"The pianist who hides her pain through music."
"The actor who hides his pain through characters."
She focuses intently as she begins to play on the piano, the music filling her ears, blocking out the noises around her, it's something she's always done, It's a way she gets away from everything, like how an artist paints their feelings onto a canvas, or how a writer puts theirs into a story, except she play hers.
Her name is Olivia Sinclair, and she lost her father as a child, and now all she has left is her mother who hardly ever talked after he passed. She has an older brother, Samuel, who is probably the only friend she has. He was the one who taught her how to play a piano, and ever since then, She uses it to hide her pain, which is getting harder and harder each day, and she feels like she won't be able to do it much longer.
That is, until she meets a certain blonde haired boy.
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Written by CoolReader01235 and kari7578.
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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