Childhoodbestfriend Stories

People spent my childhood telling me I was too dark, too tall, and too ugly. My mama told me they were wrong. Then I met Tyron Ford. He was chubby, funny, missing a front tooth, and carried a basketball everywhere he went. Somehow, he became my best friend. For years, we were inseparable. Until one day... we weren't. Childhood friends. Family drama. Church gossip. First heartbreak. First love. This is the story of how we grew up. And how I learned that being loved by someone else means nothing if you don't love yourself first.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION When a summer of fun turns upside down, Olivia must figure out whether her paranoid imagination is playing tricks on her or if she's being followed - and by who. ***** It's been years since Olivia nearly drowned in Caldwell Beach, and after moving away, she's back for the summer to reconnect with old friends. However, not everything-or everyone-is the same. Her childhood best friend, Miles, is still sweet and carefree, but his older brother West is not. Disowned and working at the local garage, he's distanced himself from everyone, until Olivia accidentally uncovers the reason why. But as the two grow closer, strange things begin happening to Olivia. She can't stop seeing shadows and hearing voices, but as she slips into a downward spiral of obsessiveness and paranoia, she must fight to uncover the truth behind who is after her, and why. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

Opie Swan used to believe in forever. Not the fairytale kind-the real kind. The kind you build with people who know you better than you know yourself. The kind she had with Paul Lahote and Jared Cameron. They weren't just her best friends. They were her home. Until one day... they changed. Paul was the first to pull away-distant, colder, like something inside him had shifted. And then Jared followed, leaving Opie behind with no answers, no explanations... and no one to hold onto. So she left. Months away in Canada were supposed to help her forget them. To piece herself back together. And for a while, it almost worked. Until her father calls her back to Forks. Back to the memories. Back to the boys who broke her. Back to the truth they never told her. Because Paul and Jared didn't just leave- they became something else. Something dangerous. Something bound by secrets... and instincts they can't control. And now that Opie is back, those instincts are pulling them toward her again. But she's not the same girl they left behind. This time, she won't chase. This time, they'll have to face what they did to her. And this time... loving them might cost her everything.

Four years after ex best friends Lena and Nate break contact, they meet again back in their small town. Nate the now famous hockey star is determined to win a cautious Lena back. Will she give him another chance? Nate, a cold and serious hockey player, focused on his career ends up back in chestnut springs, the small town he grew up in. After not seeing Lena Calloway, his sarcastic and fiery ex best friend, for nearly four years, he is determined to win her back. When anxiety meets feeling stuck, will they resolve issues from the past and secure a future? #1 in sad #1 in fastupdates

"Biology is just a map, but you are my destination." In a world obsessed with ranks, everyone sees the 'Little Alpha' Krist bossing around the 'Fragile Omega' Singto. They see a bully and his servant. They see a boy struggling carrying a bag that isn't his. They couldn't be more wrong. To Singto, carrying the bag isn't a chore-it's a tether. He is the Mountain, an unmovable anchor for a Sun that refuses to stay still. As the labels of Alpha and Omega begin to loom over them, the world expects them to fall into line. But Singto has already made his choice. If the world says they don't belong together? Then biology can go to hell. A story of childhood rituals, protective shadows, and a love that ignores the labels to stay at the gate.

Edited Version! Top Rankings #3 In Werewolf, #5 In Supernatural, #1 in Femalealpha! In a world where she can barely make a stand, Branwen Warren will learn to lead as the first female Alpha. Anxious throughout her life Branwen, or Bran to her only friends, Toby and Rowan, are attacked one night by...unnatural assailants. The next full moon, Bran realises she has been thrust into a whole new world, one that she should have always known, but tragic circumstances have distanced her from. Follow her as she comes to terms with her abilities and adjusts to become a leader, embracing the strange new voice in her head that is telling her Toby is much more than a friend...

Jay and Keifer were best friends since they were 6 🧸-until one day, at 10, Keifer left for another country without a word 💔✈️. Years later, at 17, fate brings them back together when Jay transfers to a new school 🏫-only to find Keifer there. But Jay still carries the hurt and anger 😔, while Keifer feels something deeper... something he never understood before ❤️. Will their past tear them apart again, or will fate give them a second chance? ✨

"This is the story of two souls who loved each other enough to make the same promise but spent twenty years expressing that love in completely opposite ways." ... Twenty years ago, Caleb Hayes promised seven-year-old Evelyn they would escape the orphanage together. Instead, he left her waiting in the freezing dark. Now, Evelyn Ward is the untouchable COO of a powerful company. She is successful, polished, and far from the lonely girl she once was. Until a delivery slip bearing a familiar scrawled signature turns her world upside down. C. Hayes. When the boy who broke his promise walks back into her life as an errand boy, the past collides with the present. "You, uh..." His eyes narrowed as they scanned my face. "Do I know you from somewhere?" I didn't smile. "Do you?" "I-I'm not sure. You just... looked familiar." I folded my arms across my chest. "I get that a lot." He chuckled awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck. "Sorry. That sounded weird. I didn't mean it like a line or anything." "I didn't assume you did." His eyes searched hers. Not flirtatious. Not professional. Just searching. "Had we met before?" he asked again, more directly. She tilted her head slightly. "Probably," she said. "Where?" "You tell me." As recognition slowly flickers in his eyes, Evelyn must decide. Will she destroy the only person who once made her feel safe, or finally face the girl he left behind?

"So...even after all of this...can you still keep a secret, Riddle?" Athena Nott is starting her 6th year at hogwarts with the same group of friends she's been hanging around since birth, but this year a new guy is joining, and even though they seem like complete strangers, she knows him all to well. He's the same guy who as kids would spend hours in her room, playing dolls with her even with no interest in so, and has been protecting the secret of her powers since the day he found out. Mattheo Riddle is Theodore Nott's best friend,and he was Athena's childhood best friend, before he started growing more distant everyday, to the point he never even looked in her direction anymore. This year he's going back at Hogwarts under orders of his father, accompanied by his brother and a plan for distruction. What's gonna bring them back together is Mattheo's return at Hogwarts, and a secret shared between the two that no one else ever heard of. But beneath the urge of protecting the secret and Athena, their interest for each other never really faded, and is slowly starting to surface again...

,,𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖." kylian blushed slighty, taken aback from that offer. ,,𝐛𝐞𝐭."

{2026 Open Novella Contest Longlist} {Ranked 1 in #bandmembers (5/1-7/3)} {Ranked 1 in #songwriting (4/22-6/30)} {Ranked 1 in #drummer (5/1-6/30)} {Ranked 2 in #opennovellacontest (5/5-5/15)} {Ranked 2 in #guitar (5/12-6/30)} {Ranked 3 in #onc2026 (6/11-6/15)} {Ranked 6 in #nostalgia (6/11-6/15)} {Ranked 6 in #pining (6/28-6/30)} {Ranked 8 in #romance-friendship (6/11-6/30} {Ranked 9 in #selfdiscovery (6/11-6/30)} "𝘔𝘴. 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴" 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰. Althea has always considered herself unlucky in love. What she never realized was that love had been circling her for years, just slightly out of step. On her thirtieth birthday, the four-man band who shaped her youth arrive late (as always). One confession breaks the careful silence they've kept for years, forcing the past into the present and cracking open a decade of almosts. They chose friendship because it was safer. They stayed professional because it was necessary. And sometimes... life, simply and tragically, got in the way.

Ever cheerful Vivienne Esme Willow's summer vacation in Solis takes a turn when she befriends the sad-looking little boy named Theodore Zephyr Oberlin. Determined to improve his mood, they soon become best friends, yet he suddenly vanishes one day without a trace. 5 years later, she's forgotten all about him; he didn't. He never would. They both enroll in the Royal Academy of Swordsmanship and Magic, where Theodore's heart jumps at the sight of Vivienne whenever he sees her, hoping she remembers him. However, when Vivienne develops a crush on another boy, poor Theodore's heart breaks, leading him to drown & excel in his studies while Vivienne struggles to maintain her place in the top 50 due to him suddenly topping the ranks. Determined to reclaim her spot, she dives into her studies and surprises everyone by securing second place after the exams. But when Theodore sees her with that boy again, his heart flares up, & he starts to taunt her about never being first. She'd never take insults about her intelligence. They turn into academic rivals, turning every meeting into a battlefield of words. Thus, a cycle of pranks from her & taunting from him begins between them.

‎They say first love never dies. I didn't believe them... until I realized I spent four years trying to love anyone else, and failing every single time. ‎ ‎We were best friends. Then we were strangers. He was the "evil boy" everyone feared... until he was mine. I said No when I meant Yes. I left and never said goodbye. ‎ ‎Now he's here again. Same boy. Same question. But this time... everything is different. And everything is exactly the same. ‎ ‎How do you say yes to the one you've been waiting for... when you're scared losing them will break you forever?. ‎

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝖳𝗈𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖺, 𝖢𝗈𝗋𝗒, 𝖠𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖲𝗁𝖺𝗐𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀... 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗂𝗋𝖽. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒'𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗆𝗍𝗁. 𝖮𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝖳𝗈𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖢𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾. 𝖮𝗋 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗂𝗍? 𝖯𝖾𝗋𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝖯𝖾𝗋𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝖯𝖾𝗋𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖯𝖾𝗋𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦.

Some feelings are easier to bury than to confess. He spent years pretending everything was fine, convincing himself that what he felt would eventually disappear. It never did. Now, with old memories resurfacing and the person he tried so hard to forget standing right in front of him again, he's forced to face the one thing he's been running from. Because sometimes, the hardest person to tell the truth to is yourself. ___

ئێمە لە منداڵییەوە بۆ یەکتر دانرابووین، بەڵام تەنها بۆ ئەوەی ژیانی یەکتر بکەینە دۆزەخ، لە ڕاڕەوەکانی زانکۆدا، جەنگی نێوان من و ئەو هیچ یاسایەکی نەبوو... تا ئەو ڕۆژەی یەکێکمان سنوورەکەی بەزاند...

Maraiah Jecelle spent most of her life searching for a place she could truly call home. After losing her parents, she learned to survive by holding tightly to the people she loved, especially Kael Dela Vega-the boy who had been beside her since childhood. Her best friend. Her safe place. The one person she believed would never leave. What she never knew was that Kael had been carrying a secret of his own. For years, he stayed by her side, loving her quietly while watching her give her heart to someone else. He never asked for more, never crossed the line, and never expected his feelings to be returned. Being there for her was enough. Until it wasn't. As betrayal, grief, and long-buried family secrets begin to resurface, Maraiah is forced to confront the truth about her past, her identity, and the people she thought she knew. Meanwhile, Kael struggles to protect the person he loves while fighting the growing distance between them. But some truths come with a price. Some wounds heal. Some scars fade. But some stains remain no matter how hard you try to wash them away. And sometimes, the deepest stains are left not by hatred or loss-but by the people who once felt like home.

Before they became each other's greatest love, they were just two seven-year-olds trying to survive the summer. Zack never expected a chance encounter to give him a best friend. Vivi never expected someone to choose her so easily. Day after day, they built a tiny world of memories, childish promises, and a quiet certainty that they'd always have each other. Then one mistake changed everything. They were too young to understand what had happened, but some childhood moments never stop echoing. Years later, both of their lives would still be shaped by a decision made by two children who thought tomorrow would always come. This is the beginning of Zack and Vivi's story - the summer they found each other, and the day they would spend the rest of their lives looking back on. [Updates every Friday 9 PM EST; cover is temporary, I'm still finding a graphic artist]

❝ In which Estella the Eldest Daughter of Duke Elion and Duchess Aurora, who was a princess from a foreigner empire in the west. Falls on purpose to get a better look at a certain white hair and green eyes boy who was alone and seem isolated.❞ ❝ In Which Oscar the eldest child of Emperor Estevan who never got the same love and affection from his mom and dad meets a girl who grew up with all the love and attention even though she has to share it with two other siblings, but hey what could possible go wrong when two polar opposites meet? Let me go ahead and tell you, everything. Read to find out!❞

Every summer, seven childhood friends reunite because of a bond their parents built long before they were born. What began as family vacations slowly becomes a tradition woven with laughter, unspoken feelings, old memories, and the quiet realization that some connections are meant to last a lifetime. As they grow older, the places they visit may change, but so do their hearts. Friendships are tested, feelings become harder to hide, old wounds resurface, and the people they've always known begin to see one another in a different light. After all, some threads aren't tied by fate alone-they're woven by the people who choose to stay.