Felicia Rosemary was the geek of the school and everyone treated her like an outcast. She loves video games, DC comics, Marvel comics, etc... Felicia always got A's on her work and never missed a day of school even when her dad died in a car accident. When she was younger she used to get panic attacks and very rarely gets them now. She was the perfect student and had a small group of close friends, Andy Reid, Comet Nanar, Duncan Wol, and Joel Lee.
Mineral Fanta was the most popular girl in the school she was loved by many and despised by few. She wasn't the best at her school work, but still tried her best. Mineral always tried to act happy and pretend she had the perfect life when in reality her home life wasn't good and she has depression and anxiety. On her spare time she would volunteer at dog pounds, nursing homes, and homeless shelters.
One day Mineral was with her posse, April Lacar and Gloria Flora, at the mall shopping for clothes. While walking out of a shop they run into Felicia, "Look what we have here, a stupid geek." April spits out into Felicia's face. Gloria laughs as Mineral rolls her eyes and gives out a small chuckle. After April and Gloria gave out a few more rude remarks, tears started to well up in Felicia's eyes and runs off having a panic attack. Mineral watches Felicia run off and noticed what they have done and looks down in shame. After which she told her two "friends" she had to go home and ran off.
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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