"Do you really think I'm scared of you?" I ask, glaring at him. "No, Gabs, I think your terrified." He says, with that smirk that he always does. "Terrified? Of my neighbor?" I say, and he pushes me up against the wall. "You should be terrified, you have no idea what I've been through." He growls, I could feel his breath on my face. "Oh, Mr. Bad Boy, but I think I do." I say, giving him a weak smile, and his lips crash down on mine.
Gabriella Thompson honestly loved her life how it was before HE came. She is the most popular girl in school, gets perfect grades, is the captain of the cheerleading team. She has everything she ever wanted, and she knows she will win prom queen. But then HE moved next door, and changed everything.
Jake Miller just came to this small, innocent, town. He use to live in Los Angeles, and was in one of the baddest gangs there. He did everything bad. He had tattoos, he did some drugs, he cussed, he fucked girls, he picked fights, and now he is Gabriella's Neighbor. Their life's come together, and what happens if they find comfort with their opposites. What happens if Gabriella finds loves with the bad boy next door.
***Bad language, sexuality, use of drugs, infrequent violence, read at your own risk***
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?
*****
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.
[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]