For 17 years, Lucas Skyer has been caught in a web of pained words. He lived in a richman's neighborhood, being the child of a mother that never fitted in in such a world. But, because of his fathers influences, everyone around him continued to build fake relationship around him. Lucas himself however, ignores every attemp of getting near him. So, the day his parents decides to walk separate ways, Lucas moves away on his own, and changes school. In his head, everyone is the same fake people that can't see anyone else, and to some extent, he's right. But unexpectedly, he stumbles across a girl that has the opposite problem; she can't see herself. And for some reason he keeps bumping into her, saving her from all the cruel people that finds pleasure in bullying her.
At the same time, a girl and a boy, a hilarious couple, keeps going on his nerves. The girl is way too violant to be sane, and the boy seems like he's high all the time. The leader of the"It"-crew of the school keeps pulling in his sleeve, threatening to leak some information that should never exist. Why did this school turn out to be worse than the previous?
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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