Aria never imagined that she would see Oliver again, it had been many years since she had last seen Ollie. He was her best friends brother, and he was off limits, not that he ever noticed her. They had grown up together, attented the same schools, played playground games after school, and hung out at each other's homes. Suddenly right around middle school Aria started to get shy, and awkward whenever Ollie was present, and it got worse the older they got. She'd steal glimpses of him whenever possible, and yet, never admitted it to anyone, let alone Ollie.
Then life happened, and they grew up, and they all went there separate ways.
One day, Aria spots Ollie in the distance, and she immediately becomes entranced at the sight of him. Oliver was older now, but she quickly recognized him. She would know, as she had stolen many moments staring, studying his face, and she could definitely spot those eyes anywhere.
They are suddenly forced to face each other, and she realizes that she quickly becomes that awkward shy school girl all over again. He is familiar to her, but yet, still different, as he is a soldier who hasn't quite left the battlefield. Standing so close to him, she can't help but try to steal a closer look at him, but she quickly realizes that this time- he is staring back at her, and he isn't even trying to hide it. His eyes are immediately locked on her at the first sight.
"What the hell?! Kennedy!"
I watch as Ryder turns around furiously and strides towards me.
Oh oh. Maybe I took it too far...
"What's wrong with you?! Did you really have to cover my car in pink sticky notes?!"
He steps towards me and I take a step back. He steps forward again and I step back until I'm up against the wall.
"Well if you would have left me alone when I told you to, I wouldn't have had to do it," I fire back.
He chuckles. "You don't know what you just got yourself into."
"What do you mea--"
I get cut off by his lips on mine. I freeze. What was happening? And why did it feel so good?
Ryder grabs my waist and pulls me closer to him. I wrap my arms around his neck and tangle my fingers in his hair. He bites down on my bottom lip softly. As I was about to part my lips, he pulls away.
"Better watch your back," he says. He smirks at me and then turns around to leave.
What just happened?
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Kennedy is not like most girls. Instead of getting her nails done and gossiping, she would rather ride her motorcycle or dive jump.
She didn't have any friends back at her old school, but will that change when she attends a new one?
She meets the bad boy of the school, Ryder. One harmless prank of pouring some pudding over his head starts a whole other war.
They prank each other and start to realise that they might have feelings for the other person and the other person might have feelings for them. Will they use that knowledge to their advantage?
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Highest rank: #8- teen fiction 12/29/16
Thank you to MySecretDiary for the amazing cover!!