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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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MAKE OVER by CrystalAndFelicity

**First Place in the @TeenFiction Another Year contest!!**Maddie Spence had big plans her final year of high school--this was to be the year that she conquered her fears and learned to be comfortable in her own skin. But when COVID-19 takes the world by storm and a "safer at home" order is put in place, her dream of the ideal senior year falls apart. No prom, no graduation, no telling Dalton Gray that she's had a crush on him since freshman year. After a less than exciting virtual graduation ceremony, Maddie regrets not taking advantage of the short time she had with her classmates. But when she wakes up the next morning to find it's the first day of senior year all over again, she swears to live this make over to its fullest. This story was written as an entry for the @teenfiction Another Year contest.

These Broken Roads by missy14cya

Natalie has always dreamed about E Miller since that day Freshman year. She's never felt this way about anyone else. For three years she's admired him from afar, too scared to make a move. She thinks it's easier this way. She has enough to deal with. Her and her brother are on their own and raising their little sister as well, after their mom disappeared. She just wants to make it through senior year without anything going wrong. Elliot, or E as his friend call him, has it all. Dating the hottest girl at Jefferson, captain of the baseball team, cool car, and rich dad. What more could a guy want? Even with all this stuff, though he doesn't exactly feel happy. His girlfriend cheats on him every chance she gets, and even though his dad pays for everything, he's never home and always working. E finds himself missing more and more the times when his mom was still alive, when he was happy. What happens when these two cross paths? With the two broken roads they travel with, will the roads ever lead them to one another? *mature themes; viewer discretion is advised*

The Locker Exchange by weathervane

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Forever August ✔️ by alexlightstories

|| a featured story || Aurora never planned on spending her final month alive falling in love. When she meets Gus, a curious boy who is all too eager to waste away the days with her, she finds herself trading in her month of solitude for a month with him instead. Under the summer sun, they promise each other a forever they don't have. All they have is August, and they try to make it enough. [Features a commissioned bonus chapter for the JCPenny #DreamPromposal contest] __________________________ Alex Light © All rights reserved 2018

It Started with a BET by aYarinya

(completed) #eroticromance #teenromance ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ This story contains sexuality, violence, strong language and other mature themes. Proceed if you're into such:-) _________________________________________________________ Zemela has one goal to completeing her senior year in her new school... Which is to be the best player on Bamford's girls basketball team. Zemela has never had a problem fantasizing over good-looking boys, she takes her time to imagine how her life would turn out with every good looking guy she sees. Her antisocial life makes her the last senior year new-bee standing, she becomes a target to the two most popular guys in school, Bryson Griffin and Reggie Abdon. Her sudden friendship with Bryson Griffin gets her into trouble with everyone including her best friend and strick ass dad. If you like girls that; are confused, have serious attitude, are dump, are smart, are pretty with glasses, black, have strict parents, wear oversized clothes, love sleep, then you'll like Zemela Olufola. ____________________________________ This book shows some of the effects of being too strict with kids. Have rules but don't become a dictator, it hurts a kid more than it helps. ~~~ Started December 19, 2022 Completed September 18, 2023 #4 in thirdchance~31/07/23

Trying Not To Love (COMPLETED) by Books_and_nerds

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Back To You | complete by zilch_expectations

[Featured on @NA on 13th January 2023] [Featured on @WattpadRomanceIN on 25th May 2023] [Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered on 1st June 2022] completed | edited Olivia Davis and Kaison Jennings had been dating for three years. They were going strong and steady. Until one night before they were supposed to leave for college, everything collapsed. Both of them loved each other. Both of them messed up a little. Lack of communication made everything worse. And so those little messes together made a huge one that separated them both. Olivia thought it was the end. Kaison hoped it wasn't. When the pair meets again six years later, sparks fly. Let's just hope they don't burn everything down. ****************************** Started: 1.1.22 Finished: 2.2.22 ****************************** WATTPAD EXCLUSIVE ******************************

Only You by xwriteratheartxo

When Charlotte agrees to fake date bad boy Mason to make her best friend and secret crush, Ben, jealous, she thinks it will be a simple arrangement. The rules are clear and she's certain of her goal: make Ben fall in love with her. So why does it seem like the lines always blur when Mason is around? *** Charlotte Anderson has secretly been in love with her best friend, Ben Hathaway, since childhood, though he's never seen her as anything but the girl next door. After witnessing Ben kissing another girl at a party, a heartbroken Charlotte accidentally admits her crush to notorious bad boy Mason Reed... who also happens to be one of Ben's closest friends. But Mason isn't going to tell Charlotte's secret; instead, he suggests they fake a relationship to make Ben jealous. They create a set of strict rules for the arrangement: no kissing when Ben isn't around, no sex, and no falling in love. But as their fake relationship progresses, and Mason's walls break down, Charlotte finds herself questioning her true feelings for both boys, and wondering if some rules are meant to be broken-especially when it comes to love. [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet (This story is a standalone title in the Dependency series) [[Wattpad Editors Choice: June 2021]]

Freefall ✓ by maryhandwrites

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Long overdue by natasharich2023

"Do others also have a crush they obsess over for four years, even when he completely ignores them? Probably not... at least not if they're sane." Natalie is thrilled to finally leave high school behind and start a new chapter in her life. She promises herself she won't be the same dumb teenager, obsessing over boys-specifically, one tall basketball player who never even spared her a glance. What began as an intense crush had slowly twisted into self-doubt and resentment over the years, as each ignored glance chipped away at her confidence. Now, she vows to cherish herself more, to be confident, and to never change for anyone else's approval. But what happens when the same guy she grew to hate, after four years of trying and failing to get his attention, ends up at the same university and, for the first time, calls her name?

Falling in the Dark | ✓ by adverbially

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Living with Trouble by Lillybwritting

Have you ever had a crush on somebody you knew you never had a chance with? It sucks right, try crushing on the same boy since the 8th grade. When seventeen-year-old Aniya is beginning to give up on her silly crush, fate brings them together in the same house after a freak accident. Aniya has been through a lot but this was the most unexpected. Victor Simon is your typical student. He gets good grades, respectful to his teachers, and does well in school. He wasn't interested in wasting his time with many friends or girls. His agitation then grows when he finds that the girl he rejected two years ago comes to live with his family. Little did he know how much his life would change in that exact time frame. - "I hate you," I gritted my teeth, a tear daring to slip out. I stepped backwards tying to get away but my back collided against the door. He took another step trapping me in between his arms. My heart thudded loudly in my chest as he brought his face closer to mine with a proud smirk playing out on his lips. The room was dark but I could still see the outline of his face, his eyes, his lips. Fuck. His alluring cologne graced my senses, but clouded my brain as he inched closer to me. "You sure about that?" He raised an eyebrow, amusement evident in his tone. ----- #1 - interracial - 1/27/22 #1 - hot - 2/26/23 #1 - drama - 6/2/22 #1 - cold - 3/3/23 #2 - teenromance - 5/21/22 #2 - tutor - 2/21/22 ----- This book is inspired by the manga series Itazura Na Kiss. TW: This story contains violence, mature themes, and may mention mental health disorders/illnesses so please read at your own risk.

My Brother's Best Friend by Believeeexoxo

From Wattpad to your book shelf! My Brother's Best Friend is now published as Playmaker. Available to Order now. Falling in love never scared Maddie Davis until she fell for the one boy she swore to stay away from forever. Season 1 of My Brother's Best Friend ********* Maddie Davis has been in love with her brother's best friend, Cameron Holden, since she was in the sixth grade. They used to be best friends, too, until he got into high school and became a version of himself she didn't even recognize. Everyone said he was a shoo-in for the NFL, and he let it get to his head. Right before high school started, he worked out until he was built like a sculpture, he got rid of his braces, and suddenly the girls fell at his feet. But that was fine because her middle school crush faded. And besides, even if she did think he was hot, Cameron wasn't someone she could go for even if she wanted to. Unless, of course, she found herself wound up with him in a closet during a game of blind seven minutes -- a closet so tiny and secretive that she would finally be able to act on the feelings she's tried so desperately to hide. But what were the odds of that happening? This is book ONE of three: My Brother's Best Friend In Five Years The Perfect Timing Content warning: This story contains mature sexual content and themes of bullying, sexual assault, violence, and explicit language. Cover designed by Ren Tachibana

The Boy Next Door by its_zoemonroe

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STRANGE LOVE by VictoriousAllen22

"lovely one, if I want you,I'd get you,but the thing is I don't. I see nothing there to want" Zion said as he had me pinned to the wall. Those words I don't know how but they brought a kind of pain to my heart, I didn't dare look into those sea blue eyes of his else they would consume me. "But the thing is..that's what I tell myself every day.. lovely your digging deep into my soul and I don't know how to get you out"...... Zion Enrique knight. At the mention of that name every girl in school bows, boys included. when your father is a billionaire and you are the captain of the football team, and also the social club president every one has no other option than to adore you. Alia trey... Practically invisible to the world,be little and closed up with a dark past and an unsure future. What happens when this two find love in the strangest place and with the strangest person. But everything around them even the universe is against it. STRANGE LOVE @All Rights Reserved.

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