Grown Too Quickly
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  • Parts 18
  • Time 1h 22m
  • Reads 208
  • Votes 3
  • Parts 18
  • Time 1h 22m
Ongoing, First published Jul 17, 2014
I feel sorry. She pays for a lot for her grandchildren. Five children, sometimes, even six. And the sixth one isn't related to her at all, but cares for him like her own. Its hard, watching her take care of them, even in the presence of their parents. Ashley, my best friend, is the oldest. She and her Grandmother have jobs, I get her brothers to and from school, so that they can work. 



Lily and Ashley, have been best friends for ten years. Lily has seen the struggles her friend has gone through. With them both turning eighteen in the next year, they have no plan.  
But all of that will change. 

This story is about how two friends could go through rough times and not drift apart. But when easy comes along, easy has some big plans to ruin a great friendship.
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38 parts Ongoing

Elowyn "Winnie" Smith met Ben when she was 4 years old. They've been best friends since they were 6. After her dad died when she was 13, he was the only person she wanted to talk to. He should know everything about her, shouldn't he? But he doesn't, and Elowyn is slowly drowning in the weight of her secrets. He doesn't know about the creepy guy who won't leave her alone or how bad her home life and her mother have gotten. And he definitely doesn't know that she's slowly falling in love with him. But he would never want her, he's captain of the soccer team and could have any girl he wants. She's the girl he sees as a sister, he's even known her since before she went to speech therapy for her stutter. So why can't she shake this feeling, even though she knows it's so wrong? ✦ ─ ˗ˋ ୨୧ ˊ˗ ─ ✦ He draws me back in, our lips connecting again and I feel like I'm melting. Like I can't think at all. Like there's no such thing as any of my problems. There's no depressed mom, there's no jealousy, there's no secrets. There's only his calloused hand rubbing my cheek and his hair beneath my fingers. I'm hot and I'm cold and I'm melting. I'm gone, disappearing into the sand beneath us. ✦ ─ ˗ˋ ୨୧ ˊ˗ ─ ✦ Tropes: friends to lovers, childhood friends, golden boy, shy girl x popular boy, only one bed, secret crush Triggers: mental illness, depression, sa