Xavier doesn't speak; he writes.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION After a devastating accident, trapeze artist Corey Ryder gets stuck living a normal teenage life and attempts to reconnect with the mother she barely knows. ***** As a trapeze artist, Corey Ryder is used to flying high above the rest of the world, but when a tragic accident destroys the only home she's ever known, everything comes crumbling down around her. Forced to stay in the small town of Sherwood, California, she must face the realities of being a normal teenage girl. Attending high school, making friends, and falling in love for the first time are just the beginning, because being back in California means facing a large part of her past she's been trying hard to forget-her mom. Content and/or Trigger Warning: this story contains mentions of child/domestic abuse

"if i were to tell you why i love you, there would be too many reasons." "so narrow it down to one-hundred."

Are we all as strong as we seem? This is a narrative of the different conflicting thoughts people have, thoughts that make them feel irrelevant, vulnerable, weak, broken and more importantly fragile.

these are words, words that form our stories, our hurts, our loves, our triumphs. heed them.

❝ he told her the story about how the sun loved the moon so much, he died every night just to let her breathe. ❞ {memoirs from a girl who didn't realize how much he cared until it was too late.}

When kids are young and full of innocent wonder, they're asked the question that will haunt them far into their adult lives: what do you want to be when you're older? Kyleigh Frost's answer to this very question was that she wanted to be thin. Ever since she could remember, all she wanted to do with her life is to be the skinniest girl out of everyone she met on the streets. If she couldn't be the brightest kid in her school or win the next cycle of America's Next Top Model, she might as well be the thinnest one there. After all, to be fat is the biggest sin one could ever commit in today's society.

Beckham O'Neil has been moved from foster home to foster home, nothing in his life has been stable for him, except for his running. Everyone has him stereotyped as the quiet trouble-maker that sits in the back of the class. The only two people that are willing to give him a chance are Lacy, the nice studious girl, and Coach Westcott, who makes him join the football team.

loose cannon - a person whose actions are unpredictable and uncontrollable - a person who plays by his own rules - - - Combine the right blend of witty and wild and you get Kaleb Winters. He's reckless, impulsive and a trouble maker. He does what he wants without thinking of the consequences. What do you get when you mix crazy and controlling? Julianne Lake, a control freak. She wants everything around her perfect and orderly, she wants nothing out of place. When a certain trip to a book store brings them together, it starts an unlikely friendship. But then again, what happens when someone uncontrollable meets a very controlling person?

some things just define us.