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Close to Perfection

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Parts 8
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Reads 243
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Parts 8
Time 55m

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With a past that haunts her and a future that she doesn't think she will ever get Lilly Smith is broken. She goes day to day dealing with her past and working at a small Record/Instrumental shop. Photography is one of her only escapes in life. Lilly thinks it is her against the world but what will happen when boxer Drake Collins walks into that little shop and straight into her life. Will Lilly let down all of the walls she has so carfully built around herself and let Drake in?  

Letting go of someone dear to you is hard, but holding on to someone who doesn't even feel the same is much harder. Giving up doesn't mean you are weak! It only means that you are strong enought to let go! So will Lilly be strong enough to let go of the past and grasp her future head on?All Rights Reserved

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It's Your Choice

Casey Blue is your average 18 year old girl. It's her senior year and she has everything, a best friend and a boyfriend. She got into NYU. She lives in the Hamptons. And she's everything but spoiled. She doesn't want her parents money. Her boyfriend, Aaron King. Is tall, handsome, muscular, piercing green coloured eyes and dark brown hair. If you ask her she just might say he is perfect. Then one day he is gone. He abandoned her. And her best friend moves to North Carolina. A year later she is at NYU, forgot about everything. About him. And to her surprise... Again torn apart. Casey will experience hate and feelings coming back. Will she and Aaron get back together or will she be to stubborn? They'll fight and scream and maybe love again. The past coming back. Answers she wanted and maybe needed. When the truth came out she was shattered to pieces. The love of her life near death. Will she be able to cope?