WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Adrift after a failed suicide attempt, golden boy Everest can't find anything worth living for - until he meets Beverly, a loner determined to prove him wrong. ***** For a boy who seemed to have it all - wealth, good looks, popularity, a wide circle of friends - Everest Finley becomes the ultimate social outcast after failing to take his own life. Dejected and alone, he starts his last year of high school by acting out, determined to ruin his golden boy reputation after his best friend and girlfriend both turn on him. But to his surprise, resident loner Beverly Davis reaches out and tries to befriend him. Ever the optimistic, her empathy and persistence eventually convinces him to spend time with her, and the two slowly bond over their complicated family lives and a love of singing. But even as their budding friendship begins to hint at something more, Everest continues to struggle with depression and unhappiness. Can a simple pact between the two truly encourage him to find something worth living for? Content and/or Trigger Warning: this story contains mentions and descriptions of depression and self harm. -SKY

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫, 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 CURRENTLY RE-EDITING TEXT. ～*:·ﾟ"there I stood, staring him in the eyes along with fourteen other girls. but our faith wasn't in our hands - it was in his." 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 when luna is thrown into a mansion to compete for love? when they find out the man they're competing for is more than a nobody, things can get complicated. [𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐣𝐫. 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜] © written: 2016 © re-edited: 2023