~complete~ Charlotte is as sweet as a strawberry. She's the kind of person who will drop everything just to help you, just to put a smile on your face. She's as sweet as the sugar that constantly runs through her bloodstream, and as excitable as the rush that comes with it. And then there's Benjamin, who's as sour as a lemon. The last thing on this Godforsaken planet he wants to do is acquaint himself with her. While Charlotte is kind and caring, he's rude and vulgar, while she's friendly and innocent, he's crass and mean. So how in the hell is that going to turn out?

Willow is an outcast. At school, she's kept at a distance by almost everyone and everything, including her very own guidance counselor, all for three extremely pathetic reasons. One: She has angel bites, the two twin piercings above your lip. Some people find these horrific. Two: She doesn't talk unless she has to. Not exactly mute, but when she does decide to speak every now and then, people get overwhelmed. Three: She always writes the word "ripe" on her wrist every day in Sharpie. It's considered strange. Willow doesn't mind being an introvert... too much. However, when Andrew, a guy that everyone also labels as an outcast, starts bickering with her, Willow can't help to respond to it. Who knows? Maybe Willow isn't ripe after all... and maybe Andrew isn't, either.

Kennedy was dared to pickpocket the next person that came out of the bar that one dead night. Who was it? It was the school's angered issued bad boy. The worst part? She was caught. "After all, I wanted to be with a guy I wasn't supposed to be with, I mean, I have never been with someone who could make my heart beat this fast when I didn't want it to beat at all."

"Do you have any fucking idea how mad it makes me when I see that you don't do anything about your situation?" he says angrily, his nose flaring. "Like what? Should I rebel against them like you; get drunk in parties, get arrested for vandalising some property just to get attention?" I say simply, but he seems to feel the anger I am feeling because his eyes harden suddenly. "No Ella, but you are a pushover. And being a pushover will never get you anywhere." And that's it. That's how Colton Andrews successfully shuts me up again, making me ponder over my choices as I watch him start his bike and over speed into the dark night. -- [Ranked #382 in Teen Fiction (03-06-2015)] [Ranked #15 in ChickLit (19-12-2015)] -- Special thanks to my friend Esha Mohol for letting me borrow her photo for the book cover! © Copyright _legallycrazy_ 2015-2021 All Rights Reserved.