"Don't jump!" I hear someone yell. I turn around and see him running over to me. "Why? You don't know me!" I yell back. "If you jump, I'll never get the chance." Charlotte, or Charlie, Johnson is an outcast. She's bullied everyday. She only talks to two people. Her best friends, Aiden and Sophia. Charlie and her two friends are the emo outcast of the school. Her father died 4 months ago. Her mom became an drunk and beats her most days. Charlie has become suicidal and a cutter. Sophia and Aiden try to help her, but who keeps her from dying shocks everyone. Blake Micheals has the perfect life. He's the quarterback for the football team. He has an amazing best friend. He has rich parents. His girlfriend is head cheerleader. He throws parties all the time. He has the life every guy wants. Something is missing though. He doesn't feel...whole. When he sees her, he knows he has to save her. For her...and himself.

After years away, Marley and Josh return to their hometown high school and fall in love. Can their relationship survive sex, lies and secrets from their past? ***** Forced out of boarding school after her mother's death, high school student Marley Thompson made a promise to never conform to the standards of others. Headed back home after a scandal in Australia, bad boy boxer Josh Baker returns to the same school. Sharing dark pasts and keeping their own secrets, Marley and Josh meet and find a connection they never thought they'd have. Still, Josh's friends and family try to end the relationship before it begins, and Josh has to move back to Australia after he graduates. Having been hurt before, will Marley and Josh let their relationship die? Or will they risk it all and fight for each other? Content and/or Trigger Warning: Sexual Content and Mature Language. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]