Senior year had never seemed so daunting. After her sister died, Avery found out just how much she hid behind Riley and how comfortable it had been to live through her stories instead of living her own. Realizing that and making a change, however, were two different things, as Avery soon understood. But life had not given her much of a choice. Maintaining a safe distance between herself and all those who used to know Riley was her miserable attempt at dealing with the grief. But she saw her strategic plan crumble, forced to face the friends she had been pushing away. The year she believed she could breeze through was revealing itself to be the year she must face all the pain she had been repelling. And there was no one to hide behind now. Word Count: 60,000-70,000 words Cover created by @meha-k [Featured on Teen Fiction's "Soul Deep" Reading List] [Featured on YA's "Clueless" Reading List] [Featured on YARomance's "A Diary of Everything" Reading List] [Featured on Sport's "Bouncin' N' Dribblin'" Reading List] [Featured on WattpadESL's "Believe in Youth and Dream" Reading List] [Featured on Wattpad Community's "Teen Fiction/Young Adult" Reading List] [Featured on WattCliches's "Myriad of Emotions" Reading List] [Featured on WattpadFriendsandFamily "Always With You" Reading List]

Nolan, an unapproachable guy who ignores the existence of all his schoolmates, sleeps in all of his classes. Normally, this wouldn't be Chelsea Arnold's problem-she does her best to pay attention in class and attends gym like a good, normal student. Unfortunately, she just so happens to be his assigned desk partner in many classes. She's frequently forced to wake him in English class and ends up earning the unofficial title of Nolan's Wake-up Alarm-a title that nobody in the entire school covets. The last thing she wants is to interact with him more than she absolutely has to. One day, their gym teacher sends her to bring him back to class, which he always skips for some reason. When she accidentally shines her flashlight in his sleeping face, it triggers a chain of events that gradually intertwines their lives together. It's hard to be a normal student when you start befriending the school oddball. It doesn't help that he has more secrets than the Big Ben has stairs. ----- Complete. (first person, past tense, slowburn) ----- 1st place in Humor Category of Psychological Novel Reads Contest 2020 (29 Sep 2020) ----- Started: April 28, 2020 Completed: July 23, 2021 Word Count: 160K+ ----- The sequel, The Tortoise and His Sunrise, is up on my profile now!

[𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐚𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝] - 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐐 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 ☆ 19-year old Akira Joshi has always lived in a shell. She has always viewed the world through a pair of metaphorical rose tinted glasses. Good grades, a people-pleaser and a dimpled smile, she's the daughter all parents pray for. When her parents move to another city, she is forced to be independent and her view of life slowly changes. 20-year old Vinay Karthik, he's supposed to have everything he can possibly want. He's got the girls and the popularity every college boy strives to get. But he's unhappy. He's struggling to understand the meaning of life. When Akira and Vinay are shoved head on into each other's lives, their differences clash and sparks ensue. Will these sparks emerge as something more or will their obverse natures tear them apart? • Warning: Mildly explicit language used by somje of the characters • Featured on Wattpad's official main account × 2, Romance, New Adult, Contemporary Lit, WattpadRomanceIN and Dangerous Love profiles. •

[FEATURED] @SpeculativeFiction [FEATURED] @StoriesUndiscovered • Status: completed • Words give little away, but silence speaks for itself. Even though silence may be the best course of action, sometimes it leaves us oblivious, which can have dire consequences. Sometimes you question what you know: is everything really as it seems? The whole world was like a twisted cage that trapped one within. But Lyra never felt trapped - she was a survivor and a fighter. However, when the world turns against her, leaving her all alone, she swears to make whoever is responsible pay. The people she meets start to disappear, except for Lincoln. She grows suspicious of Lincoln, she feels like he is hiding something and wants to uncover his secret. When the two really start examining the world together, dark secrets unveil and they realise; silence is never an option. The world is only silent when something is hidden within. Awards: ♟Winner of the sunlight awards! ♟2nd place in the sapphire awards! ♟the sweetheart awards people's selection ♟creory awards winner! ♟third place at the teenfic awards ♟second place in the butterfly awards ♟sweethearts awards winner! ♟honourable mention at the shimmer awards ♟third place in the quarantine awards ♟ first place in the AIA awards ♟first place in the Orca awards ♟ first place in the royalty awards ♟pretty in punk honourable mention ♟most creative adventure | pretty in punk ♟the next book 2020 round one qualifier Started: 15/04/2020 Finished: 22/09/2020 Word count [50,000-60,000]

Falling in love with your best friend's brother is never a good thing, is it? Falling in love with both of your best friend's older brothers? That's even worse. *** Emma Branson has always harbored a crush on Mason Masterson, her best friend Jessie's so-called "brooding" older brother, but as Emma journeys through high school, she realizes it's the middle brother, Caleb, who has always been by her side, leaving Emma in quite possibly the worst love triangle of them all. A story of a group of childhood best friends that navigate the complexities of life, love, and the meaning of family. {Editor's pick, October 2021} ~60,000-70,000 words~ Content Warning: This story contains mild sexual content and strong language. Cover designed by Cil Ojumo

Mia Collins just wanted to get through her senior year of high school with as minimal awkward situations as possible. However, that's kind of hard to do when you have a narcissistic arch-nemesis who's hell-bent on ruining your life. From the moment he laid eyes on her, he seemed to take an immediate dislike. After all, it only took a measly few hours of knowing her for him to kick a soccer ball right at her unsuspecting 11-year-old face. Though they did not know it then, this iconic moment would mark the beginning of what felt like a lifelong feud. Six years later and their mutual hatred for one another is still very much alive and kicking. She despised him, and he despised her and that's the way it always would be. But what happens when sparks fly, and stomachs flutter? Will someone break the eternal feud? One's thing for sure- Mia will definitely not be the one to break. ----------------------------------------- If you're looking for a hilarious, light-hearted teen-fiction book, with a whole load of embarrassing situations, this is the read for you. Follow Mia and Ethan on their journey from hate to love. ---------------------------------------- Warning: The second-hand embarrassment in this book can be incredibly severe at times. ---------------------------------------- THIS BOOK IS COPY-RIGHT PROTECTED! DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TAKE THIS WORK AND PUT IT ANYWHERE ELSE. ---------------------------------------- Highest ranks: #1 in Teen fiction-August 28, 2020 #1 in Enemies -August 31, 2020 #1 in Young adult- September 5, 2020 #2 in Humor - September 12, 2020

Paris, to McKenzi Blue, is one of her must-visit cities in the entire world, so when an enticing opportunity disguised as a school trip comes her way, she doesn't think twice to say yes. And with her best friend on board, nothing can stop them from having a distraction free zone for a whole week. Except, that's not entirely the case. On arrival at their hotel, McKenzi learns that she must pair up with someone else.. an unexpecting and handsome stranger. Keeping her chin up when presented with no other option, she accepts her fate and agrees to buddy up with the charming Ash Carter. However, it doesn't take long for her to discover that he's guarding a secret, and unfortunately for McKenzi, the mystery of it all brings out the baggage of her own past; one that she hoped to keep under wraps. Copyright © 2020 kj-love09 | All Rights Reserved. ●○●○●○●○●○● Tags: [these are the highest TPAM has been in the ranks!] #8 in prep #16 in coincidence #20 in femalelead #56 in chance #76 in British #316 in Popular [ ;) I am accepting this one as a positive for myself]

Paige Wilson is reaching the end of her college career and she is ready to start living a meaningful life. Things come to a halt when her grandmother passes away and she runs into Brett Carter, her brothers best friend, at the funeral. Brett has been in the Marines for the past four years and she hasn't seen him since he left when he was seventeen. She had always seen him as her little brother's best friend. He has changed though. He is still charming as ever but now he has the looks to back him up. She has never looked at Brett as anything more than a little brother but he certainly isn't little now. ~ Brett is now honorably discharged from the marines and back in Wilton, NC, his hometown. He is twenty one years old and is ready to figure out his purpose. He left when he was seventeen and lost. The marines gave him a purpose for a moment but he knew it wasn't something he wanted forever. So now he is enrolled at the local community college to be a vet technician. He has missed his best friend, Derek, and that his grandma has died. He goes to the funeral and sees Paige, Derek's older sister. She is only a year and a half older but when they were teenagers that difference seemed like a lot. Now, he is older and mature and a man.