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What If

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Claire Bennet and Eli Dawson have been best friends since freshman year of college-inseparable, undeniable, and impossibly blind to the truth everyone else could see: they were never just friends. Their connection was messy, magnetic, and full of the kind of tension you only find in the space between almost and never.

For years, they danced around the feelings they couldn't name. Late-night talks turned into almost-kisses. As memories resurface and old wounds reopen, they're forced to confront everything they avoided: the timing, the choices, the fears-and the one question neither ever truly answered.

What if they had chosen each other?

Told with aching tenderness, biting humor, and cinematic emotion. "What If" is a story of missed chances, unresolved love, and the courage it takes to finally say what you should have said all along.All Rights Reserved

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When we meet again by MissMini2001

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When we meet again

What if the love you lost was the one meant to last forever? Ava Montgomery and Liam Carter were the couple everyone believed would make it. As high school sweethearts in a quiet New England town, their bond was undeniable-until Liam's sudden move overseas tore them apart. Ten years later, Ava has built a quiet, comfortable life in Boston. She's moved on-or so she thinks-until a chance encounter with Liam flips her world upside down. Older, wiser, and carrying the weight of years and unanswered questions, the two reconnect as friends. But friendship slowly begins to blur into something deeper. Over the course of four years, through missed chances, personal struggles, emotional detours, and the raw beauty of reconnection, Ava and Liam must face the truth: the past never really let them go. Now, they must decide if love deserves a second chance-or if some hearts are meant to remain broken.