(TAGLISH) It's easy to put someone in the friend zone. What happens if you change your mind? Meet Nicole Mojica, a constant student achiever, a member of the student org, and a social klutz. There's only a month before high school ends and she's already planning her last vacation with Franco, her long-term (in high school years) boyfriend, before college starts. Enter Anderson "Andy" Harvante, an aspiring chef on the side and Nicole's best friend since Andrew's parents moved to the city. When he isn't trying to be compared with his more ambitious brother by his own parents, he's busy cooking for Nicole who just lives upstairs. Andy has always been there for her, almost like a shadow. Good and kind and reliable. All is well until Andy and his parents are suddenly moving to the other end of the city. With graduation around the corner, Nicole starts to get anxious as she questions everything about her high school years. And maybe - just maybe - true love is sometimes just right in front of us.

2017 WATTY AWARDS WINNER (THE STORYSMITHS) (Stay Awake #1) What would you do if the whole world falls asleep? After a night spent drinking with friends, 17-year-old Jared wakes up the next morning with a hangover. It seems like a normal day for him, until he finds out that everyone in his house is still asleep and won't wake up. He goes outside, and it doesn't take long for him to realize that he's the only one awake. Scared and confused, he decided to hop online to see if anyone else is awake. He finds a new post with three comments in it. With four other teenagers, Jared needs to find out why the whole world fell asleep. To solve the mystery that will save the entire humanity, they need to be alert, open their senses, and stay awake. WARNING: This is the original draft. Expect poor writing and cringey dialogues.

A group of graduating students had met an accident in a forest. Only seven bodies were found, the others remained missing. A wall of mist traps the missing bodies in the forest. Everyone presumes they're dead. Haven Evangelista - one of the survivors - thinks otherwise. A week after the accident, the survivors simultaneously woke up from a coma. Once they recuperated, they had enhanced super abilities. No one knows how they've gotten it, but they're going to find out. And it has become their mission to find the missing students. Credits to @Nheczxo for the cover.

To love, to live, to write, to rhyme. ---- This is a compilation of all of the poems I have written in my years of existence. I have loved as I lived and then wrote poems with and without rhymes. ----

For a book is composed of more than a thousand words, and a photo holds a thousand too. ---- This is a one-shot story, but like a sequel to another one-shot story of mine entitled: Forget-me-not Café. You can read this without reading that one.

The wonder of the heart is, it can fall for a name even without a face and it can fall for a face even without a name.

(on-going)

Adam Benedict Muega had always been an alpha type since childhood. He has authority and his words are powerful enough to influence other people. But despite these intimidating traits he possess, he grew up being kind and helpful to those in need. Margaux Lim has been bullied and hated by her classmates since childhood. They found her weird and ugly because she has no friends and looks like a nerd whenever she is wearing her glasses due to her astigmatism. She always wanted to have friends but too traumatized because of her classmates. Lyndon Valderrama is an orphan. He never met his parents but growing up in the orphanage, he felt loved and special by his friends and guardians. He is a smart kid with big dreams. Until one day, his closest friend has been adopted and he has no idea what his friend's full name is. Claire De Leon has a very strong personality. She grew up witnessing her parents fight and that is what made her so distant. She hated her father so much and never wanted to see him again. At a young age, she's already aware how messed up the world is. Fate wanted them all to be together. They became the best of friends. They are connected with one another in every way. As life goes on, as they grow up, they will face a series of challenges that will try to cut the strings attached to each one of them. Are they brave and strong enough to surpass life's difficulties? Will the connection that binds them be strong enough to keep their friendship or will it break easily and cause them to tear each other apart? Special thanks to @DinoMadrid for the wonderful and awesome book cover! Date Started: January 17, 2020 Date Finished: June 19, 2020