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The Joy of Surrender

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On her way home from Fall Formal, Natalie Westbrook gets into a terrible car accident that leaves her badly injured and with short term memory loss. While recovering at the hospital, she meets Brian Holmes, her classmate and a cancer patient. He serves as her guide and a companion as Natalie recovers from her injuries. Natalie is unable to extract herself from Brian, a caring, funny and thoughtful person. What begins as friendship for them, is blooming into romance.
	As their love deepens, Natalie is forced to confront the hard truth of Brian's deteriorating health and the uncertain future of their relationship. At the same time, Natalie's memory begins to return and discovers the truth on how and why she had the accident. If cancer won't rip Natalie and Brian apart, then the painful truth will. Natalie is not willing to lose Brian, her true love. Because a world without him, is something she can't fathom.All Rights Reserved

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Cancer Problems | completed by lost-in-my-thought

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To Whom I Fell For by chxrryxblossom

Following the tragic death of his mother in a terrible car accident, a loner, 17 year old boy, Darius, must go about his life living with his mother's twin in a different state. Darius must balance the loss of his mother, the emotional and mental trauma of being with her at the very moment of her death, and his emotionally unstable father who left Darius and his siblings to recover from the loss of his wife. The young teen falls into a deep depression after the loss of his mother and becomes lost in the weeks following her death. His only rays of happiness are his baby sister, Leyva and music, both of which still don't manage to make him any more happy than he has been since his loss. Soon after these tragic events, Darius meets a girl at the oddest of times named Bryn. Bryn soon becomes his largest shimmer of hope and happiness and pulls him out of his dark depression. She helps Darius over come his mother's death and find helpful ways to avoid falling back into the depression, which in turn opens up new career paths for him. Two months after the two meet and become friends, they then become a couple. Darius' life then takes a horrible turn yet again as Bryn falls severely ill. Darius stays with her for the months that follow the sickness that traps her. Darius soon must face the choice of moving on from yet another loss, or falling back into the depression he had found after his mother's death.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love. (Watty Awards 2012) by EmilysStories

Alice- Alice is one of the most shy girls in her high school. When a popular boy named Kendall meets her for the first time, they both find love at first sight. Alice finds it hard to believe that Kendall actually likes her, but she gives him a chance, and goes out of her way to change herself for him. McKayla- McKayla finally gets to date! To celebrate one of the best birthday presents of the century, she decides to ask her crush Andrew out on a date. But, when multiple people turn her down, her best friends little 9 year old brother, Daniel tries to get in on the action. Julie- For a life time, Julie has been stalked by a geek named, Jeremy. He's had a giant crush on her since they met in Preschool. When Jeremy tries all of his luck to impress her, he finally gives up and begins to like someone else. And just as that happens, Julie finally begins to like him back. But hearts are crushed and broken, when Jeremy doesn't like her anymore, and a huge secret and surprise comes between them. Casey- Casey and her popular boyfriend, Corey have been dating for a year. They were so in love until, Casey found out she had brain cancer, and lost all her hair. Corey's selfish side comes through, as he begins not to like her anymore, and doesn't understand what she's really going through until tragedy happens.

The Boy She Saw in the Hospital by triciawritess

"Death isn't just one thing that happens and is over with. That description fits life more. Death is eternal. I mean that's how I view it. Death brings joy and pain. In my opinion life should be viewed as death is. The end. Death is the beginning. A new life, a fresh new start. Its beauty is unmatched. I imagine it feels like stars bursting, a million smiles and just pure happiness." Cancer. What a pain. Valerie's crippling illness leaves her hospitalised, bored out of her mind, dreaming of how she just wants to be a normal teenager. Although her thoughts are constantly intruded by someone. The boy. She was intrigued by him, he visited everyday at the same time, 2:47pm. She wanted to know his story, why was he here? Is he visiting someone? Her curiosity overflowed her. Anyways, it didn't matter, for her illness was getting better and she could finally get back to school. Sophomore year. Gosh. She could finally be a normal teenager. Then she saw "him" in the school hallways. The boy. Although he seemed different, less warm, more cold. It was like he put up a façade and barricaded his true self. His true self being... the boy she saw in the hospital. 🥇First place in The Star Awards 🥇First place in The Ember Awards #24 in sadromance #15 in cancerpatient finished- 22/09/22

Never Met a Girl Like Her | ✔️ by tayxwriter

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Rock Bottom by amyhicks16

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Not So Perfect (West Coast Campus Book 4) by BeccaRuth_

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A Resilient Heart Continues To Beat by Mickeygirl1985

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