you look so....tired?" "Why is it any of your business?"

He could get lost in her eyes and never want to find his way. © pigmented 2016

in which a boy forgets how to breathe every time he sees her face. [ extended summary inside ] for all of these causes: #freeyourbody #bodypositivity #nomorebullying #stopbodyshaming #projectcharacter #helpfightcliches #weareteenqueens #breakstereotypes #projectacceptyou

❝You and me,❞ he whispered, ❝until the end of time.❞ // A chronicle of Junie Bennett's birthdays from the ages of ten to twenty one.

Dreyah Washington & Kirk Vallei.

"don't you ever want to steal from life what it stole from you?" two grieving people desperately fill gaps with each other, and occasionally, with petty thefts. PLAYLIST: http://8tracks.com/laamiaa/a-a (working title)

"The Quinns are back." No one thought that they would return. No one thought that they would bring themselves back into the town they caused so much trouble in. But they have. Miana Rose is just like everyone else; she wants to avoid the Quinns and live life normally. But her life seems to have other plans as she gets more involved with them then she would like. Somehow one punch to the face gets her so close to the "bad boys". But even when Miana gets to know them a little more, she can't help but feel there's something far more...criminal...about their family.