Choosing her cost me everything I'd ever loved... including her. I had everything a guy could ask for, a loving family, the perfect small-town life, and a promising future I had worked hard for. It should have been enough. She was off-limits, my parent's best friend's daughter, practically my sister. I fought my feelings, pretending our soul-deep connection didn't exist. When she confessed she felt the same, I pushed her away, believing our friendship mattered more than temporary infatuation. That she agreed should have come as a relief, but it left me with this void I didn't know how to fill. It's what drove me to the bonfire that night. Right there, with our friends as witnesses, I claimed her. Told her I loved her and made her promises I shouldn't have made. Hours later, it all came crashing down in a whirlwind of fire and ashes. That one split-second choice to go after a girl that wasn't meant for me cost me everything I loved. I never should have crossed that line or given in. It's why she'll forever be my greatest love and deepest regret. This tragic story is the beginning of our end...

"If you love me, you won't leave me." Jessie has believed those words from her boyfriend, Josh, since senior year of high school. She loves him and doesn't want to leave him. Not even when he shouts at her and hits her. Jessie's best friend, Kolleen, can't stand seeing her in that situation. With a bit of convincing - and the worst beating she'd ever received - Jessie agrees to move into an apartment with Kolleen. But not long after, Jessie is scared the worst of her nightmares will soon become a reality. Josh goes missing, and suddenly Jessie would swear she's being followed. One night changes everything, and one person soon changes Jessie's outlook. A responding officer from that fateful night begins to seek her out, at first claiming it's part of his job. As she spends time with her new friend outside of his job, she starts realizing that her feelings are evolving. After being abused for over a year, Jessie is terrified she's falling in love. What's even more terrifying is that he might be, too. She isn't ready for love. Not yet. She makes up her mind that if he is falling, and if he does love her, he'll wait for her to be ready, and if she loves him, she won't let herself hurt him. Can the words that used to cage her in really be the key to her freedom? --- Featured On: @NA: Take a seat and let it be | Mature Content and 18 reading list @NA: You deserve the world | Mental Health reading list Ambys Top Picks New Adult 2023

"𝐍𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄 𝐆𝐎, 𝐈𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐒 𝐖𝐄'𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐁𝐄 𝐆𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑." After Jasmine and Alexis' friendship falls apart, she wishes to never see her again. She dreads the day that they will cross paths again. They've both been destined to meet again, and at first - it starts off well. But when she gets close with a boy, Alexis decides now is the time to speak to her again and get close with her again Or plot her revenge. Again.

Sometimes all it takes are just few words to change everything...but seldom are we able to speak the right word at the right moment... Meet Two people , both of them struggling to find the right word, one fears rejection and the other is afraid to feel those long buried emotions again, afraid to hope. Will they be able to fight the inner demon and accept their feelings? Join the journey of two people in their quest for love. How will they survive when unexpected circumstances bring them back together after years? Will they say those few words or lose the chance all over again?

Love can be found in the most unexpected places. Ximena has been crushing on her friend, Luka, for a while now and plans on confessing to him. She plans everything down to the smallest detail only for everything to be ruined when he reveals that he likes someone else. Caught off guard, Ximena accidentally tells Luka she likes his friend, Asher. Asher overhears, and well... the story of the misunderstanding of the century, the consequences of eavesdropping, and the uncertainty of sharing one's feelings begins. Ladies and gentlemen, this is high school: a place where drama can be found in every corner! (updates at least once a week)

Most teens explore life and relationships in high school. They learn their likes and dislikes as they develop their personalities. Meaningful relationships form, evolving and blossoming into lifelong lessons. Young minds are challenged and developed, but experiences help them transition into adults. High school is a stepping stone, baby steps into the real world. But what happens when baby steps are skipped and you are hopelessly thrust into grown-up things? While they're intriguing and amazing, you're ill-equipped to deal with complicated emotions and feelings. Like, how do you handle true love when it comes too soon? If only someone could have prepared Kelly and Aden. They would have known that their love was a match made in heaven.

Things were supposed to get better after Nathan's surgery. His shoulder was getting stronger by the day, and his voice steadily came back to him. Aiden was growing in confidence and learning to love himself again. He'd finally found a happy place filled with love and security; but fate had different ideas. Nobody knew that danger lurked in the shadows, and history would repeat itself for the boy who'd already been the victim of so much hate. #1 - Teen-Drama

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺?... Ex military 𝘓𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 retired after getting shot in the shoulder, and was forced to drive back home. Like every military staff, who was coming back home, he was still excited to see his fiancèe, despite him losing his job forever. It did not turn out the way he hoped it would be and caught her cheating with his best friend. That's when he started to lose all his hope in life and plot his own death. When life does not work his way he starts blaming God for it. Fortunately, he survived a car accident and was saved by a business woman named 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦. She helps him become a better version of himself and grow more into Christ, making him find the right path in his life again. Started: 12/27/20 Ended: 12/28/21 Genre: Short story/ Romance/ Spiritual *𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑*: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐓! Copyright © 2020 M.L (ORIGINAL WATTPAD BOOK)

They were best friends growing up-until that summer of mistakes they couldn't fix. Now, he's the boy who never dates; she's the girl all the boys cheat with. And they're both clutching onto the pieces of their sanity the only way they know how. (Cover credit to MilkweedSintheSky)

things I wish to say.