"I love you and I would never leave you."
"That's what you say now, but when you are all better, you will go crawling back to all the girls and all the popularity. When you do, you will leave me behind, like the waves leave the sand."
"But that's the thing about the waves, they always come back fighting stronger, coming for the sand. So really, I am the waves trying to get to you, and you are the sand fighting against the waves."
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Mila was a regular girl. She went to school and got good grades. She didn't talk to many people, in fact she only had one friend. But she was fine with that. Friends distract you and keep you from reaching your dreams. Friends also leave you, so what the point, right? She finds out when she meet Jackson.
Jackson is the exact boy Mila needs to stay away from. He is the star quarterback, has the hottest girlfriend, class president, and rich. He loves his live and would describe it as heaven. Until he breaks his leg in a football game. His world comes crashing down and he has nothing
What happens when the two meet? Will they help each other, or destroy each other.
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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