Twenty-three year old Harley Mason has known nothing but hospital bills and debt the last three years. A full time mother, student, and working two jobs, she finds no time for anything outside of the necessities needed in life. She has one goal and will stop at nothing to achieve it. Get full custody back of her three year old daughter. But her world is turned upside down and inside out when she walks into what she thought was an empty men's bathroom during a heated argument with her mother. James Pierce is months away from being drafted into the NFL despite an injury setback a year prior. With no desire to settle down and be a family man, it takes one look at the crying girl for the thought to be questioned. And when an incident at a club leaves the two alone and bleeding in the front seat of his car, the last thing they expect is to find they share a common agenda and may need one another to finally achieve the end goal. (NOT EDITED)

»Alles okay bei dir?« Ich halte ihm die Hand hin, um ihm aufzuhelfen. Kurz sieht er sie an, dann wieder hoch zu meinem Gesicht. Als ich ihn vorsichtig anlächle, greift er danach und lässt sich von mir hochziehen. Als er vor mir steht, merke ich, dass er fast einen ganzen Kopf größer ist als ich. Die Leute um uns herum tuscheln alle und sehen immer wieder zu uns herüber. Da er noch nicht geantwortet hat, frage ich noch einmal, ob alles in Ordnung ist. Zaghaft nickt er. »Louis, Hi« sage ich und lächle ihn an. Kurz scheint er zu überlegen, ob er mir auch seinen Namen verraten soll und sieht zu Liam rüber, dann sagt er leise »Harry...« Seine Stimme ist genauso unsicher, wie sein Auftreten. »Wirklich alles in Ordnung bei dir?« frage ich noch einmal etwas leiser, weil er so wahnsinnig verschreckt aussieht und sein ganzer Körper noch immer angespannt ist. »Ja... ja, alles gut. D-Danke.« murmelt er dann und ganz kurz lächelt er etwas, wodurch sich ein niedliches, kleines Grübchen neben seinem Mundwinkel bildet. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ 🚨TW: Tod, Mobbing, mental health issues, SVV, Suicid, emotionale, sexuelle & physische Gewalt🚨

Eins ist ein Ereignis. Zwei ist Zufall. Drei ist ein Muster. Aber alle drei muss mal erst einmal erleben, um zu verstehen, dass es mehr Bedeutung hat, als man zunächst angenommen hat. -- -- -- -- -- Slow Burn

[This story is free as of February 10, 2021] "Move over A Walk to Remember, and make way for one of the most heartwarming stories this side of Wattpad. It's so cute, I could cry (again)." - Grace @ HQ After tragedy strikes, Nolan loses all faith and never expects to love, let alone smile again until Nora-perky and persistent-walks into his life. ***** 15-year-old Nolan Haynes has everything. A loving family, a promising future as a filmmaker, and a pretty cool group of friends. That is until tragedy strikes and he's forced to move towns. Nolan vows never to let anyone in ever again-they always leave. But on a summer day two years later, when the super upbeat, Nora walks to his lunch table-Nolan has to try a bit harder to keep a smile off his face. Little does he know that Nora is fighting a battle of her own, one that no one could even imagine. And as the two get closer, they not only find solace in each other but in God. When Nolan is faced with a situation in which he has to break Nora's trust to protect her, can their budding relationship still stand and will God show up in all of this? [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story contains scenes of verbal and physical abuse that may be triggering for some readers. NOTICE: Before the Morning is currently undergoing revisions! A sensitivity reader (someone who goes through your manuscript and assesses representations in your work) identified a number of issues surrounding the Filipino representation in BTM. I'm rewriting with the goal of creating a more authentic and respectful story. I'm sorry for the pain I caused by failing to include accurate Filipino culture and in having written from Nora's point of view.

Senior year had never seemed so daunting. After her sister died, Avery found out just how much she hid behind Riley and how comfortable it had been to live through her stories instead of living her own. Realizing that and making a change, however, were two different things, as Avery soon understood. But life had not given her much of a choice. Maintaining a safe distance between herself and all those who used to know Riley was her miserable attempt at dealing with the grief. But she saw her strategic plan crumble, forced to face the friends she had been pushing away. The year she believed she could breeze through was revealing itself to be the year she must face all the pain she had been repelling. And there was no one to hide behind now. Word Count: 60,000-70,000 words Cover created by @meha-k [Featured on Teen Fiction's "Soul Deep" Reading List] [Featured on YA's "Clueless" Reading List] [Featured on YARomance's "A Diary of Everything" Reading List] [Featured on Sport's "Bouncin' N' Dribblin'" Reading List] [Featured on WattpadESL's "Believe in Youth and Dream" Reading List] [Featured on Wattpad Community's "Teen Fiction/Young Adult" Reading List] [Featured on WattCliches's "Myriad of Emotions" Reading List] [Featured on WattpadFriendsandFamily "Always With You" Reading List]

The year is 2018, two years after One Direction went on hiatus, and also two years after Louis and Harry went their separate ways. Truth be told, they went their separate ways already a few months before that. They just pretended they were still on good terms so their fans wouldn't get suspicious. What happened between the two is something neither of them wants to talk about, and they haven't spoken a word to each other since the day the band went on hiatus. Now, two years later, Louis has just accepted the offer of being a judge in The X Factor. What he doesn't expect, though, is that he isn't the only one out of the members of One Direction who has accepted the offer. Harry has too. What will happen when the two have to spend time together after two years of not talking to each other? And what if one of the other judges is someone Louis has always been jealous of considering his close friendship with Harry? © 2021 Pauline (Larrys_Girl), All Rights Reserved. Highest Rankings: #1 in ONEDIRECTION 12/2-21 #1 in HARRYSTYLES 15/5-21 #1 in HARRY 20/5-22 #1 in LARRY 3/4-22 #1 in LARRYSTYLINSON 5/1-22 #1 in TOMLINSON 4/5-21 #1 in LOUIS 9/5-21 #1 in STYLINSON 31/1-22 #1 in XFACTOR 4/8-21 #2 in LOUISTOMLINSON 25/01-22 #4 in WATTPAD 17/12-21 #277 in FANFICTION 17/5-21

FREE STORY WITH EXCLUSIVE CONTENT. This is *not* a Paid Story. Eighteen-year-old hockey prodigy Elliot Wexler has three goals for senior year. One: somehow graduate with a 3.5 GPA. Two: hide his bipolar disorder from his peers. And three: make it into the NHL with no scandals. Piece of cake. What he doesn't expect is to find Lucy, a homeless girl, hiding from the winter frost in his dad's shed. Elliot's busy, complicated life doesn't permit room for error, and falling in love with a girl from a totally different world sounds like the opposite of a good idea. But Elliot can't help but be drawn to Lucy and her elusive ways--even when she seems to vanish from his life non-stop, each time leaving him with a bigger hole in his heart. But Elliot is determined to break down Lucy's barriers. And when he does, he discovers that her life is more complicated--and dangerous--than he could have imagined. With drafting season approaching, and Elliot's fragile mental health deteriorating, he's forced to face a difficult question: Is first love supposed to hurt so much? *** PLEASE DO NOT ADD THIS STORY TO GOODREADS.

❝People like you don't get happy endings, not after that.❞ **** Childhood best friends Étienne LeRoy and Louella Rey were once inseparable-two halves of a perfect whole. Where Étienne was steady, Lou was wild, filling every moment with laughter and light. But that was before. Before Lou disappeared. At twenty-two, Louella has become a ghost of her former self, retreating into a world of silence and secrets after deferring her college dreams. She's mastered the art of blending into the background, hiding the pain she carries like a bruise that never fades. When Étienne returns home after a year abroad, he barely recognizes the girl he used to know. Lou's spark is gone, replaced by hollow eyes and a fragile shell of who she used to be. Haunted by the change and unwilling to give up on her, Étienne sets out to uncover the truth behind her withdrawal. But some truths are better left buried. There's something she's not telling him, something dark-something that involves the one person Étienne trusts most in the world. The deeper he digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes, until Étienne is forced to confront a devastating question: How well do you really know the people you love? **There are serious themes discussed in this book. Please do NOT read if you might be triggered. Your mental health comes first before any stupid book.** Part I is complete. Part II is ongoing. START DATE: 25.03.21 END DATE: 25.06.21 WORD COUNT: 70,000 - 80,000

The sound of silence is deafening. Avery Spencer; the seventeen year old girl raped and left on the beach the summer after her Junior year. Now a Senior and still recovering from the assault, the last thing Avery wants is to have her athletic brother drag one of his friends to live in their house while their parents disappear to another country for work for the next couple months. And with the constant reality of seeing her abuser every day at school, Avery must cope with the changes on her own. What she doesn't expect is to actually find a safety net in her brother's best friend, one that involves finally being able to open up about what happen. But with more than one person in fear of what might happen if it does, Avery is thrown into a chaotic mess of wrong and right, flashbacks, wayward support groups, and finding her safe haven in the place she least expects it.

Elijah Rosen, an introverted seventeen year old with a love for football, sneaks out almost every night to get away from the problems he faces during the day. He feels like his anxiety is taking over his life, and the only place he can go to escape it is the pitch black night right outside his window where he can be alone and let his thoughts run wild. But after he finds Adam Chang sitting at the bottom of an empty pool in the early hours of the morning with puffy red eyes and bruised hands, he begins to find comfort in something other than the dark. Only, Adam has a few problems of his own. And with pressure coming from his family, his friends, his school, and his own mind, Elijah isn't sure how he'll make it through the year. ------- "I think if you weren't here, I wouldn't be okay. I'd..." I trailed off, not wanting to say the words that we both knew were true. "Hey," he said softly, "I'm just glad I'm here, then." He started to let go of me, but I wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him like I never had anybody else before. "I'm glad you are too." (featured by FreeTheLGBT: 1/13/2022)