Maeve Flanney. Smart and sarcastic girl was given the opportunity from her school that only a selected few were received, including her outgoing best friend, Candie, to be apart of their schools exchange program. Maeve is excited to learn in a new place, and unlike Candie, Maeve is in no way looking for a relationship. I mean, c'mon, she would have to leave at the end of the year anyway.
Ashton Irwin. If you ask anyone, excluding the girls that constantly drooling at his feet, is an asshole (also, frightening depending on what you hear). He ditches almost every day and flirts with every girl he passes. He's your 'no good, troublesome, the boy your parents tell you to stay away from' type of guy. But just like every collapsed and broken foundation, there's a a past and history for the reasons it lies broken and destroyed.
"You are something else, Miss America."
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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