Completed✔️ Disclaimer: I wrote this when I was 15 so it is a bit cliché, and many mistakes in the story:) All Brooklyn's life, she's been more of a boy than a girl. She's only ever lived with her single dad and her three older brothers, which means she was bound to grow up more like them. So, when she moved all the way from New York to Tennessee, it wasn't much of a surprise until she met Alex, the one of many popular boys at the high school. Until she realized that Alex decided to make her life a living hell. Well, that's what Brooklyn thought, at least... ___ "He leaned in and put a hand behind my head to kiss me, leaving me frozen and speechless. Almost instinctively, after a moment of processing, I stood on my tippy toes and replaced my fingers in his hair, my other hand on his neck. Butterflies exploded in my stomach, replacing my hunger for food, as he pressed me against a vacant wall. Without a word, he lifted me up while my legs wrapped around his waist, leaning in closer to him, even after there was no more space to fill." [600k] May 3, 2019 [700k] June 8, 2019 [900k] October 1, 2019 [1M] December 18, 2019

After spending a year taking care of her grandmother in Florida, seventeen-year-old Tessa Daniels travels to California to visit her father and two brothers at their new house, but only on the condition that it's only for the summer. She's up to the idea - until the next door neighbor begins to take notice in her. His name is Alex Bennett. He's six-foot-two, and he's the perfect kind of muscular, but most importantly, he's cute. That, however, is precisely what prompts her to stay away from him. She sees no need in getting involved in a relationship just to have her heart broken and shattered to pieces, like she witnessed when her parents had a major downfall in their marriage. All Tessa wanted was an innocent trip to California. What she got was a journey filled with smiles, laughter, heartbreak, and love. And to think - it could all happen Once Upon a Summer.