Which one of y'all falls in love too easily? Oh good, you. That's nice to know. It's gratifying to know I'm not alone here. Yeah, I'm one of those...it sucks sometimes, and you get branded a serial dater if you mess up. Thankfully, I wasn't one of those.
I dated throughout primary and secondary school, and all of them ended...well, not so well. Except one.
This is my story - broken hearts, broken friendships, broken relationships...see, they all get healed in the end. And when you meet that one person, everything will be okay, and you'll realize that everything that you've been through ended with you meeting him.
This is my story, my account of loves, hates, friendships, high school, broken hearts and how I got over it, beginnings and endings.
Note: Based on a true story. Set in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia but formalized.
Disclaimer: Views and opinions in this story were mostly mine, and I'd like to request that no reader who is actually involved in this story, under the same or different name, take any offense. Your story may have been published but no person knows it except you and I and under aliases. Thank you for your discretion.
Rated R because of a scene at the end you don't necessarily have to read because it's just for fun and it doesn't affect the storyline anyway.
[This story is free as of February 10, 2021]
"Move over A Walk to Remember, and make way for one of the most heartwarming stories this side of Wattpad. It's so cute, I could cry (again)." - Grace @ HQ
After tragedy strikes, Nolan loses all faith and never expects to love, let alone smile again until Nora-perky and persistent-walks into his life.
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15-year-old Nolan Haynes has everything. A loving family, a promising future as a filmmaker, and a pretty cool group of friends. That is until tragedy strikes and he's forced to move towns. Nolan vows never to let anyone in ever again-they always leave. But on a summer day two years later, when the super upbeat, Nora walks to his lunch table-Nolan has to try a bit harder to keep a smile off his face. Little does he know that Nora is fighting a battle of her own, one that no one could even imagine. And as the two get closer, they not only find solace in each other but in God. When Nolan is faced with a situation in which he has to break Nora's trust to protect her, can their budding relationship still stand and will God show up in all of this?
[[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]
Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story contains scenes of verbal and physical abuse that may be triggering for some readers.
NOTICE: Before the Morning is currently undergoing revisions! A sensitivity reader (someone who goes through your manuscript and assesses representations in your work) identified a number of issues surrounding the Filipino representation in BTM. I'm rewriting with the goal of creating a more authentic and respectful story. I'm sorry for the pain I caused by failing to include accurate Filipino culture and in having written from Nora's point of view.