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ABC... Love, one letter at a time...After years of watching her rebellious older sister clash with their mother, Brooke Calloway has a firm moral stance when it comes to relationships and dating. Her plan entering high school is to focus on academics, extracurriculars and friends-not boys.Cameron Summerfield, who happens to live just up the street, has a similar mindset. Smart, athletic and kind, he's more interested in academics than dating. But when Brooke's mischievous Jack Russell terrier sparks a fateful introduction, everything changes.It's "like" at first sight. An immediate, mutual crush. Soulmates, if either of them believed in such nonsense. But sometimes the right person appears before you're ready.Their initial attempt at friendship soon blossoms into something real, tender and electric that will test their resolve. As Brooke and Cameron grapple with boundaries, intimacy and personal values, they learn to navigate the balance of holding back and giving in. Writing their love story together, one letter at a time, they'll discover that the heart doesn't always follow "the rules."…

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Joy seeps back in as educators recover from the pandemic.A "One-Shot" story written for the Coffee Community prompt: The last time you laughed really hard.…

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Hetty is a reserved and studious high school freshman. Ryan is an attractive and outgoing senior who is also surprisingly sensitive. What starts out as friendly chit chat soon leads to secretly touching hands under the table during film class. As their bond grows deeper, neither of them have confessed their true feelings to anyone -- not a best friend, their parents or even each other. Will Hetty be allowed to date a guy three years older? Is love more powerful than society's rules and expectations?…

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Hetty and Ryan fell hard for each other in high school, but their relationship was cut short when Ryan went off to college. Eight years later, their paths have crossed again. Ryan's feelings resurface immediately, but the situation on Hetty's side is more complicated than he'd hoped. After all this time, the chemistry between the high school sweethearts hasn't changed a bit. But will Hetty risk a carefully constructed future to pursue a fairy tale love story from the past? And can Ryan bear to let her go for a second time?…

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Madisen and Noah unexpectedly wind up as roommates in Viña del Mar, Chile when Noah's host family drops out of the exchange program. Sweet, gorgeous and down-to-Earth Madisen is happy to share her living quarters with a familiar friend, unaware that Noah has harbored a massive crush on her for over a year. With his reserved and unemotional exterior, Noah manages to mask his ever-ripening feelings for Madisen, who is accustomed to ignoring and evading most male attention. Navigating cultural mishaps, communication challenges and an unfamiliar, somewhat disorganized university system together, the pair quickly grow close.After reflecting on things from a different perspective-quite literally, upside down-during one picturesque afternoon at a vineyard, Madisen begins to consider whether her deep fondness for Noah could mean something more.…

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These are random poems I've written in college and throughout my 20s and 30s, as well as a few new ones when they come to mind. :)It was brought to my attention that these poems were copied and posted to another site. If you see them outside of Wattpad, they have been taken without permission.…

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Natalia Stevens is smart, nice and shy-and this is exactly how everyone sees her. Even day-to-day conversations with friends and classmates are difficult, and guys certainly don't pay her any attention. During her senior year, Nati begins to notice unexpected interactions with her volleyball coach, Alex. Despite the apparent chemistry developing, she struggles to believe there is anything between them. Before she can make sense of it all, volleyball season is winding down, and it appears her mystifying crush will be out of her life for good. Natalia enters university just as socially petrified as she had been in high school, but new experiences with friends, booze and boys open up a surprising world of possibility. She realizes she can talk openly to other people for the first time, and this exhilarating discovery fosters a newfound confidence she thought she might never uncover in herself. Along the roller coaster ride of thrilling and frustrating crash-and-burn encounters with various crushes, however, there is one guy Nati can't seem to shake from her mind.…