The "What If" Challenge Series: The Alternative College Lovers (18+)
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Ongoing, First published Jan 21, 2017
Mature
Life and love was difficult for Sharni Hendry, while growing up. Now, aged sixteen, she hopes to move on and starts afresh, leaving her past behind her. However, little does she know that a few surprises awaits this young student as she enters the world of college. 
Not only does Sharni finds out that things are not exactly how they seem, you will be too as there are many twists and turns to the story that you would never imagine!

Caution: There may be words and imagery that are unsuitable for very young readers.
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This story is part of a "What If" challenge that I set myself. It is an alternative version of the original that I initially wrote between 2002 - 2005 (hence the title).
This is aimed at an older age range of readers compared to the original, but that is not the only challenging thing about the story. I have swapped the roles of the leading man (Vince Carr) and the antagonist (Steven Wilks) around, making Steven the leading man and Vince the antagonist. However, I decided to keep the structure of the story more or less the same. So, that means that Vince will have a sinister reason for 'secretly' liking Sharni. 
Also, unlike the original story, after the Prologue, I have decided to divide this story into 3 parts which are sub-divided into chapters.
So, you see it is not going to be a straight forward as you think ;)

This version was inspired by a number of things:
1. An Art Challenge by artist Mei Yu where she drew well known baddies from films as good guys and vice versa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDQZW7yXY6I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gwRCFDH-wQ
2. James Patterson's stories.
3. Current feelings in life. 

 Just like the original version, this story has been written in an American dialect, but I am aware that the concept may not reflect it. But I hope my new readers will enjoy this story as much as my few old ones :)

Happy Reading!!
S. T. Haque
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What happens when you grow up wearing clothes that are too small or way too big, or wear hand me down clothes passed on from family, get teased by your peers all throughout your school years, to have the boys tease you because you wear glasses, or wear braces, or because you didn't fill out on top in high school? You even had boys ask you out on dates or invited to the high school dance, only for them to not show up and you see them with another girl.... they considered her a nerd, a tomboy, a loser.... So what happens? You get Scarlett..... After graduation she became a girl that was determined to show she wasn't the nerd or loser they thought she was, that she wasn't this ugly girl they so claimed that she was. She filled out, she was beautiful, and for years she worked on having that perfect body to show those boys what they missed out on. She became a stripper, she was now 25 years old and was out to go after all the guys that made fun of her. She wanted to make them pay somehow, have them go after her, make them take her home, have her way with them and then tell them who she is. She's out for revenge... men try to change her and then realize that she won't change until she runs into the one man she always had a crush on that hurt her the most. Can he change her? After all she can't be tamed, but can she? credit for cover made by: https://selfpubbookcovers.com/kshipley