Written in memory of my wonderful freshman year on track and field. Fun but never again. Sorry.
I met Isa Drew a few days after starting high school at Pinewood Academy. We immediately became friends, best friends, almost. Through her, I was introduced to a new clique and swayed into joining our school's track team. Crazy. Who likes to run...for fun?
Apparently we did.
Young, naive freshman. Running wasn't fun. I guess the fun part was watching the cute senior guys run freaking fast. Aww, cute. Flashback to reality, pain, soreness, ugh.
Amidst the pain of doing high knees across the football field and watching in horror as bad sock tans turned into distinct tan lines, thighs to what Ray calls "thunder thighs" romance was definitely in the air, one-sided romance, that is.
When you're a hopeless romantic like Isa, or a kdrama fangirl like me, Valerie Kim, the impossible becomes possible. And thus began our freshman track kdrama-like memories.
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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