It started with Carmella's
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  • Reads 219
  • Votes 12
  • Parts 7
  • Time 40m
Ongoing, First published Mar 22, 2017
A silent coffee shop. Silent. Why? No. No, not silent. I can hear my heart. That's all I can hear. I slowly look down at the coffee- stained newspaper on my table. I gaze up as a waft of espresso beans and dark chocolate fill my nose. As he walked away, I stood up without reading the newspaper, got my things, and left in a fury. I was not coming back.
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The Boy I Admire From Afar

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As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams? ***** Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]