Alisa Anderson and Ethan Adams weren't really friends when they were kids. In fact, he used to tease her horribly and made her life a living hell until they were twelve years old. So when he moves back to sunny San Diego after spending five and a half years in Portland with his mom, Alisa's more than a little weary of him. But whether she'd like to admit it or not, Ethan's changed... for the better. Senior year's starting and with senior year comes many changes. While her friends move on and begin to drift further away from her, Alisa's finds that new relationships are also beginning to form. And who better to start a new 'friendship' with than a super annoying (and very flirty) Ethan Adams? (2012-2013) First draft completed on 10th March 2013. (August 2017- August 2019) Second draft completed on 5th August 2019.

"If you can't find a reason to smile, then I'll become your reason." . Jenn is a natural beauty, whose family broke apart when she was nine when her father died. From then on, nothing she ever did brought a real smile to her lips except for the rare sightings due to Disney and puns. When Jeremy moves to the lonely town in hopes of living peacefully despite having to fly from and to California, he is immediately interested. At the age of ten, he promised to make her smile for thirty days. The promise got an eye roll and was long forgotten, but it still exsists-at least in Jeremy's mind. And at the age of seventeen and eighteen, the promise was finally being brought to life. . Jenn is cold and heartless following the death of her favorite parent, her father. Jeremy is the childhood friend who is quite the opposite and is trying to thaw Jenn's heart. And he already has a plan.

❝ You said g o o d b y e when I was about to say h e l l o . ❞ • • • There's always a certain time and place to say something. The problem though, is that once you let that moment slip away from your fingertips, it's gone forever. And you're left with a wonder of what if. • • • HR | SHORT STORY #659 08|22|15 & #225 11|02|16 • • • before you start reading please read the important authors note chapter ty xx [REWRITTING]

Do you know how it feels when you love the same person for four years? And you can't confess it to him? What if that guy is the most popular guy in school? The boy every girl dreams of? And what if someone already loves you but is just waiting for you? This is a story of friendship, first love and true love.

It's funny how life works. You make decisions based on who you trust and how much you trust them. You fall in love with the most unlikeliest of people. And as soon as everything is going so very well, the wheel stops turning forward and goes backwards. Everything that went up comes crashing down. Because gravity grounds us, even when we want to stay high. That's it's job. And it treats us all the same. short story: #61 (November 16th 2014) teen fiction: #271 (November 16th 2014) (2014)

When Gracie Elwood comes back from teaching in France, she's ecstatic to find out that her sister's a bride-to-be. What she doesn't know is that her brotherly feelings towards her sister's fiancé, Jason, will grow into something more. Gracie's got to watch out. The beams of sunshine in her life will slowly start to dim, the storm is hovering nearer and lightning will strike sooner than she thinks ...

"You're beginning to sound like the person you vowed never to become." This is the story where one wrong decision leads to a dozen of others. Even if Scarlett tries to compensate for everything she's done, it all spirals downward.

When Kaia Castor's summer is interrupted by a controlling and obnoxious Arthur Bennett, she knows the moment that he steps out of the airport that it isn't going to turn out well. She just doesn't know how right she is about that.

❝Don't think for a minute that this was love. Signed, Jenna❞ This is the story of Conrad and Jenna. And these are Jenna's letters to him: her correspondence to a jerk. [highest ranking: short story # 56 (08/27/2016)] Sequel included. Three years later Jenna discovers several more letters that she never "sent" and takes it upon herself to read through them.