Sunshiny Things (Original)

WARNING: this story contains topics that might be triggering to some readers...

"Are you familiar with sex, Little Freya?" Cole asks me, and I let out an embarrassing gasp at his words. I feel heat rise up to my cheeks as well as other places that I didn't know was possible, and I wonder if it's from him or the alcohol that I know I shouldn't be downing.
"Um-I-I don't," I stutter not really sure what to answer him with. But I soon feel the alcohol coursing through my veins, causing my confidence to grow at a dangerously fast pace. "Wh-Why don't you show me."

He's the arrogant bully. She's the weak victim. They both struggle with troubled pasts, pesky secrets, and weighed down hearts that they can't seem to mend. On their own at least. But when Cole Sanders and Freya Gibson become neighbors and unexpected partners on a school project, they're both blindsided by what's in store for their two troubled souls.