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

My name is Sage Diamond, actually the last name explains a lot. I am the girl who everyone wants to be, my dads a movie producer, and he owns a diamond store. I would sometimes end up in a movie, I mean just because my dad is a movie producer doesn't mean I get in that quick. I have a best friend whose name is Christy. Her dad met my dad when they were younger and actually produced their first movie together. You can learn more later, now here's how everything happened. I was getting bored with just dad home, all he did was write more movies and decide on how to produce them. I decided to go out for a walk. I know it was a tricky decision considering I was Sage Diamond,. The one with all the money. Anyway I headed out. I walked down the alley nearing further in it got darker. I heard a twig snap and snapped my neck back. There was no one there. I turned around to keep walking. I only got a couple steps further in and then a hand closes over my mouth. I scream, but they are only to be muffled by the hand over my mouth.

The last survivor on Earth has to watch the world burn in front of her

**UNDER CONSTRUCTION - This was written in 7th grade and I'm now graduated from high school with a few college credits under my belt. I'm fixing all of it.** A shiver raced down my spine and the air thickened. The other end of the alleyway wasn't far, but it didn't seem to be coming closer no matter how fast I walked. Humoring my paranoia, I glanced over my shoulder just in time to catch a fist to the face. I dropped to my hands and knees and stared at the ground in a daze. My jaw throbbed with each beat of my heart, hammering the side of my face. Strong hands gripped me and dragged me backward. We made considerable progress toward the other end of the alleyway before my dazed mind caught up with reality. I was being kidnapped.