penny.

~ His face held a tiny smirk as he leaned down, caging me between him and the lockers. His eyes were angry pools of dark green, staring right through my fucking soul.
His breath hit my ear, "I'm not giving up on you that easily, Izzy. Last night wasn't long enough for me to let go of us." He pulled back with the same stupid smirk as I stood there, completely speechless. ~

Isabella Ramirez is forced to move into the predominantly white town, Northview, after the death of her father over the summer. Battling the grief of her father and inside issues from the gang she's in, moving in with her Tia Adalia is practically the last thing she's looking to do.

Elijah Taylors, a sheltered and not so innocent resident of Northview can't sleep to stay away from Isa or the trouble she brings. After his experience with family abandonment, Eli connects with Isa on a whole different level, but he's the calm one. The boy with a whole different approach to zen.

But what happens when her world of gangs and violence collides with Elijah's world of silence and serenity?

Is Isabella more than what meets the eye, a sarcastic member of the Ridgecrest's dominant gang, or does she prove to be a loving companion?

Do they embrace their complicated feelings with every fiber in their beings or push it away until it's out of the picture?

Senior year just got a hell of a lot more interesting.

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highest ranks:
#1 in spanglish!! (9.2.19)
#447 in loss (8.24.19)
#267 in humor (8.18.19)
#200 in friend (10.19.19)
#30 in boxing (8.22.19)
#39 in skating (9.20.19)
#241 in feminism (9.21.19)

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- not completed ( started august 2019 )
- mature content
- mentions of death, fighting, abandonment, and mental disorders
- a cliche but also a lil different ;)