Rolanda Marshall's life is filled with kids that aren't her own (but are her own), long hours, lesson plans, anchor charts, and endless deadlines. Education is a learning curve and her seventh year of teaching at Wool Creek Elementary doesn't seem to be any easier than her first, but even with the challenges a new school year brings, Rolly believes quite firmly that there isn't a problem in the world a simple cup of coffee can't fix. Unless that cup of coffee comes from the young, attractive, newly-hired music teacher, and well...then you've got a whole new set of problems.

Mim Marcus hasn't written a word since the day Niall Horan broke her heart. Niall, on the other hand, has done nothing but.

cole jacobs is pretty sure that niall horan is the worst thing that's ever happened to her academic career. but maybe he's the best thing to ever happen to her, period.

Brooklyn thinks Niall is the most annoying person she's ever met. He doesn't take things seriously, he likes to make embarrassing jokes and bets all the time, but somehow he's one of the best writers in the company. Niall thinks Brooklyn is the most boring person he's ever met. She doesn't care about anything but her work, she doesn't like to listen to his jokes, but somehow she agrees to make a bet with him. a story about bets, nosy siblings and finding out that winning and losing aren't the only thing that matters.

Harry and Maia work at a dating agency. Everyone they have set up is perfect together but the only people they refuse to match are themselves. Despite the glances, the casual touches and the subtle (and not so subtle) flirting, Maia and Harry are strictly platonic. At least that's what they tell everyone and it's what they tell themselves.

COMPLETED // Updated periodically with post-story drabbles. WARNING: This story will contain a brief singular mention of physical abuse, ptsd, heavy alcohol consumption, blackmail, smut, and the death of a parent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Harry Styles is 26 and wants more than anything to be left alone to get over his broken heart. Ishika Arora is 22, Bollywood's sweetheart, and has quite the reputation. She's lived her entire life at the whim of her father's wrath. One drunken mistake and one forced decision brings these two together - 6 months of manufactured chemistry in India, England, and the US to prove they're the real deal. A fake dating OU about media perception, what sacrifices it takes to be a star, family (or the lack thereof), and a boy who takes care of a girl like nobody else ever has.

Twenty-one year old Niall Horan has been living the life of a popstar since he was sixteen years old. As fortunate as he is, he cannot help but feel the weight of every sacrifice he's had to make. Just when he comes to terms with the fact that finding love at this time in his life is off the table, he meets a girl that turns his world on end.