A car's horn blared and made me deaf for a minute, our tires screeched in unison but fortunate for me our cars did not touch, his front was one inch away from my passenger door. I stepped out my car with anger building up inside me, I wanted to scream at the driver. When the driver came out, I stood there stunned. He was tall, handsome, blonde hair, blue eyes, he was dreamy. 'Snap out of it Jules' a little voice told me, I was totally gonna be late for school. "Oh shit, i'm so sorry. Look it's my first day at North Ridge and I didn't want to be late. I was 100% sure that I was gonna make that light, guess I was wrong.. By the way i'm Daniel" He sounded sincere, well maybe I was just distracted by his looks but the feeling of being mad or angry was gone 'god dammit Jules you have Christian, stop yourself'. "Well Daniel looks like we're both gonna be late, I go to North Ridge too. If we have classes together I could show you around. Let's just stop holding up traffic." ******************** "Look i'm still really sorry about what happened earlier and that I made you late. I forgot to mention that I admire your car. Ferrari? Pft I would die for one. I didn't get your name.." He sounded nervous but I guess that was natural, he was a new student. I'm supposed to be welcoming him. "Oh It's no problem, I know the nervous feeling being the new kid. Don't worry, today will be a breeze. Aha, that's cute, you admire my car, your car isn't so bad either. I'm Julia." I stuck out my hand in a friendly matter but instead he pulled me into a warm welcoming hug. 'Julia, Christian is your boyfriend not Daniel pull away!'
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?
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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.
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