"So what's your name, miss America?" He asked leaning his side against the chair, propping himself up with his arm. Oh god, his arm; tanned and toned. It took me a second to get it out. I'm sure he could feel how uncomfortable I was and I could tell he thought it was hilarious by the look of his crooked smile. "Um.... It's uh. Ju-Juliette. Juliette St. Cloud." Damn it, Jules, get your act together! It's just a boy for Christ's sake. "Ah, that's a beautiful name," he smiled, cheekily. "And yours?" I asked, hesitantly. Did I want to know this cute boy's name that would probably lower my grade in this class? I certainly did. "Ashton. Ashton Irwin." Juliette St. Cloud is finally leaving Hillview, Massachusetts and is entering her junior year of High School abroad in the one and only Sydney, Australia. On her first day of school, she meets the charming, hilarious, geeky Ashton Irwin in her Creative Writing class. She is attracted to his cheekiness, but doesn't want to fall too hard, knowing she'll only be spending the school year there. Will she let herself fall for him, or will she keep her distance to avoid getting her heart broken by the end of the year?

What if the person who hates you most in the world happens to be the person you're in love with? Bethany Jerold is your average Australian teenager, but with a bit of a twist. She is hopelessly in love with Ashton Irwin, the boy who makes her life hell. What happens when Bethany and Ashton are paired together for a school project? Does their 'hatred' for each other continue or do they fall in love? Can Bethany continue to fake her hatred or will her secret come out? What about Ashton? Does he really hate her or is he also pretending? After all, he is a boy and she's a girl, naturally they're destined to fall in love.

Just when you think everything is okay, it isn't.

dreams. they can be beautiful. ︎︎︎©2013

"7:15, that's our time."