A silly little story. She falls first - he falls harder.
"Do you think you'll meet someone, Mel?" Sarah dropped nonchalantly, and Melody blanched. Chris faced forwards and pointed his whole body at her, giving her his full attention. Melody lifted her eyes to the review mirror, and she sent a very aimed glare towards her friend. Sarah merely smirked.
"I - um, it would be nice, wouldn't it?"
"You don't need a boyfriend, Mel," Chris blurted out, and even he looked surprised at his own words. But then he nodded firmly, to himself and then to her, and looked at her very seriously.
"I mean it, you don't."
"Is it because you think she's already met someone, Chris?" Alicia piped up from the very backseat, leaning forward. If Melody could bang her head against the steering wheel, she would. Or, more ideally, she would bang Alicia's. Then Sarah's.
This story contains iMessage and real life.
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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