Trying Not To Like You
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Last published Mon, Jun 6, 2022
Student Council president and eighteen-year-old Jade Scott is blindsided when her boyfriend, a junior in college and undergraduate teacher's assistant at her school, suddenly calls it quits. He thinks that she is overly predictable.
This girl has decided to show her ex-boyfriend that she can be less predictable and it starts with finding someone, an unlikely choice for her to date. The perfect candidate is Alistair Camden, lead vocalist of their popular high school band, Prism. Jade strikes a deal with him that they start dating. Alistair agrees.
Will Jade realizes that liking someone is not going to be easy? Or will she learns that trying not to like someone is even harder?
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