Everyone tends to find it fascinating. She's sarcastic, troubled, and, well... trouble. Devin doesn't intend for things to go that way, but when you're as stubborn and bitter as she is, life can get chaotic.
Austin is surprisingly quiet for a jock. He still manages to be an asshole, of course, and social, yet you can tell a lot of his true inner thoughts are kept reserved. Or at least Devin can tell.
But she's always been like that; able to read body language and pick up on emotions. She understands those things too well for a girl her age, although Dev never really had the chance to be a teenager.
As the kids would say, Dev Mavis is a 'bad bitch'. Radiating a facade of confidence, she doesn't take bullshit and she'll protect her friends at all costs. She's never mean, merely to the point. Unwavering strength and beauty is what the school sees. That and trouble, of course. A force to be reckoned with.
It's 3 months into senior year, and the rush of college apps and school work has faded. Psychology class has settled down, and the students have begun to joke around and talk with each other, already experiencing major senioritis. Austin and Dev only vaguely knew of each other before this, though now that they're in the same class, they keep finding themselves interacting, egged on by their peers.
Dev hates Austin and his 'bad boy' attitude. Even worse, a couple years before he fucked over her best friend, Grace, at a party and left her there. Dev's loyalty may cloud her judgement, however is it all that unfounded?
Austin likes messing with Dev. It amuses him, the compulsive jackass he is. And still, he feels drawn to her. Frustrated, confused, and conflicted, Austin tries to ignore this sudden hypnotic pull, but always ends up tugged right back.
A bad bitch and a bad boy in one room can be anarchy, or maybe- just maybe- they're not as bad as they seem. And when they find out they've both unknowingly committed to the same college, what will they do?
"Never call a girl a bitch," I glared into his eyes as he opened them, piercing into me, the bright blue drink I had just poured over him still dripping from his dark hair. "Or she just might act like one."
I gave him one last sarcastic smile before pushing by him and walking away, practically strutting.
Well, this year will be fun...
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Crystal Summers; a self-proclaimed expert in all things sarcastic and the human embodiment of destructive decisions. Trying to get away from her troubled past, she moves with her mom to California to start a new life, and potentially not screw this one up.
There, she quickly meets Scarlett and Savanah, her new-found partners in crime, and her life finally begins to feel normal again for the first time in years.
But she just so happens to also collide with the school's sexy, notorious jackass, Ashton Monroe.. and his pack of asswipes.
She loathes him, and the feeling is mutual.
But as the poets say, the line separating love and hate is a very thin one. And often times, when two people hate each other, it can grow into much more.
Hopeless devotion, if you will...
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!!!TRIGGER WARNING!!!
• slight mention(s) of suicidal concepts
• substance abuse, addiction, anxiety, PTSD
• sexual assault, domestic abuse
• strong language and mature scenes
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