As I stand in the fiction section of my high school's library, a book falls off the top shelf. I bend down to pick it up, as I stand back up; another book falls. Groaning, I bend down again to pick it up. While I am still down, a third book falls, but I catch it before it hits the floor. I jump up, place all the books on the shelf and stomp over to the other side of the bookcase to see who keeps knocking the books off.
As I turn the corner, my wrist was grabbed and pulled toward the boy. Blue piercing eyes, dark brown messy hair, and......................... a football jersey.
"What do you want?"
"Ohh, Natalia. Watch your attitude," He says with a grin.
"Ethan, what do you want?" As I roll my eyes, he pulls me forward and connects our faces.
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A girl and a boy. Romeo and Juliet. Is the unexpecting couple's ending going to be like the William Shakespeare's tragedy?
Natalia Posey, a sophomore, Ethan Chris, a senior. One is in marching band, one is in football. These star-crossed lovers find it difficult to be together, no one is making it easy for them. So what happens when a junior makes it the most difficult? Don't forget all the other cliques that they have to deal with at Bayside High School, including mean popular girls that deeply hate Natalia.
Her brows furrowed. "You look like you have something specific you wanna ask me."
The tips of Liam's ears turned red at Emma's very accurate observation. "I, uh... I usually just bullshit my way through projects, so I have no idea what the hell I'm doing."
The corners of Emma's lips formed a small smile.
Liam arched his brow. "What are you smiling at?"
Her smile widened. "Nothing."
Ever since Emma started going to Silver Creek High, she's been bullied over her discolored eyes. It all started when a boy brought attention to her in biology class one day, laughing at her and calling her a "freak" while the rest of the class laughed along with him. She never looked at him or saw his face; she just ran out of the room crying. She was now an outcast labeled as a freak and she wanted nothing more than to just disappear. She felt she had no purpose in life.
Until her sophomore year when she fell in love with Liam, the guy every girl wanted; the guy every dude wanted to be. He had stolen her heart and she now wanted nothing more than to be with him. Unfortunately, Liam seemed to want nothing to do with Emma. He seemed to be straight up avoiding her.
They never interacted for 3 whole years. That is, until now in their senior year, when they get paired up for a school project. The two must put their differences aside and try to work as a team. But as they spend more time together, feelings grow deeper, and secrets start to rise to the surface.
Warning: Contains mature language, sex, and topics of bullying, sexual assault/harassment, self-harm, and suicide