After Anna's mother died, she was given an offer to either live with her mom's best friend, or go into the foster system.
Basically having no choice, Anna decides to live with her mom's best friend. Unknowing of who that "best friend" is, Anna is reluctant to live in a neighborhood so foreign to the newly formed orphan.
That is, until she meets the boy next door.
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Enter Annabelle Walker, the girl whose mom died from a house intruder. She's a problematic teen, believing that trouble follows her everywhere.
Boy is she right.
Enter Carter Mason, Annabelle's next door neighbor and bedroom window buddy. He soon befriended Annabelle through the comfort of their own bedrooms, relating on their names that referenced to movies, but what Annabelle didn't know was that Carter was the most talked about person in Winford High. Maybe it's because he's the resident 'bad boy'. Maybe it's because he's the most popular player in school. Or, maybe it's because he's paying attention to the one girl who isn't Winford's slut, befriending the new kid with the mysterious past.
There's one thing for sure, though, and that's that there will be a hella lot of drama.
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We both inched closer and closer until our lips were brushing against each other like some sort of tease.
But before we could go any further, I stopped and leaned back. He looked confused and disappointed for some reason.
"I can't..."
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Hazel Ambrielle is as lame as it gets. She stays up extra late on Friday nights to read or watch Disney movies in bed. She's never been to a high school party and doesn't drink. When she moves to a new town with her mom and six brothers to escape their past, she expects life to stay the same.
Asher Grey is the big bad popular boy of Glenwood High. He's hooked up with girls at parties and forgotten them the day after too many time to count. He's an egotistical boy that just can't be bothered. His heart string can't be tugged on.
That is until he wakes up to find himself with a new neighbor. A cute girl with glasses and a big family. For the first time in forever, he feels something for a girl other than lust.
Hazel denies the unfamiliar feeling she gets around Asher. She's been hurt too badly to give into someone like him who's bound to do the same. But she can't help but let her walls come down when she sees how they bring out the best of each other.
He brings out her hopeful side and she brings out his dorky side.
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[[WARNING: This story deals with themes of violence and abuse]]