Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

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

“It’s so unfortunate that the person you’d take a bullet for is usually the one behind the trigger.” Cynthia has one job; protect the bad boy’s life. Forced into working as a trained assassin for her parents’ agency, Cynthia has been assigned with the task of keeping the bad boy out of the danger that his father has dragged him into. Cynthia has grown up with a gun, risking her life on every mission; so this should be easier than easy for her, right? Wrong. Secretly being the bodyguard of the resident town’s bad boy Houston, isn't exactly a walk in the park; especially when he discovers what’s going on. Handling weapons and fighting back is Cynthia’s forte, but when she has to share her house with a smart-ass, sarcastic jerk, she realizes that no amount of training could have prepared her for this challenge. 13 days. 13 days is all Cynthia has, to wipe out the enemies in order for her to complete her assignment and for Houston to come out alive (if she doesn't kill him first). 13 days filled with arguments, sarcastic remarks, fancy dinners, road trips and a whole lot of sexual tension. Cynthia is about to find out just how protecting the bad boy is going to be her most difficult mission yet. #832 Teen Fiction (14/03/15) (Warning: lots of cussing! Oops) © oldpolaroid 2014