❝Roses have thorns, my dear, but so do you. ❞ In which Jan falls into an existential crisis, and Pete is there for her, if only in the form of words on her screen.

Lennon Carter is a newly eighteen year old that's ready to get away from all she's ever known. She doesn't want to think about what happened, or even acknowledge the fact that it ever happened. Packing up the essentials and her credit card, she heads for the big open road without a plan insight. The plan comes to her from a strange suburban dad after a few days of aimlessly driving down the highway in the form of a paper town. Elliston is where all the nomads come together, a pit stop of sorts for the misguided. Anything is impossible in those woods because reality is no match for the time of Lennon's life. She's about to learn that freedom may come along with a bit of a young adult's romance novel plot line starring her and a boy just as screwed up as her, Jude Love.

❝I’m sorry, River. But… you’re not my type, you know?❞ As soon as my best friend uttered those words, I figured enough was enough. I mean, I was tired of being ‘the rich frat boy,’ who walked around thinking I was perfection or something. I figured, why not put that good money to use? I got a makeover. I came in with blonde hair, I came out with black. I came in with a pink striped t-shirt on (hey, my mom made me wear it), I came out with a plain wife beater. Story cut short – when I walked out, I wasn’t the same River. My entire mentality changed. Grades and school got pushed in the back of my mind, soon replaced with girls and parties. Ah, life was good, I tell you. Girls. Beer. Bikinis. Boobs. All I saw, everyday! Then, I saw her. A red-haired beauty with the prettiest green eyes, plumpest lips. On a hot, summer day. In a beautiful wavy, flowered dress that hung at her knees. She was under a tree, reading some novel. I believe she told me it was some Harry Potter book, she’s obsessed with those. At first, I was going to play her – like the rest. Use her as my little project. She was a challenge. Something told me to let her be, but I couldn’t. I just… couldn’t. Then, as if in a blink of an eye, I found myself… Falling. In love. With her. Aubrey Mae Bloomington. [ © COPYRIGHTED BY xcalumsxo ] LOVELY COVER MADE BY @mumfrd (-:

[Now free to read!] Scott Wilson isn't used to being corrected, and he definitely didn't expect to get his biggest dose of criticism by his coach's daughter - Elle Monroe. ***** When Scott Wilson is drafted to try out for the Marlies hockey team, it's easily the best day of his life. He's cocky and for good reason. He's spent his entire life being told that he's a hockey prodigy and he knows that he's on the path to his destiny. Then Elle Monroe shows up, and throws off his entire plan. Elle - the daughter of his coach - is loud, rude, confident, and gets a special kick out of knocking Scott down a peg or two. Scott doesn't want to accept the help she's offering, but eventually he does, and it turns into a lot more than he was expecting. Scott isn't used to a lot of things, but there's one especially that he's never prepared for: a beautiful, loud girl stealing his jersey every day before their practices. [Winner of the 2015 Watty's 'cover to cover'] [completed]