Content to live in his superstar twin's shadow, Evan Reed never expected to join the volleyball team-or fall for his brother's best friend. But one accidental collision sets off a whirlwind of spikes, secrets, and unexpected feelings that just might pull him into the spotlight for good. *** Evan has spent his entire life living in the shadow of his twin brother and volleyball prodigy, Ethan Reed. And to be honest? He likes it there. No expectations, no pressure, just quiet. That is, until one day he trips and falls into a boy, and subsequently triggers a highly dramatic series of events that starts with him reluctantly joining the volleyball team, and ends with him dating his brother's best friend. (And unfortunately, after all of it, he's still on the volleyball team.) *** NOW COMPLETED

Laura Laurier was spontaneous. She was a passenger on the ride of life, uncaring or unaware of the turns she took. She just followed wherever the road led her. Until one fateful drive, where giving up control cost her nearly everything. After refusing to drive on a trip home from dinner with her parents, Laura's father stepped into the driver's seat and drove down a path that he and her mother would never come back from. Now, forced by the pitfalls of life to move in with her Aunt June, Uncle Tim, and cousin Allen in Bennington, Vermont, Laura has taken the wheel and refuses to give it up ever again. At her new school, Laura is determined to start over. In order to pretend like her past never happened, no one can know why she needed to move to Bennington. Jesse Ashford was always in control. In the ride of life, he jumped in the driver's seat to speed down his path, trying his best to outrun his past. Once a close friend of Allen and his friend group, Jesse has since pulled back and stuck to himself. Outrunning their pasts led to them running into each other and when Laura and Jesse's roads cross, Laura tries to steer clear of him. However, Jesse is drawn to the mystery that surrounds the new girl in town. Now, Laura has to decide if she can remain in control while opening up to Jesse, or if the only way to escape her past is to stay in her own lane. *Complete*

❝ "The Unknown" hat die Welt im Sturm erobert. Sein erster Song ist weltweit in den Top Charts gelandet und es gibt seit seiner Debüt Single kaum Jemanden, dem sein Künstlernamen unbekannt ist. Das Mysteriöse an ihm? Niemand kennt seine wahre Identität. Statt eines Gesichts bleibt nur seine Stimme als Anhaltspunkt. Hinter ihm kann schlussendlich jeder stecken, dass ist die Taktik dahinter... es kann dein bester Freund sein, dein selbsterklärter Feind, der Junge von nebenan oder eben doch nur die Fantasie in deinem Kopf. Nachdem Alice eine Set List in ihrer Schule findet, ist sie fest davon überzeugt, dass der berühmte Unbekannte ein Schüler der Claremont High School sein muss. Obwohl sie sich vor diesem Fund wenig für den Sänger und dessen Musik interessiert hat, fängt auch sie dadurch langsam Gefallen an seinem mysteriösen Spiel zu finden. Genauso wie der Rest der Welt.❞ cover by @hopevisions

𝐀 𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐖? ❝ It was too much, and still not enough. And underneath it all, I could feel the edge of something. Like we were tipping just slightly off-balance, chasing each other into something we couldn't quite control. ❞ ╰*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧╮ | oscar piastri x lando norris | | there's some lestappen too | | follows the 2024 f1 season | | CW: themes of mental health |

𝚰𝐒 𝚰𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐖? ❝ I don't have the right to cry... ❞ ❝ Of course you do. ❞ ❝ ...After what I did to you? ❞ ╰*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧╮ | oscar piastri x lando norris | | storm chaser x the storm | | hurt/comfort but they're both the ones doing the hurting | | follows the 2023 f1 season |

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]