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Love, Emma

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anxiety bullying café chicklit emma family fiction highschool insecure italian love nathan romance scar socialanxiety stutter teen teenfiction toronto

"E-Emma? It's okay y-you know. I-I'm used to i-i-it."

"You shouldn't have to be, some people disgust me, the nerve of them." 

"I can't blame t-t-th-them, I m-mean l-l-l-look at m-me." He sounds so defeated, even though I can tell he's trying to hide it, so hurt and broken and utterly defeated. And that, to me, is absolutely heartbreaking.

Whipping around, he bumps into me, clearly not expecting my abrupt stop. 

"I am looking at you, and you're beautiful Nathan Walker, beautiful." 

There's tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat the size of a basketball, and my eyes are burning, burning and my heart hurts but it's so fast, pounding a beat against my chest- because he should know, people like Nathan deserve to be told how unequivocally, unconditionally, completely beautiful they are.
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Emma, a sixteen year old girl in the big city of Toronto, who befriends her school's social pariah, out casted for his looks. He's a very quiet, very gentle, giant, but everything's not that simple, the tough guy he looks like is nothing like what he actually is, not with his stutter, continuous insecurities, and his Social Anxiety.

While their friendship develops, both at school and at his families Italian-style Cafe, Emma slowly starts to tear down his walls, finding herself deeply caring for the boy she finds behind them, a boy so caught up in his life's worth of ridicule, he has no idea of how beautiful he is.

Read on into the story of Emma and Nathan, where she helps him come to terms with his Anxiety, breaks his insecurities, and every other society standard set to define Something Beautiful.
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A HUGE shout-out to @MarkHazard, @MoisesTheHuman, @Ranosii , @theanchorheart , @JasonPeace, @GlaDOS, @Feonix and everyone else who helped out with this book, I really appreciate it (More than you know) and I really hope they like how it's turned out ^-^All Rights Reserved

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Built to Fall Apart by dianadonut0713

I quickly wiped my eyes making my way back into the auditorium, we had to finish blocking Romeo and Juliet. "Oh Haley?" "Hmm?" "Want to go out later? I mean so I can monitor you." Aiden asked sticking his hands in his pocket and shifting his weight. "Monitor me?" "Yeah no relapsing right? " He said giving me a grin. " Sure. I'll just text my mom to let her know, that I'm getting food with you to do lines, and to contact my therapist. Well maybe not in that order, I don't want her to worry." "You're handling this really well." "Well it's happened before, and this time I'm not going to lose anybody." "You got this,stay strong." "Sometimes I think I'm a loose brick on a castle. I feel like I'm expected to be perfect and if I'm not the whole castle will collapse." "So you're like the cement?" "Sure?" "That was an awful attempt at a deep conversation, just saying." "Gee thanks. Once a jerk always a jerk." "You're still going out with me right? " "Of course this is a sappy teenage romance novel. So the naive girl always goes with the jerk." I said rolling my eyes. "I would not be that. I was thinking something like Prince Charming or a star crossed lover." "Well if we would hurry and go in, you would be able to play one." "Oh right." ~*~ Haley Willaims was the girl everyone wanted to be, Student Council president, head cheerleader Valedictorian,you know everything. Until one night everything comes crashing down. But that wasn't the first time. Aiden Hartford had it all, money,good looks, and a huge house to himself. But there had to be a reason why he is an A Class Jerk and someone who is now afraid to get attached. Their relationship? It broke apart everyone and everything in it's path. It shouldn't have happened. They knew that from the start. But there was something about him she couldn't shake off. As time went on, the saying proved to be true. They were built to fall apart. But in the end would we fall back together?

greedy, c. sturniolo (✔️) by Elambz

✧❁✧✿✧❁✧ 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐚 has been burnt by love for the last time. she's moved to boston for college, and she's decided that she's never getting a boyfriend again. that's until she meets him - the player of the campus - and after ending up in his bed, she can't think to sleep with anybody else. she's not sure if he feels the same way, but she has to ask. she has to see if he wants to be friends with benefits. 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 moved to college for girls. he wanted to sleep around with multiple, but that suddenly comes to a stop when he sleeps with her. he can't think of anybody else, and he's quick to agree to be friends with benefits. everything's going so well...so why is chris getting the feeling he should ruin it? ✧❁✧✿✧❁✧ 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘵! COMPLETED: January 2024

Besties Never Lie ♥ by Xx_TheRainbowGirl_xX

"I..." "Stop it!" he shouts, stopping me in mid sentence "I hate you." "B-But why? Why do you hate me?" "Oh! You know the reason." "If I would've, then I would've never bothered you." "Stop! Stop acting so naive and shit!" "I..." "I hate you! And that's it!" he turns and starts walking away. "We used to be best friends!" I was on the verge of tears. "Absolutely! We USED to be!" he says over his shoulder and dissappears from my sight. ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ She rises up forgetting her painful past, that has finally stopped haunting her. She's cannot wish for anything but peace. She tries to forget her bestie Kayden and moves on. She tries to forget her parents and move on. She tries to forget her true self and move one. And when she thought that she was finally free for her miserable past, her past was thrown back at her face. She finally meets the person who she never knew would guide her to the path of truth behind her bestie Kayden. Matthew Brown, captured inside the cage of his and Elizabeth's past, struggles to get himself and also someone dear to him free. He cannot decide if his black hair and blue eyes are a blessing or curse. He wished to never meet Elizabeth again after that day. But fate... No. But circumstances force him to meet her and do something he will surely regret. He knows everything about her, she wasn't even aware of his presence, until now. He knows her secret, she doesn't knows his. He knows what she wants, she has no clue of him. She wants to get close to him, he wants to get far away. She loves him. He loves her. But he doesn't want to.... Can Elizabeth discover the truth behind Matthew's mask? Because....no matter what happens, no matter how hard it is, "Besties Never Lie" to each other. ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Highest ranking #143 in teen fiction... Cover by @the_lovable_dork

UNTAMED by helen_dz

I pushed him after that, greatly embarrassed by my actions and his confession. "You're such a manwhore, Aidan. I really hate you and don't you ever show your ugly face to me ever again." "Says the ugliest girl I've ever seen on this planet, lol. I don't want to see your ugly face again either. You disgust me with your holier than thou attitude. I guess I'll be finally free, without having you to follow me everywhere I go like a dog follows a bone." He yelled with a hard glare on his face and I couldn't help but break down in hysterical tears. I couldn't believe the boy standing before me was the same boy I grew up with. That same boy who would do anything just to make me happy? Like a dog follows a bone? Is that his perspective of me, that I follow him everywhere like a dog? I couldn't control myself as more tears poured out my eyes. "Thank you very much, Aidan. Thank you for your honesty, I appreciate that." I said slowly in hiccups and run away from him. "I wish you a happy sex with Sheldon and the rest of the school population, Emerald. You're free to be a hoe now." He said before I could get out of earshot and that made me cry more. I run upstairs to the comfort of my room and cried bitterly. The words kept ringing in my ear, "ugly, dog, hoe, sex, bone." Everything felt like a dream but it was a reality and I promise to hate Aidan for the rest of my life. _______________________________________________ Emerald Blue Woode seemed to have it all-a loving father, an ideal best friend, a sprawling mansion, and wealth beyond measure. But, an unsettling change was brewing in the air. Aidan, her steadfast best friend of over a decade, was no longer content with their platonic bond. A sinister determination had taken root within him, and he was willing to do whatever it took to transform their relationship into something more. What secrets lurked beneath this facade of perfection, and how far would Aidan go to claim what he desired most? Mature Content✔

Anomalies ✔ by whoscountinganyway

"I am the textbook definition of in love with you." *** Castor Rex: He's snarky, quiet and mysterious. A secret keeper. He doesn't like his life to be on display. People avoid him, even if they respect him. Jasper Red: He's polite, nice and helpful. A open book. He likes filling his life with other people and their love. People love him, they can't help it. Because of his quiet nature, snarky smirks and sarcastic words Castor has always had a hard time when it came to making friends -and keeping them. Something Jazz doesn't struggle with. With Jazz's protective nature, shyness and many friends he doesn't need someone else to fill a spot in his life -at least, that's what he thought. Then they met. And that empty part in Jazz's heart felt a little bit bigger because he started to realize Cas could fill it. Cas sees him as a grinning, happy dork he has no chance with. Jazz sees him as a adorable, grumpy jock that now, is his. Castor wants to get through the school year as quietly as possible but with how loud Jazz loves, neither of them know if it's possible, and to make matters worse they're roommates for the rest of the year. It's only a matter of time before they come together or fall apart. *** As a private person, someone who doesn't share myself with others, I can say that learning how to interact with others is difficult. It's like baking, almost, you have to mix the right ingredients together, and if you add the wrong ones things can taste hideous even if they look good. It's a lot like our words. But I've mastered how to tell someone just a little about myself but doing it in a way that makes the person in front of me think they know a lot. Jasper, somehow, sees through this every fucking time and it's absolutely infuriating. He's never satisfied with just a little of me, with my hidden truth, and it's the most annoying thing I've ever experienced. *** @STESLARA made the second POV in her book 'Jasper Red's Anomaly'

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Gem in the Rough by NeverEndingLie24

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I quickly wiped my eyes making my way back into the auditorium, we had to finish blocking Romeo and Juliet. "Oh Haley?" "Hmm?" "Want to go out later? I mean so I can monitor you." Aiden asked sticking his hands in his pocket and shifting his weight. "Monitor me?" "Yeah no relapsing right? " He said giving me a grin. " Sure. I'll just text my mom to let her know, that I'm getting food with you to do lines, and to contact my therapist. Well maybe not in that order, I don't want her to worry." "You're handling this really well." "Well it's happened before, and this time I'm not going to lose anybody." "You got this,stay strong." "Sometimes I think I'm a loose brick on a castle. I feel like I'm expected to be perfect and if I'm not the whole castle will collapse." "So you're like the cement?" "Sure?" "That was an awful attempt at a deep conversation, just saying." "Gee thanks. Once a jerk always a jerk." "You're still going out with me right? " "Of course this is a sappy teenage romance novel. So the naive girl always goes with the jerk." I said rolling my eyes. "I would not be that. I was thinking something like Prince Charming or a star crossed lover." "Well if we would hurry and go in, you would be able to play one." "Oh right." ~*~ Haley Willaims was the girl everyone wanted to be, Student Council president, head cheerleader Valedictorian,you know everything. Until one night everything comes crashing down. But that wasn't the first time. Aiden Hartford had it all, money,good looks, and a huge house to himself. But there had to be a reason why he is an A Class Jerk and someone who is now afraid to get attached. Their relationship? It broke apart everyone and everything in it's path. It shouldn't have happened. They knew that from the start. But there was something about him she couldn't shake off. As time went on, the saying proved to be true. They were built to fall apart. But in the end would we fall back together?