Max Griffin is a mystery to everyone at her high school. No one knows much about her except that she's always at school, and that she transferred there halfway during junior year. Little do they know that she's a runaway teenager from her home town, and the things she'd done in her past would make their head spin if they ever knew. Which is why she doesn't trust anyone. Hunter Thompson is a star. Everyone at school knows he's the best basketball player on the team, and destined to go pro one day. What they don't know is his father's nagging pressure at home to live up to someone he'll never be, and how his identity is being slowly eaten away as he puts on the playboy persona at school that everyone expects him to be. These two have nothing in common, and yet when Fate throws them together, they learn that maybe they're not so different at all. They soon find out through the lies, drugs, tears, and pain, that love is the most powerful addiction out there. (Co-written with @Brittania_12)

|| Featured FREE story with exclusive paid chapters - previously a paid story || When Haley discovers the truth behind Xavier, whose silence holds a deeper meaning, she sets her mind on making his life better one small step at a time. ***** Haley Rosamond is happy with her simple life, content under the wing of her father. Well-protected, she has no idea of the darkness surrounding Xavier Hunt, with his all-black attire and infrequent presence in school-accompanied by his bruises and scars. That is, until Haley catches a glimpse of Xavier's reality and is made to question everything she knows about family and life in general. The truth, she realizes, couldn't be more different from everything she has heard. Supported by her father, Haley sets her mind on helping Xavier any way she can, and what begins with tutoring sessions, free food, and random acts of kindness blooms into friendship and something a little more. But when Haley's admission into her dream college and another tragedy in Xavier's life threaten to undo everything she has worked for, Haley needs to decide if she'll stick by Xavier or simply be another person in his life that disappears. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston