"Isabella!!!, Guess what!" my uncle shouts, a waking me from in peaceful slumber in the car. I answered his question with something that sounded like a 'Hurgn' clearly still sleepy, " we are 30 minutes away from peoria! Are you excited?" my uncle tries not to yell, but his excitement overcomes him, shouting at the last part. "Dan, Please be quiet.... It's too early..." my grandmother also known as Nana or Yvonne, wines.
Me , my Uncle, and my Nana have been driving two day from Port Townsend Washington to Peoria Illinois, let me just tell you, not fun. " only 20 now!" my uncle shouts at my Nana, who was trying to go back to sleep unlike me, I was to excited to see the new house, but I also missed my old house, and my old friends, and ohh all the great food, yumm. " 5 MORE MINUTES! I CAN'T WAIT!" again my uncle said, the neighborhood seems nice, maybe the school won't be so bad, but then again I don't know anyone there so we will have to wait and see!
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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