Iris is seventeen. She's quiet, she's tired, and she's used to being invisible. At school, the bullying never stops. At home, her mother barely notices she exists-unless it's to criticize her. There's no one to lean on, no safe place to land. And the pain she carries? It's not just in her mind. It's carved into her skin, buried under skipped meals, and hidden behind fake smiles. Every day, Iris wonders how much longer she can keep going. Then he shows up. Loud. Reckless. The kind of boy who doesn't care what anyone thinks. He's everything she isn't until, somehow, he notices her. Really sees her. But when your whole world has taught you you're nothing, what do you do with someone who suddenly wants to know everything?

Some people arrive quietly. No fireworks. No background music. Just a look. A name. A violet shirt in a white room. You don't realize it's the start. Not until you're too far in. I didn't fall for him the way stories say you should. There was no moment of knowing. Just a slow ache that built between library tables and half-finished coffee cups. The kind of love that feels like a question no one teaches you how to ask. We were never official. Never obvious. We were playlists. Eye contact. A sentence that almost sounded like confession-until it didn't. And somewhere in that space between almost and never, I became someone I didn't recognize. Someone quieter. Smaller. And then... someone who walked away. This is not a story about the guy I ended up with. This is about the one I couldn't have. The one who arrived too late. The one who taught me that not all love stories need a happy ending- Some just need a girl who finally chooses herself. And this time, I did.

They say everyone finds love at least once. But what if... she never did? She didn't stop believing in it- she just never got it. Not the kind you read about. Not the kind that stays. She loved deeply, silently, and selflessly... but life never loved her back the same way. And he-he wasn't searching for anyone. He didn't even know what love looked like until he looked at her. And suddenly, he just knew. This isn't a story of second chances. There was never a first. This is the beginning they never expected- when two lonely hearts crash softly, and build a kind of love that feels like home for the very first time. It's not her last... It's her first, too. And maybe... finally... her always.

"𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓾𝓷𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓪𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽 - 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓱𝓸𝔀, 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓽𝓸𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻." 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅. 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅? 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔, 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒊𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓-𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔. 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒍𝒔, 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂, 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆, 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔: 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔

Nicolas didn't want friends. Didn't want attention. Definitely didn't want her. But then Lina sat next to him. Every. Single. Day. She talked through the awkward silences, laughed at her own jokes, and asked questions he never answered. She was chaos in sneakers and bubblegum lip gloss - and he wanted nothing to do with her. ...Until he did. Because somehow, her noise started drowning out the thoughts he didn't know how to escape. And her voice became the only thing that made the silence bearable. This isn't a love story. Not at first. This is a story about a boy who lost his spark... And the girl who wouldn't let him disappear quietly. ✅ Nicolas ✅ Lina ✅ "You Talk Too Much" ✅ High school setting ✅ Healing + chaos + slow-burn (Btw I forgot to add that there will be no smut of any kind in this story. Maybe an innocent kiss or something but nothing else)

From the moment I first noticed him in kindergarten, he had a place in my heart. Lemon boy, my crush, my secret, my constant has had my heart for years. No matter how faith leads me it always drifted back to him. No matter the denial or hurt I still lingered, with his presence in my mind and through it all i showed no change because my heart only belongs to Lemon boy

Cherish The Moments We Had Together no A Story of Second Chances and New Beginnings When Ethan Collins is uprooted from everything familiar-his hometown, his friends, his girlfriend-and transplanted to Westwood in the middle of junior year, he's convinced his life is over. Armed with bitter resentment and a long-distance relationship he's determined to maintain, he arrives at Westwood High expecting nothing but misery. What he finds instead is a world that refuses to let him wallow. There's Andy, the effortlessly charismatic athlete who won't take no for an answer. Dayna Prescott, the mysterious "Westwood royalty" who seems to have her own agenda. And a cast of characters who all seem to know who he is before he's even introduced himself-courtesy of his surgeon mother's growing legend and his lawyer father's rising star. Ethan doesn't want a fresh start. He wants his old life back. But as boxes get unpacked and unfamiliar hallways become navigable, he begins to realize that maybe-just maybe-being forced to rebuild isn't the end of his story. It might be the beginning of something he never knew he needed. This is a story about the messy reality of starting over. About the guilt of moving forward when part of you wants to stay stuck. About discovering that sometimes the worst thing that can happen to you opens the door to the best thing you never saw coming. Not every ending is an ending. Sometimes it's just an uncomfortable new chapter. Disclaimer: This work is a completely original piece of fiction. Any similarities to existing characters, events, or settings are purely coincidental. All characters, names, places, and situations are the product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or any real-life events is entirely unintentional and coincidental. This story does not reference or incorporate any copyrighted material from other works.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

I gave him everything. My heart. My body. My secrets. He gave me silence-and loved someone else. I was just the distraction. The warm body. The easy f*ck. Not the girl he showed off. Not the one he kissed in public. Not the one he chose. Now I'm done waiting. Done begging to be seen. Because the girl no one chose... She's about to become the girl no one forgets.

He loved her quietly, from hallways, bus stops, and dreams she never knew she was in. He never said it. And maybe that's how some love stories are meant to stay- unfinished... yet unforgettable. She Will Never Know. 🥀💭🌧️ ✨ Tropes You'll Find in ✨ Quiet Boy × Lively Girl Energy One-Sided Love (Unspoken & Unseen) Chaotic Best Friend as Comic Relief Nostalgic College Life Vibes Slow Burn Friendship → Subtle Bonding Group Banter vs Silent Observer Hidden Emotions Behind Small Smiles She Brings Light, He Stays in Shadows Bittersweet Endings & What-Ifs First Love That Stays Forever

• Winner of Wattpad Campus Superwriters Awards 2020 • "Truth doesn't always come out." Have you ever wondered if all the things about high school that you think are facts are actually lies? Have you ever fantasized how high school would be for you? Being the Queen Bee, having a two or maybe three friends who would stick by you in all of your thick and thin, the whole school would respect you and then there would be your perfect boyfriend who would be the captain of the football or maybe basketball team (mostly football, though)? Well, let me tell you one thing. This doesn't even come close to describing a high school life. At least not a high school life in Riviera High. Sure, there will always be a Queen Bee, but she will never be you. She will never have friends, she will have minions. And if you ever even look at someone from the football team, she would make sure that your life is hell. Take it from me, someone who recently graduated high school that this is definitely *not* what high school is like. Still dubious about your fantasies and the reality? Come, I have a few confessions to make that might change your whole idea about high school. TEN INCIDENTS, TEN ACCUSATIONS, TEN EXPLANATIONS NOTE: This book deals with topics like slut shaming and self harm. (Status : Completed) (Highest Ranking: #9) (Word Count: ~50,000)