Fate: The Choice That Led to Tragedy

fate (n). the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be

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When Penelope "Cassie" Walters agrees to attend her best friend, Alaira Gray's, crazy weekend party to help clean up afterwards, she prepares herself for the shady crowd from school that is bound to come. She plans to curl up in the corner with a book and hope that no one notices her.

Then, she runs into British transfer Holland Marks in a meeting conjured by fate.

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Holland Marks never would have pictured himself as one for parties. When one of his friends, Carter MacDonald, invites him to a popular cheerleader's end-of-summer party, he declines instantly. However, when he finds himself with a free schedule that evening, he decides to go to be Carter's sober driver.

There, he encounters smart girl Cassie Walters in a turn of events so twisted that only fate could have predicted it.

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Both Holland and Cassie end up at Alaira's party through such a set of circumstances that only fate seems to be the answer to. Unfortunately, this meeting also results in a tragedy beyond anything the two could imagine.

Will fate be enough to hold them together?

Or was their relationship doomed from the start?

Notes:
Date ~ 7/31/18
Thank you so much to my best friend, @jz81802, for making the awesome cover for me. I really appreciate it!

Date ~ 2/3/19
Thank you, again, to my best friend, @jz81802, for making another awesome cover for me, this one being a bit more reflective of the story. I really appreciate it!

Date ~ 3/6/19
Received an honorable mention in the Chaos Awards 6, category Short Story!