"No matter how hard they try, they will never know me. Why can't they see that?"
As Jackson's health rapidly deteriorates, so does his brother's happiness. Only a few months earlier, Shane Walter was on top of the world...literally. His band, Skyline, sent teenage girls around the world into a frenzy with every breath they took, Hollywood's most loved group since The Beatles had a fanbase bigger than the world could handle.
A forced smile fools a lot of people. Shane learned that pretty quickly.
But as his brother's health crumbles, so does Shane's smile, no matter how forced it was before. Things stopped having any meaning to him. The fans? Music? Having a life in general? Jackson came before them all. It didn't matter to Shane that he was neglecting the people that could help him, could make him smile again. It didn't matter to him that if he lost them, he would have nothing.
After yet another of Shane's infamous temper tantrums, a plan was formed to bring back the boy he used to be:
One month. No fame, no fortune. No nothing.
Tessa Cate, on the other hand, had everything she needed: her family, friends, and guitar. She didn't want or need anything else. Her home in small town Texas was enough for her. She didn't need the lights, the flashing signs, the fame; she didn't need any part of Hollywood, no matter how small.
So, of course, she got the biggest part the world had to offer, a member of the world's most famous boy band.
A bratty, spoiled, boy band member, at that.
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Trailer by @Ari_forev
For with God nothing shall be impossible. (Luke 1:37)
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Jasper is a screwed up kid, yet no one cares enough to find out why. Bruises hide his arms and alcohol stains the walls of his house, but he pushes forward because it's the only thing left for him to do. His days are spent in and out of the school psychologist's office, while his nights are spent in fear of his father. His guitar and the secluded spot by the train tracks where he likes to play are the only saving graces in the hell that is his life. No one disrupted this normal routine until Callie came.
Callie is far from screwed up; she doesn't have family issues and doesn't understand the first thing about Jasper's world. Her house is filled with answered prayers and smiles of people who love each other. Her arms are clear and her head is full of optimism that Jasper doesn't buy for a second. She never second guessed her sunny disposition on life until she stumbled upon a boy and his guitar down by the train tracks.
Callie and Jasper weren't supposed to cross paths. She wasn't supposed to care and he wasn't supposed to let her get under his skin, but then again opposites weren't supposed to attract either. Callie saw the good in him where most people thought there was none ; she was captivated by Jasper because he made her question everything she knew about the world.
She thought it would be easy to teach him that there was still good left in the world, that there was more beyond all the bad he'd become accustomed to. She thought fixing him would be easy, but nothing worthwhile is ever easy and sometimes it takes more than one girl's overly optimistic persistence to pull a person out of the hell they've been living in; sometimes it takes faith and realizing that some things can't be done without it...
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-Highest Ranking: #8 in spiritual, 10/25/17 ; #1 in Christianity, 2019
-Wattpad Featured Novel: 10/19/17