Annabeth Reed had simple goals in her life, graduate at the top of her class, get a nice boyfriend and mostly win the scholarship to her dream art school. She had everything she could wish for a set of supportive parents, an annoying but lovable older brother, and two amazing best friends, but her life would have been so much better if not for her. Emmalyn Cole also known as the school's sweetheart was the exact opposite. She was bright, loud and the absolute center of Rosewood High. Being the daughter of a self-made businesswoman and a famous pianist, she knew she was destined for greatness, but in sophomore year when she was publicly dumped by her boyfriend for her sister, she felt her friends and life slipping away. Junior year she knew that the scholarship to the art school her sister wanted would be her saving grace. She would easily get in if not for her. What started as a small competition spanned into a decade-long rivalry between the two girls. Both ambitious and always after excellence. With the turn of fate, they are once again competing head-on with each other. With the growing competition, a new boy comes along catching everyone's attention including those two and soon they find themselves competing for something other than the scholarship. As time plays with the hearts of the sixteen-year-olds they move towards adulthood and with that comes messy feelings, responsibilities, fear of the future, and a glimpse into the world outside. As the days pass and they grow closer, the girls find themselves questioning is he the one? or are they each other's perfect half?

"Kara, you're my best friend right?" "Umm yeah?" "You'd do anything for me, right?" "As long as it doesn't involve 10 years in prison, yeah." "Be my experimental girlfriend." ~~~ Kara and Brandon have been friends ever since they could remember. Brandon makes a sudden request to Kara, to be his 'experimental girlfriend' and help him get together with his crush. What happens when Kara finds herself falling for her best friend during the process? [I do not own any of the media shown in the story, credits to the owners.] #1 - bestfriends #1 - romance-friendship #1 - teenage #1 - schoolromance #1 - fiction #1 - highschool #2 - fiction #2 - newadult #2 - teenage #2 - schoolromance #2 - teenlove #3 - romance-friendship #3 - teenage #3 - schoolromance #3 - teenlove #3 - bestfriends

"𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦." Wren's toxic boyfriend of 2 years is a bad person. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳. They break up for what she hopes is the final time, hopefully. But that also means she's without an apartment. She has no choice than to ask her brother. Sounds great, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? Well, no. It's not. Because living with her brother also means living with Holden Bennett. Her least favorite person ever. After being forced to be around him for the last four years her brother has been in college, they've developed a rivalry (at the very least) between one another and cannot stand each other's presence. "I don't like you." "I know." A spicy emotional roller coaster between two enemies.. 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵. - Book One of the 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 Series - #1 in enemieswithbenefits 12/12/24 Started: November 12th, 2024 Completed: December 22nd, 2024

Allyson Reed shapes her life to make her parents proud, but whenever she's with Daxson Winters, the star wide receiver with a troubled past, her perfectly-crafted existence crumbles at the seams. ***** Allyson Reed is a guilt-ridden southern belle with her sights set on freshman year at the University of Alabama. Daxson Winters is the star wide receiver with a traumatic past who's completely wrong for her, at least that's what her parents would think. The more Allyson discovers about Daxson, the harder it becomes to deny her attraction. She knows falling for him will expose the flaws that her family has tried so hard to hide, but what she doesn't know is if Daxson opens his heart to her in return, it could mean losing everything. Warning: This story contains material that may be inappropriate for some readers. If you are sensitive to violence, eating/mental disorders, strong language, acts of racism, or sexual harassment please read on with caution. Cover by @witchoria Copyright © 2019 Taylor Hallon

Rosalie wants more than boring hookups-she wants fire. Enter Reed, a cocky frat boy with a secret, and a plan to give her exactly what she craves. ౨ৎ Rosalie is tired of boring, vanilla hookups. Who can match her freak? Enter Reed Hurst, the cocky frat boy quarterback, who thinks he can give Rosalie what she wants. When their worlds collide at a frat party, sparks fly-but Reed's got a secret. He's not just after her for fun. There's a reason why he knows exactly what she wants and needs-and he's not backing down. One thing's for sure: this game of push and pull is just getting started. The tension is sizzling, the stakes are high, and in a world of cocky jocks, frat boys, sorority girls, drama, and endless parties, Rosalie might just have to throw caution to the wind. But can she handle the rush of it all?

Hoping for no distractions during her senior year of college, Ryan finds herself in a whirlwind romance following a one-night stand with the last person she expected: the star wide receiver of the football team. ***** Ryan Collins only has two goals: to get into medical school and avoid football players, thanks to her ex-boyfriend and their nasty breakup. But after a one-night stand, she's torn between a notorious wide receiver and the dream she's starting to question more each day. With the NFL draft quickly approaching, Carsen Blake has a lot more to worry about than just football. Managing an alcoholic mother, a stubborn coach, and his grief after his father's passing, Carsen has to convince the one girl he's liked for years that he's worth more than a one-night stand while also proving to himself that he is more than everyone's expectations. Book One of the UNC Series Content warning: This story contains an instance of mild self-harm, themes of addiction and mentions of emotional partner abuse

After enduring years of abuse, Ali finally had enough. She packed everything she could and left her ex to start a new life with her four-year-old son. She gets a serving job at a high end restaurant where she meets NFL rookie, Tyler Reeves. Ali develops feelings for him almost immediately, but they're not warm and fuzzy. She tried to keep her distance from him as much as possible, but it seems fate had other plans for them. The more she pulls away from her true feelings, the more he fights for what they truly deserve- a happy ending. Just as Ali progresses through her trauma and finds the happiness she has been longing for, all of her baggage comes tumbling down. Will she ever be able to truly move on with her life when her past seems to follow her each step of the way? Will they ever get their happy ending?

Melanie Parks had it all. An amazing childhood best friend Lauren Porter, they're attending one of the best colleges in the country together, a great family, and a longtime boyfriend, Jamie Sanders, she loves and who loves her back. Or so she thought. Her world is turned upside down when she meets Spencer Bowers when they get paired together for a semester long psychology project. Turns out Jamie and Spencer know each other in passing and can't stand one another. As the semester goes on tension slowly bubbles between her and Jamie, to the point where Jamie loses his temper on Melanie, leaving Spencer to pick up the pieces, and Melanie.

Skylar Simmons knows ambition is the only way out. Journalism. College. The future. She doesn't have time for secrets, distractions-or the new guy with the criminal record and too many shadows in his eyes. Hunter Pritchard doesn't want attention. Not from classmates, not from teachers, and especially not from the sharp-tongued girl who sees through him a little too easily. But fate-or maybe just a cruel teacher-pairs them together. And when a school trip puts thousands of miles between them and everything safe, Skylar begins to realize Hunter isn't just running from something. As miles stretch and masks slip, Skylar starts to question everything she thought she knew-about Hunter, about herself, and about the line between right and wrong. Sometimes the path forward isn't straight. Sometimes it's unexpected, winding... and changes everything.

Taylor West is the epitome of self-reliance. Or she must be. Relationships are fickle. Despite finally enrolling in her dream studies and thriving in them, her social life is only skin-deep. When she finds out that her so-called boyfriend is a selfish cheater, her chronic condition flares up again. Walking around as if somebody had thrown itching powder all over you is not fun. Due to the mental strain, Taylor resorts to medication - but pills can only do so much. If that wasn't bad enough, she keeps running into Killian, whose annoying ways are starting to get under her skin. When a mysterious stalker shows up and things take a dangerous turn, Killian's help might be exactly what she needs.

Leah Stokes is determined to get a spot in one of the most prestigious internships programs in the country. The problem is she's been applying each year, yet hasn't gotten far enough in the process to even garner an interview. It's her Junior year and time is running out if she wants to kickstart the career of her dreams. When she finds herself in the same class as the CEO's son- charming quarterback, Nate Holloway, she's determined to convince him to put in a good word for her. Nate has an even better idea, he'll guarantee her a spot, but only if she'll help him pass all his classes this semester. Nate's star doesn't shine as bright off the football field as it does on it, and he's found himself on the verge of academic suspension after a lackluster semester. He needs Leah's brain power as much as she needs his connections, even though he finds her to be a uptight know-it-all and she finds him to be a vapid egotist. As they spend time together, they realize there's more to each other than meets the eye, but with so much riding on their partnership, one bad judgement could ruin both of their for goals for good.

Lynn Foster's life was completely turned upside down when star quarterback Brady Quinn's family moved in across the street on the first day of summer vacation. He had no idea who Lynn was. She was shy and quiet and the only people that knew she even existed were her family and closest friend Kate. After several crazy twists of fate she gets to know Brady that summer and finds out he's not the arrogant air-headed jock she assumed he would be and he actually ends up becoming her closest friend. Being Brady's friend gives her the courage to come out of her shell, face her fears and chase her dreams and little did she know this would become the summer that would change her life forever. Highest Rankings: #1 in # TeenDrama out of 14,000 stories #1 in # Bestfriends

/Sequel to Falling for the Quarterback/ It has been six years since Hazel and Logan have seen each other. They've completed their four years of college miraculously not running into each other once, having promised not to keep in touch once they parted ways all those years ago at the airport. They were going to let fate take its course. Now, two years deep into their own careers, Logan is a professional football player and Hazel... Well, Let's just say, Fate took its course. When life pushes Logan and Hazel back into each others lives, a much unexpected surprise follows it. Will their love be enough? Or will loving the quarterback be nothing but a high school fantasy? *As previously stated, this is a sequel. I recommend you read the first book before this one Falling for the Quarterback*

Iris Moore, she kind but cold, caring but quiet. With an abusive father, two sisters to raise and a group of friends to keep happy, she struggles to keep everything in her life together. And when a unrelenting new boy is added to the mix, she's in for the ride of a lifetime. Elias Jones, he's quiet except around her, he's smug especially around her and he's determined to help the girl that literally has him falling in love at first sight. When he moves to her school at the start of senior year no one could of guessed how captivated, the star quarterback with the picture perfect home life, would become with the beautiful yet troubled party girl. Will she let him in and finally experience the happiness she deserves or are the walls she's built around herself really impenetrable, even to him? WARNINGS: Mature theme Graphic details about abuse Suicide attempts Rape

!!!!STORY MOVED TO AMAZON EBOOKS~ ONLY 4 CHAPTERS AVAILABLE!!!!Ellie Coleman comes from the poor side of town. When she becomes best friends with Knox Hendrix, quarterback at Ole Miss and the pride of Stanford her life changes. Used to being ignored by the town and her parents she finds herself opening up to Knox and his family. When Knox has to leave for school he asks her to go with him. Ellie refuses after a talk with his mother that destroys her illusion of her friends acceptance of her. She leaves to make it on her own, sick of her parents and her home town. Four years pass and she fights her way to get a job as an intern at ESPN television, while studying journalism at a local college. When Knox comes to the station for an interview he sees the girl who ran away with his heart. When she sees him she ignores the pain of his betrayal does her job. What happens when she discovers that the thing that kept them apart for four years was a lie? (slowly being edited) :) © All Rights Reserved. 2013. cover done by @KellyLM

He's football's golden boy with a media disaster problem. She's the no-nonsense PR rookie assigned to fix it. Too bad she's been in love with him since she was thirteen. Davis Jennings is thirty-six, the starting quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens, and a walking tabloid headline. Between press blowups, locker room drama, and management breathing down his neck, retirement is no longer a whisper-it's a demand. If he wants any shot at ending his career on his own terms, he needs help. Fast. Enter Bethany Conn-Hart: newly minted PR associate, crisis management prodigy, and niece of Davis's best friend. Her first assignment? Babysit the man she once named her childhood diary after. The same man who just called her "kid" in front of an ESPN reporter. Bethany's determined to prove she's more than a last-name hire. Davis is determined not to notice that the little girl who once spilled juice on his cleats is now a sharp-tongued, bossy, dangerously gorgeous adult. But when an old crush meets very new chemistry, and sparks fly on and off camera, the line between personal and professional blurs fast. Especially when the whole world is watching. She's got one job: protect his image. He's got one problem: he can't stop thinking about her.

When Sophie Bennett arrives at prestigious Westbrook University for her freshman year, she's ready for the classic college experience: new friends, late-night study sessions, and maybe even romance. What she's not ready for is to find Jake Carter unpacking his stuff in what's supposed to be her single dorm room. Due to a catastrophic housing system glitch during peak enrollment, they've both been assigned to Room 304 in the co-ed Arlington Hall-and with every dorm on campus filled to capacity and a housing waitlist stretching into next semester, they're stuck together. Sophie is a driven psychology major with color-coded planners and dreams of becoming a therapist, while Jake is a laid-back architecture major who takes life as it comes, with a sketchbook always in hand and a tendency to stay up until 3 AM working on projects. Living in impossibly close quarters means witnessing each other at their most vulnerable-Jake walking around shirtless after morning showers, Sophie in oversized t-shirts with sleep-mussed hair, stolen glances that linger too long, and an accidental kiss during a moment of weakness that they both agree to forget (even though neither of them can). As they navigate the electric tension crackling between them, establish ground rules that become harder to follow, and pretend that sharing a room with someone you're wildly attracted to is totally normal, Sophie and Jake discover that the line between roommates and something more isn't just blurred-it's completely erased. By the time they finally stop fighting what's been building between them since day one, they'll realize that sometimes the best things in life are the ones you never saw coming, and that falling in love with your roommate might just be the perfect disaster.

[2024 WATTY WINNER][18+] Two best friends. Six weeks. One final shot at love. Since college, Maisie and August have been best friends-frustratingly, perfectly platonic best friends. For nine long years, Maisie has secretly harbored the hope that their relationship could be something more. In that time, Maisie Rhodes has skyrocketed to stardom as a pop sensation, earning the title of Pop Princess from her devoted Rhodie fans. When she hints on The Tonight Show that her love songs are inspired by someone close to her, speculation runs wild. To throw everyone off the scent-and protect her true feelings for August-Maisie's manager hatches a plan: fake a relationship with her best friend. Miraculously, August agrees. Now Maisie faces six weeks of pretending to date the one person she's always loved, all while tiptoeing around the unspoken truth that's lingered between them for years. What could possibly go wrong?