"I told you, I try not to associate with anyone at school," he repeated. Dismay washed over Aida after being lumped in with everyone else, but she decided to be relentless. "Well, I'm not really from our school." A slight twinge of blush came to her cheeks at using the word "our." "I'm from another school in Connecticut... I only just got to this one." He frowned, but it still looked good on him. "That's not what I meant." "I'm not wrong though," stated Aida. Suddenly, the elusive Mr. Lawnmower stood up, wiped his reddened, calloused hands on his already dirty jeans, and walked over to Aida. He stood very close to her, to the point where she could smell gasoline, grass, and a twinge of oak from a cologne. Aida's breathing slowed, wondering what he was doing. Her legs threatened to take an automatic step back, but the rest of her body was unable to comply. --- Aida's life changes for (what she hopes) is the better when her little family moves to California. Her father's job relocates them, gives him a generous pay raise, and plops them in the middle of a wealthy suburban town. Aida flies under the radar for as long as she can at her school, but her newfound wealth starts to attract the attention of the stuffy, gossiping, rich kids... but not Mr. Lawnmower - the loner boy who mows her lawn. After being told to avoid him, Aida isn't sure if she wants his attention, but manages to wrap herself into a dirty mess that involves it, which will include some muffins, peppermint vodka, a house-mansion with a mysterious past, and a lawn mower. --- From the author of Midnight: When the Wolves Come Out (293k reads). A Watty's '18 entry. All reads, votes, and comments are extremely appreciated! Thank you! Cover created by @shizunj Best Ranked Tags: #18 Wealthy, #1 Suburbs

Falling in love with your best friend's brother is never a good thing, is it? Falling in love with both of your best friend's older brothers? That's even worse. *** Emma Branson has always harbored a crush on Mason Masterson, her best friend Jessie's so-called "brooding" older brother, but as Emma journeys through high school, she realizes it's the middle brother, Caleb, who has always been by her side, leaving Emma in quite possibly the worst love triangle of them all. A story of a group of childhood best friends that navigate the complexities of life, love, and the meaning of family. {Editor's pick, October 2021} ~60,000-70,000 words~ Content Warning: This story contains mild sexual content and strong language. Cover designed by Cil Ojumo

Colton Pearce is annoying, a flirt, and definitely not in Cassidy's ten-year plan. Then again, neither is falling in love. When their English teacher hires them to clean his grandmother's house for the summer, she discovers that there may be more to Colton than meets the eye. Through a valuable baseball card, strained relationships with fathers, and much dust, Cassidy and Colton might discover forty-seven uses for a paperclip and -possibly -even love along the way. Center cover image copyright 2011 by Worlds Apart Photography

With Hollywood's resident sweetheart as her mother, of course Micah Tanner is lapping up the fame. Or is she? In truth, Micah suffers from a Social Anxiety Disorder, and she hates the spotlight. All she wants is to run away from all this Hollywood mess and lead a normal life somewhere far away. Unfortunately, life is no wish-granting factory, and happily ever afters don't exist. One fateful night, Micah meets someone and from that moment on her life seems to switch tracks, taking an extremely different route than she's expected. But is this change for the best, or has her life put on a horrible new pair of shoes? Micah realizes that she is walking the thin line between dreamland and bone-crushing hell. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ © 2016 Kat Lefevre & Mia Calisce cover - @cyolites trailer - @PapaSmurf333 (Mia) Official Selection of Break Stereotypes Hall of Fame 2016 WATTPAD FEATURED (March 2018) Note: Not all chapters are edited so beware

All Ed needed to become the Internet's latest boyfriend was a chili-pepper costume. But getting sunny foreign-exchange student Audra to prom will take a lot more than that. Ed doesn't know he's beautiful. But he is. Even when his crazy boss forces him to wear an "extra-spicy" chili pepper costume as part of a May 5th promotion. It was only meant to be an after-school job at a low-key Mexican restaurant; Ed never signed up for abject humiliation. And when a lovestruck girl snaps a covert picture of Ed while he serves her an enchilada, he couldn't possibly have anticipated becoming the internet's latest imaginary boyfriend. The fame is immediate and disorienting, but if it helps Ed convince quirky foreign exchange student Audra to attend prom with him, being "Enchilada Ed" might not be so bad. (Formerly Ignorance, Bliss, and Mexican Food)