My Shirley Temple is about...
Small town, Hawaii girl - Kala is moving to Australia. A place where everyone is supposed to be someone, where people know their name, not because you see them at the markets, but because of who you are, people are important. But as much as she hates it, Kala isn't like that. She grew up where everyone knew her name, not because she was important, but because she grew up like that. You would see and talk to each other at the market, and people would know your name. People would see you surfing and yell and wave- saying "make sure to be on time!" Now here she is moving to Australia, away from her home, her family, her friends, her whole life. A fresh new start. With her mother (Kamilia) and her father (Anthony), as well as her two older brothers, (Kilo and Kai). When looking for something to cool off after a nice surf, she stumbles upon a tasty surprise...
Ryder Marks, a well known Australian boy. Ryder has lived in Bondi, Australia his whole life. Surfing, skating, pretty girls, lifeguarding, and some sharks. He's worked it all through with his mother (Charlotte) and his two younger sisters (Talia and Kiera). They make this whole Australian thing look easy. With their beach blond hair, and a perfect tan, surf boards for days, and sand in everything, it looks so simple. But everyone has secrets up their arse, some are just better at hiding it. When he sees her staring through the window, drooling at the Shirley temple he's sipping on, what will happen next...
"Never call a girl a bitch," I glared into his eyes as he opened them, piercing into me, the bright blue drink I had just poured over him still dripping from his dark hair. "Or she just might act like one."
I gave him one last sarcastic smile before pushing by him and walking away, practically strutting.
Well, this year will be fun...
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Crystal Summers; a self-proclaimed expert in all things sarcastic and the human embodiment of destructive decisions. Trying to get away from her troubled past, she moves with her mom to California to start a new life, and potentially not screw this one up.
There, she quickly meets Scarlett and Savanah, her new-found partners in crime, and her life finally begins to feel normal again for the first time in years.
But she just so happens to also collide with the school's sexy, notorious jackass, Ashton Monroe.. and his pack of asswipes.
She loathes him, and the feeling is mutual.
But as the poets say, the line separating love and hate is a very thin one. And often times, when two people hate each other, it can grow into much more.
Hopeless devotion, if you will...
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!!!TRIGGER WARNING!!!
• slight mention(s) of suicidal concepts
• substance abuse, addiction, anxiety, PTSD
• sexual assault, domestic abuse
• strong language and mature scenes
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