Good Girls Lie

"Why don't you talk at school?" Ryder asked me.
I shrugged. "I do, but quietly." I admit. If I talked at school, I will have a lot of dirt on my back.
"You know, you shouldn't listen to Katie. I think you're beautiful." He says, making me blush.
"Thanks Ryder...but she's right. I am ugly." I say quietly. I thought he didn't hear me, but he did.
"No. Your not. She's just jealous. Your different and that's why. Your real and she's fake. She's jealous cause your real, funny, stubborn, smart, and clever. Your very beautiful, but you don't know that. That's what makes me attracted to you. You don't know your beautiful." He says.
I blush. "You like me?" I ask.
"Who wouldn't?" He muttered.
"But why?" I ask.
"Why not?" He asked me looking confused.
"I'm ugly. You shouldn't like girls like me. You should be with pretty gorgeous girls." I say. Why in the world a guy like him like me? What's with me?

***

Meet Penelope Knight a.k.a Poppy. She's a victim of bullying. It all started in middle school and of course there is a story. She started not trusting anyone. Now she's moved schools because of her parents job. Her parenst don't know anything by the way. She's now entered high school. Kingtell High.
It gets worse.
She started not talking at school. She didn't become mute, it was only at school. The cheerleaders got her the nickname "Mute Girl", the mean girls of her school called her the mean names everyday, the football team will trip her on purpose sometimes her knees get scratched that they start bleeding. They even sometimes beat her up.

Then there's Ryder Smith. Kingtell's football captain and Mr. Badboy. With the reputation of a womanizer and a hot guy. He doesn't do what his teammates do to Poppy. He may be a bad boy, but he knows the difference from right to wrong.

What happens when Ryder saves Poppy's life? Well, she thanks him of course, but there's more...and if you wanna find out, you gotta read to find out.