Hey I'm Bay I'm seventeen and I somewhat live with my mom and her boyfriend, we live in Cleveland Ohio and I've been here since I have born. I have never got along with anyone but my group, Grace is one of my very best friends. We met the first week of school, when she was being bullied by Bella the school bully. That was also around the time I started fighting. I spend more time at Grace's than my house, it's like my second home and her mom and dad are fine with me being there. They told me a while ago when my mom and me were having problems that it's my home too and I'm always welcome. I consider them more my mom and dad than I do my own. Noah is also one of my best friends, we've lived next door to each other our whole lives, we met when the ice cream truck came by and I dropped my ice cream, this dog ran into me out of nowhere, Noah helped me up and gave me the rest of his ice cream, and ever since he's always had my back and helps me with anything (if it wasn't for him I probably would have dropped out of school) always knows how to make me laugh even when I don't want to. Ethan is just a friend I don't really trust him much but were pretty good friends, he's always around never leaves Noah's side, we met when I was hanging out with Noah at his house, we were playing video games and he came over to hang out with Noah, (honestly he seemed a bit of an ass and no it all). Caden is Graces brother also in our group, he's got everyone back on everything, also met him around the time me and Grace became best friends.
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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