He was completely and utterly oblivious to everything that he had caused and she absolutely hated him for that. [UNEDITED] [DUAL POV] TW: eating disorder recovery

Emma's life takes an exciting turn when she moves back to her hometown. Certain circumstances cause her to run into the schools most notorious football player, Trace Henderson. Their first meet is wild but that doesn't mean their friendship will be just as crazy, right? After all, they are polar opposites. What could go wrong with that? Emma is back in town and on the first day collides with a jock that saves her life. Things take surprising turns when she realizes they share the same school. All she wanted was to stay under the radar but now she's faced with the most popular boy in school. Trace is set on figuring out the life of Emma as he helps and protects her. Feelings develop but are they mutual? Will they fall together or will Emma have to catch herself on the way down? __________________________________________ "Trace is stubborn, relentless, annoying, hilarious, he makes me yell, and he drives me out of my mind. But he's everything I want. I'm falling for him faster than I realized and my only hope is that he'll be there to catch me." #7 in football out of 16.9K stories - June 2020 #1 in romance out of 1.2M stories- June 2020 #1 in highschoolromance- June 2020 #2 in teenfiction out of 191K stories- June 2020 #3 in love out of 2M stories- June 2020 **COMPLETED** Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story contains swearing, mature themes or sexual content. [Word Count: 190,000-200,000]

Love is what we believe love is, whatever it might be. Love teaches its hardest lesson to Josephine and Hero. Their loves for acting, their loves for creativity, their loves for families, friends and life; and ultimately their love for each other have been test time and time again. Will their versions of love win in the end? Their denial on love for each others might ring true to the fate drafted by God upon them, OR, would it be otherwise? Whatever the outcomes may be, they will eventually find the love they seek for so long; either elsewhere or in each other. Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction by the author based on her fondness and affections to After series, Hessa, Hero Fiennes Tiffin the actor, Josephine Langford the actress and the idea of Herophine. Some of the names, characters, places and incidents are derived from those affiliation above. However all are entirely the products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Thank you.