As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams? ***** Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

It's all fake... or is it? Nothing good usually comes out when two people start a fake relationship. Everybody knows that... Well, maybe except for two arch enemies; Claire James and Julian Turner. It all started the moment they both found out that the people they were in a relationship with were sleeping together. Despite what they've been through together (all the pranks, the name calling and the food fight) they were out for revenge. What better way to do it that with the schools criminal bad boy and hot-shot rich bad girl together? ---- EDIT: DISCLAIMER Any similarities to a movie, book or other is purely coincidental. I've seen comments saying this story is kind of similar to The Duff but I never watched it while in the process of writing this story and have not seen it until now. Read at your own discretion. Thank you!