[Now on WEBTOON!] Introverted and awkward Autumn Lyne is content with having just books as companions--that is, until her extrovert of a sister drags her out to meet her band. But nobody has expected that this would mark the plot twist her heart has never signed up for. Her first love. *** Autumn Lyne has terrible social skills, and when her older sister has had enough of her being alone all the time, she's forced to interact with people outside of her tiny world. Meeting and befriending her sister's bandmates is only the beginning. Her growing bond with the charming Michael Summer seems unstoppable. But what if there is more to him than meets the eye? How can a girl who has barely opened up her heart handle her first love--and first heartbreak? Illustration by raindrops_ [complete raw version]

Make her orgasm, right there in the theater. This was the bet that started the end, the bet that changed his life. Catfished and stuck with a sleezeball for a date, Bristol is miserable and angry. Screw Tinder and swiping right, she just wanted a quick one night stand. With a fake as her date, she doesn't expect the night to end on a good note...until she sees him. When her eyes land on the dark, sinfully handsome man at the concession stand of the movie theater, she's unprepared when he sits right next to her. Every bet has a price; it's just a matter of how far you're willing to go. Noah never would have guessed that the haughty, condescending woman he saw at the concession line would turn out to be a fireball of lust and desperation. Getting her to climax in the middle of a movie? No problem. Getting her out of his head afterward? Definitely a problem.

Entry for #OnceUponNow. All votes & comments on the first chapter are greatly appreciated :). A Cinderella story meets Robin Hood. When seventeen-year-old Gracie Jones gets her heart broken by a false prince charming, she declares war on senior prom. With her eye on taking down the popular kings and queens of Sherwood high, she expects to venture down the week long road to battle to turn prom upside down on her own. But when an unexpected admirer joins her along her journey, Gracie manages to find love on the road to revolution. Featured on The Huffington Post Teen.

Zac Carter had spent one week out of every year at Emily Dawson's house since he was fifteen. It was the week his parents had their 'alone' time as they liked to call it. He was thinking of bailing on it this year, telling them he was old enough to be on his own for a week. Then he remembered sad, strange Emily who he's had a crush on for the longest time. That made him want to stay there just so he could try and figure her out. Follow the story of Emily and Zach as they discover that sometimes things arent quite what they seem.

❝ he was the midnight sky, and she a fading daydream. ❞

"we're too young to be broken" our story is one to remember. I should've known we would end up like this. it rarely happens where two broken people fix one another; and that was my fantasy. I was a fool for thinking it would come true.

Ophelia Grayson is always complemented on her open-mindedness. She doesn't judge a person before getting to know them, she isn't afraid to try restaurants that aren't on the radar, and she tends to find herself always in a runt with guys who turn out to be duds that she thought she can give them a chance. Through everything she has always been optimistic. Colin James had it with life-with everything. After suffering a server injury on a job, his leg couldn't be saved. Now an amputee, all he wants to do is sit at home and wallow in his sorrows-worrying he won't return to the firehouse, that all people see when they look at his is a one legged man, and how once he gets a prosthetic leg that's a whole other job in itself. When Colin's mom hires Ophelia to help take care of Colin when she isn't home, personalities will clash. Ophelia wants to help, but Colin is too stubborn. These two will learn to accept one another. Both are hardheaded and determined to get their way.

Sixteen year old Ariel Thomas was happy living in her Quarterback older brother's shadow. That is until her brother and his best friend are in a car accident that kills her brother and leaves his best friend with brain damage. Andrew McLaughlin; Lake Field High's Linebacker and completely oblivious to the fact that his best friends little sister is head over heels in love with him. In the aftermath of the accident that took her brother's life, the two teens realize that the only way to move on. But how hard is that going to be for a former linebacker with brain damage and a sixteen year old girl that knows nothing about experiencing the world without a constant shadow over her?

It's hard to hold on when all you want to do is let go. Quinn Cyrus has always loved sports. From the second her half brother bought her a soccer ball for her sixth birthday she has always found herself attracted to anything sports related. Max Duncun is Carter High's star soccer player. With his quick and graceful moves, no one would ever think that their star player could be in an accident that results in him living the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Bitter and angry, he believes his life is over. Until he meets Quinn when she accident kicks a ball into his backyard. Quin soon finds herself drawn to helping the hatred filled boy as best as she can. In an attempt to show him that sports isn't everything, she ends up realizing that maybe her whole life isn't exactly as she had once thought. That some secrets are better left untold. Two people from completely different worlds, with one thing in common, must find common ground as they struggle with their faith in the world and each other. Book 2 of the Kickstarting My Heart Series

one was shy, the other was sad, together they were the two who loved art, both with rosy cheeks and caring hearts. [highest ranking]: #4 in short story 6.24.15 book one of the "nameless" series