❝ the worst way for friendships to end is for literally nothing to go wrong. you just stop talking.❞

Octavia. That's the name the world knows her by. One word. One name. At seventeen, she was a girl who had her spotlight when she was whisked away to co-star in what would be an award-winning movie. From that moment on, she had never strayed away. Now, at 24, Octavia is a star and has found herself in multiple productions. As she finds herself in Milan, Italy for a new and upcoming movie she is cast in, she crosses paths with Caleb Henderson, the famous writer known to the world as Romero Henderson. However, as the production of the movie begins, Octavia immediately decides her opinion of Caleb. She doesn't like him. She borderline hates him. She hates how annoying he is. She hates the stupid, random topics he always brings up. She hates how he almost always cuts her off whenever she's speaking. She hates how attracted she is to him. I exhaled, trying to rub the tiredness off my face with my hands. I looked down at his shadow on the ground to him. His face looked as if it was glowing from the sun, his eyes narrowing from the brightness. I let my gaze trail from the exposed tattoos on his arms to the stupid smile that was still on his face. "Why are you like this?" For a moment he didn't answer me. He simply glanced at me, knowing that I meant more in the five words. The smile on his face went from pure amusement to bitterness. It was something I had never seen before and I didn't think I wanted to see him smile like that ever again. He pivoted his head towards the sun once again and in a serious tone asked, "Would you have me any other way?" Cover: @EmSlough_

"Gretchen Boarding School" and under it read "The School Where We Shift Into Our True Selves." Lizzy Abner expected her seventeen birthday to be just like the others. A day filled with sadness and longing as she lived only with her drill sergeant grandma. She was not expecting to be whisked into a whole new world! One that expected her to be a beacon of hope. A girl who was once always called a freak to now someone everyone knew about. Join Liz as she navigates her new life and finds out who she truly is. _____________________________________________ "You are going to a boarding school, five hours from here, one for special talents." She blurted out. "Looking at myself in the mirror, I looked like a complete mess. My rosy red hair a greasy mess, my eyes puffy from lack of sleep, my neck exhibiting a weird red tattoo....what the heck!" "Too occupied by my annoyance of the two boys, I turned around to smack into something, someone really hard." _____________________________________________ Werewolves, Dragons, and more...a story that unlocks Lizzy's heart to a whole new world! Text copyright © NaomiWagner_ ™ '2018-' The moral right of the author has been asserted. All rights reserved. This story is published subject to the condition that it shall not be reproduced or retransmitted in whole or in part, in any manner, without the written consent of the copyright holder, and any infringement of this is violation of copyright law. A single copy of the materials available in the story may be made, solely for personal, noncommercial use. Individuals must preserve any copyright or other notices contained in or associated with them. Users may not distribute said copies to others, whether or not in electronic form or in hard copy, without prior written consent of the copyright holder of the materials. Contact information for requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials available through this course are listed below: naomiwagnerwattpad18@gmail.co

Pearls of wrath and pearls of glow. Pearls of wrath and pearls of scorn.

❝Don't let anyone bring you down.❞ Fifteen-year-old Bloom Landry loves music, but she's been unable to show what she's got since a falling-out with an ex-best friend years ago. However, due to an unexpected circumstance, she's forced to take part in a songwriting competition that will test her courage to overcome her fears and start anew, like a flower in spring. [originally titled as Spring Beauty] Book cover illustration by raindrops_