Stuck Between The Pages

ADDICT IN BLACK SPIN OFF

Keagan Monikol: the jock with a hidden talent for poetry and an unarming amount of intelligence. Hidden away under stereotypes and an unwillingness to correct people's assumptions, his true self is far less dumb and far more sensitive than other's give him credit for. He's ordinary, so why not just let them all think he's ordinary, too?

Robin Rae: All around nerd, complete Star Wars fan, and absolutely doesn't care about people's opinions. And she thinks he's a total dummy.

Have you ever wanted to run away? To become completely different from who you are, to just start over? Keagan...doesn't. He has no need to change, no need to prove himself. No one knows him, not really.

But what happens when he meets someone who he wants to be himself around?

After being paired for an assignment in their math class, the two can't help but to butt heads. It also seems that Keagan can't stop himself from falling for the girl who is severely underestimating him.

He puts love poems in the pages of her book and wishes it was enough to make her know how serious he is about her.

They have to keep working together for the rest of the year and Keagan finds arguing fun for once.

Both with baggage, he refuses to share things with her and rarely lets her glimpse at his true intellect while Robin doesn't really ever look at him unless she's forced.

It's only a matter of time before the bickering between a awkward nerd and a smart jock creates one hell of a story.

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Birdie laughs loudly, head tilted back and clutching at herself. But while her eyes are gleaming with amusement I can't help but to let my heart drop heavily in my chest.
It's not a joke, I think. I love you.

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Nudging her up at the elbow, I grin when she finally stands. "Come on, Four-eyes, we need to get a move on."

"Whatever, Jock-Strap," Robin sighs, giving me a look. "I didn't know your time was so important to you."

"Keep up Birdie, time isn't real."