"You know what I hate about you?" His minty breath fanning my face. He placed his hands on the wall right beside my head. His eyes dance a lot of emotions I couldn't decipher as his gaze moved from my eyes down to my lips. Gulp. "W-What?" I breathed nervously. "You reminded me of her," he whispered into my ear, "and I fucking hate it." He pushed himself away from me and slammed the door shut.

Bullying got too serious for Melissa. She tried to ignore them. But she always got physically or emotionally hurt. ~*~ After transferring to a new school Melissa makes new friends and the bullying stops. Until her biology partner moved, leaving the school. Her new partner just happens to be the Bad Boy: Alex Powers. Turns out she did something wrong to "The Alex Powers" as her friends Jen and Sammi call him. Now Melissa struggles to have Alex as her biology partner because he's too busy hating her.