"I've been in love with you until I was old enough to know what the word love meant."
(Names in progress- everything in progress)
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Nora Blake, beautiful, bashful, and in love with her best friend of 16 years, 10 months, and 2 days but, who's counting?
Maddi Wells, Smart, tough, not afraid of anything, except her feelings,the ultimate cliche. Best friend of Nora Blake for 16 years, 10 months, and 2 days. She wasn't counting.
What happens when junior year of high school starts and everything changes, for the both of them.
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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