In the midst of dealing with a plethora of things, ranging from something as serious as an eating disorder to AP physics, Leilani Carter is forced to introduce herself to Billie O'connell. Memories from her past has left Billie with permanent caution tape around her heart. The dark gray-haired girl tends to do her own thing, subconsciously isolating herself from the rest of the world. Despite countless efforts, no one has been able to figure her out and Billie likes it that way- That is, until she meets Leilani. The pair possessed undeniable chemistry that simply cannot be ignored no matter how hard they tried. Brought together by chance, they become, just two people, taking it one step at a time, trying to help the other heal...

"𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞," 𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞'𝐬. "𝐢'𝐦 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞," 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. "𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭." "𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐤𝐚𝐢." 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 "𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞." 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐢, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐬

ɪ ғᴇᴇʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪ'ᴠᴇ sᴇᴇɴ ʜᴇʀ sᴏᴍᴇᴡʜᴇʀᴇ.

[𝗋𝖾𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇] 𝖨𝗇 𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝖭𝖺𝗒𝖺𝗁 𝖡𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗅. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝖿 𝗌𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝖿 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽. 𝗀!𝗉 [𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍: 𝟢𝟤/𝟣𝟧/𝟤𝟢] [𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍: 𝟢𝟫/𝟣𝟤/𝟤𝟢] ¡𝙼𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙽𝚃!

she was different. her blue eyes. her dimpled cheeks. her green and black hair. her tattoos, her nose piercing that glistened in the light. she didn't smile often, but when she did, it was mostly around me. she protected me, she understood me, she listened to me. she knew i was off limits, she knew i was still healing from my hurt in the past. she knew i was never attracted to somebody like her, but she never gave up. and neither did i. cover : @ukiy0h

𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘉𝘐 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘺𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘖'𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭 '𝘴 𝘖𝘓𝘋 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥'𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦? ✈︎ "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘪'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥" 𝚒𝚋: "𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦", 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 pqnixkiingxdvh 𝗀!𝗉 ¡𝙼𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙽𝚃!