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Alexandra Giannozzo, a young , beautiful, 18 year old girl. A straight A* student, all the teachers loved her, they always gave her advise, some teacher even blessed her, all knew she had a bright future ahead. She grew up in your usual European ski village, they were about 500 inhabitants, so everyone knew her, yet no one knew that deep inside, she desired so much, all she's been thinking about was what life had stored for her on the other side of the globe, in Australia and New Zealand to be more specific. During her early teens, she spent hours making researches, learning about the culture, the people, the history, the South Pacific fascinated her, she promised herself she would go and visit and maybe even settle down with one of the natives.
In a week time, she will be graduating from high school, her family has been putting lots of pressure on her about her tertiary studies. Being in a loving, caring Italian family, her parents want her to be near home, but she's got much bigger plans, she's planning on applying for a scholarship in Australia or New Zealand, any of the two would be a dream come true to her. She knows getting her parents to accept her to move to the other side of the world would be nearly impossible, so she's planning on being independent and covering for her expenses, starting by where to stay/live. She's been planning this ever since she was 15, she analyzed everything fully and is ready to apply for Uni.
Will everything go to plans? Will she get accepted? Will her parents let her go?
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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