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I Want You by soulstrings
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Darcy is used to living in her best friend's shadow. She's used to being the last choice; used to everyone preferring Jenny than her. Until someone doesn't. Now Darcy has met someone who encourages her to stand up for herself and put her needs first, someone who'll catch her if she stumbles and just be there even when she doesn't need him to. That changes everything. [Warning: Adult content up ahead. Explicit scenes and strong language. DISCLAIMER: I've decided to post this story again (as it was). This book was completed on June 2019. ]
The Art of Pretending  by Gabrielle0841
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••• This is a story about a girl. A girl who lied all too well. One who was bored, pretty, and sad. A girl who mastered the art of pretending. Pretending since she was a little girl. The problem with playing pretend is that it gets boring. As a kid, you love it. But as you grow older, you grow tired of it. Not only that, you start to doubt what's pretend and what's not. What's worse than a girl who lies all the time to others? A girl who lies to herself even more. Blair Knight, the queen of pretending to be something she's not. She's tired of pretending to be the perfect girl, she's tired of pretending she's fine with her boring life. She wants to escape it. And he helps her escape it. The boy. The school's most loved. The one who can see past the mask Blair keeps up. The one who is deeply in love with a girl. A girl who's love was toxic but strong, always pulling him back in. This girl isn't Blair. Blair wakes up with a feeling. A feeling that sparks ideas in her head. She wants a life of excitement, a life of regrets. And thanks to Grayson, she gets one. But someone should of reminded Blair of the warning. Be careful what you wish for. Because Blair gets more regrets than she's bargain for. She started off hating Grayson. But you know what they say, there's a fine line between love and hate. And Blair? She likes to dances on it. •••
Bad Liar  by LaurenJ22
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"Because I should be the only one who looks at you like that," he murmured, his voice dropping low as he steps closer. Miles Carter is notorious around town for being a player. Miles and his best friend, Finn, have always been well-known for their wit, good looks and charming personality. Neither of them ever let a girl get under their skin, until Miles and Finn's twin sister, start seeing each other. After one fateful night of lies, leading to someone's death... Things have never been the same. Finn and Isobel are still recovering from what happened, a year and a half ago. Everything changes, when Miles arrives back in town, with one thing on his mind. ** Cover By AnythingAnEverything ** © 2017 by LaurenJ22. All rights reserved.
Seeing Shane Gray ✓ by ScarlettBlackDaisy
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| a true story about a boy who hides his pain behind his smile and a girl determined to see it | - FREE story with paid Exclusive Chapters and Writer Reveals - Twice Featured - Taylor Ming is trying to cope with the aftermath of her twin brother's suicide, and her depressed mother and avoidant father aren't really helping. With one of her friends' self-harming while another deals with a chronically ill boyfriend, being diagnosed with Diabetes and forced to use insulin thrice a day is Taylor's worst nightmare. When she catches the school's golden boy Shane Gray popping pills in a bathroom, then, Taylor is sure she's in a living hell. Is he depressed? Is he using drugs? She's afraid of losing more people and strikes a deal with Shane. He'll tell her if he ever has the urge to hurt himself and she'll keep his secret. What neither of them knows, however, is that he's already hurting himself without knowing it. And Shane's life is falling apart quicker than Taylor's. Because life isn't black and white and, sometimes, seeing gray can make all the difference. Warning: The story talks about suicide, self-harm, drug use, and mental health problems which may be triggering for some readers.
ERROR by khxlix_03
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Angel Rodriguez is the daughter of a very powerfull man named Robert Rodriguez. She has everything any girl ever wanted. But she also has a secret no one knows about. Because under all these designer clothes and lit vacations hides an emotional little girl who struggles with a low selfesteem and depression. River West is the outsider of West High Academy. Everyone is scared of him, including Angel. He's known by everyone as the boy with a fucked up family and no friends at all. Everyone knows he has alcoholic problems like his father, multiple mental illnesses and he's an addict just like he's crazy mother. They had lived in the same town for years and never spoke a word to eachother. Watch how everything changes in just seconds. ----------------------- ! WARNING ! This story contains : - selfharm - depression - murder - fights - abuse - drugs,alcohol,cigarettes,juul,.... - mental illnes - bad language - and a hella lot of sexual tensions
Where There's Light | ✔ by keahlovee
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Jade Harris needs money for college. Nolan Chambers needs a ticket out of Bellcreek. The unlikely pair come together to fool their classmates into thinking they're a love sick couple to obtain the grand prize for prom king and queen-a college scholarship and a trip to Europe. It'd be easy if everyone didn't think Jade cheated on her ex. It'd be even easier if Nolan wasn't an unbearable grump. Regardless of the odds being against them they don't give up, desperate to win the prize. Or maybe there's something else keeping them from throwing in the towel... TW: Death of a parent, slut shaming
What It Seems | Wattys 2023 by kayleeix
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Adalynne Claire finds an old family photo album filled with pictures from her childhood. She holds hardly any memory of the photos until the album is dusted off and opened. Years of captured pictures flood the album - those of her late parents, her brother, herself and, oddly, a boy she does not recollect. Many pictures capture the two together; although the young boy is pictured by her, she holds no remembrance of him, and is oblivious, though mildly curious, of the circumstance. *Currently undergoing editing as of May 4, 2023* #720 in teen fiction as of 06/25/17
The Art of Breaking Hearts ✓  by sadreadingchick
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[Highest Rank; #3 in Humor 3/27/17] --- I was unable to keep myself from blushing. "I'm not his girlfriend." "Yet." Ryder and Benjamin said simultaneously. "Oh, so the conceitedness runs in the family?" I asked with a roll of my eyes. "I'm afraid so. Now, tell me more about yourself." "Well, I like playing soccer a lot. And if I were to choose between my books and human beings, then I choose books. Also, I think your brother is annoying and has too big of an ego. But wanna know something?" He nodded. I stopped the car at the traffic light and turned back to him. Leaning into his ear, I whispered loud enough for Ryder to hear, "I think I like him." --- The art of breaking hearts is an inscrutable, prepossessing, abstract art. Never ever will you go through with breaking someone's heart without having your own broken. And it would be very eccentric if one did not go through the process of having their own heart shattered into millions of pieces when trying to do the same to another. Unfortunately, I learned that the hard way. --- [extended description inside] Copyright ©2016 sadreadingchick All rights reserved.
Little Rich Boy by AimeeSquirrell
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His dad is the CEO of the largest firm in New York. He's the king of the school, girls fall at his feet. He dries his hands with broken hearts and hundred dollar bills. Her dad works as a store manager. She's the scholarship kid at the school, unnoticed by almost everyone . She treasures the pennies she has. He's Dustin Fox the little rich boy that needs to learn how to love She's Hadley Penderson the uptight girl that needs to learn how to live {NOT EDITED}
The Bad Boy's Crush by aanavats01
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Highest rank #4 (25-July-2018) Ivan green, The Typical Bad Boy of Faber college is known for his bad deeds, his link ups and his tour to police station now and then. He no doubtly belongs to a rich family and is a spoilt brat but had some major issues with his family. No one had ever Impressed him so much that he try to even change himself for them. He's egoistic would be understatement and had a very huge bad record of beating people, vandalizing property. He is the "TALK" of the college and is worshipped by the students. But still he had some major pain in his life which he hides from everyone. No one ever tried to know about his realself, too busy to admire his bad boy's personality. Ivan crushes hard on a girl called Joe who left him all heartbroken and devasted. But destiny happen and he met a damsel in distress. He finally found the girl who treated him like no different from others. She unknowingly made her way breaking his walls into his heart but would he be able to enter her heart too? 'Hazel' is what he called her. Will Ivan develop any feelings for her? What will happen when Ivan's lost crush would come back in his life? Who is this "Bad Boy's Crush"?. Do find out!! -------------------------- Do checkout the amazing love story of two people totally different from one another!! All Rights Reserved - ©Aanavats01™2017-present P.S. : Do Not Copy!!