As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams? ***** Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Orla Morgan is your typically smart, beautiful outgoing girl without a single flaw or bad word to her name. That is until she moves to London and meets the infamous Zayn Malik; the one and only bad-boy of the college whom everyone fears. She makes and breaks friendships, all because of the certain mysterious being who is slowly taking away her innocence but isn't letting on his real emotions as to why. She's intrigued. He's intrigued. Could they forget their differences and admit their feelings for one another? Would they be able to continue when things get hard?

Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, "The Merchant of Venice" is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for Shylock and the famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech.