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| He waited 1,093 days for her to notice him. She never saw him coming. | Noah Gallagher has senior year mapped out: - Tape ankles. - Ace exams. - Accept her promotion. - Absolutely do not look twice at wide receiver Fox Heeler. Focused, disciplined, and determined, Noah knows the rules keep her future safe. But Fox - Atlantic State's star receiver - has been waiting 1,093 days for her to finally look up from her clipboard. When a freak storm traps them together, the rules Noah lives by suddenly feel harder to follow. And Fox? He's not about to waste his last season - or his last chance - staying quiet. Now Noah has to decide if she can stick to the plan she's chased since freshman year... or risk everything for the boy she was never supposed to want. --- Story Rankings: #1 in slowburn (12.6.2025) #4 in sportsromance (12.6.2025) #2 in americanfootball (12.10.2025)

In which two ex-step-siblings reconnect after just about blowing up their family the first time around... Three years ago, Maddie fell hard for Jacob Isaacs, the smartest boy in her school. The only problem was this: Her dad had quite literally gotten engaged to his mother. The two tried to dampen the flames of their burgeoning attraction for each other but not before they got caught and were the talk of the town for months. After the fall out, Maddie moved away to try and start her life over and not be known as the girl who got caught doing it with her 'brother' at prom. She hasn't seen her family in ages and intends to keep things that way. Jacob, on the other hand, has worked hard to accomplish everything he's ever dreamed of. He's stayed close to home, done exceptionally well at school, and is adored by just about everyone who meets him. There's only one problem: There's a Maddie-shaped hole where his heart used to be. But no matter how hard he tries to reach out and find her, he can't. She won't let him. He let her down and gave up on them when she needed him most. And she's not ready to forgive and forget. But then Maddie's dad passes and she's forced to come home for his funeral. It should be a quick visit. She intends to make it one. But Jacob has other plans. He let his girl slip through his fingers once and he won't let that happen again. So now he has to convince her to give him one more chance. After all, they're not related to each other anymore.

Ally, can I....I want to tell you something". That raised an eyebrow. "Yes,I'm listening." "Allison, I....I think I like you". I spat out what was in my mouth. Well,that was a shock. "Wh....what?" "I like you, Allison. I've liked you since the first time I saw you at your lunch table with Jennifer. I don't know,but you're different,in a good way of course." Oh my God! Should I tell him I kinda like him too? My mind is telling me that this might not end well but my heart is telling me otherwise. I decided to let him finish speaking first. "After that kiss,I couldn't stop thinking about you. Allison, I've never felt this way before. Ally,say something." "I....I don't know what to say. I also have some...... weird feelings for you". **** Allison Astley moved to a new school hoping to start afresh after having a bad experience at her old school. Being the new girl, she knows it might be difficult. She meets Ryan Woods, the golden boy of Westminster high school. Will she make it through easily? Follow Allison on her journey as she makes new friends and gets into a love life she never thought she would have.

I have three basic rules to live by Don't draw attention to myself. Make it through another year. My brother's friends are off limits. My junior year, each and every single one of those rules will be broken. **~~** Blaine has always been the type to embrace the wallflower lifestyle. With her brother being the big man on campus, it's easier to do then you would think. No one thinks twice about the quiet, shy girl hanging around the football god. Blaine was thankful, until her friend drags her to a party in an attempt to expand her social life. Now, Blaine is juggling the pieces of her life she wanted nothing to do with.

Seventeen-year-old Ethan has two dreams-one, to become a brilliant doctor, and two, to be someone Claire might finally notice. A gifted coder and a dedicated student, Ethan spends his nights buried in programming and medical textbooks, pushing himself to the limit. While others are out making memories, he is building a future, convinced that success will one day make him worthy of her world. But Claire doesn't see him. She never has. She moves through life like a melody-vibrant, effortless, unaware of the quiet boy who admires her from the background. As graduation approaches, Ethan starts to question everything. Is he truly chasing his dreams, or is he just chasing her? And if she never notices him, will all his efforts have been for nothing? A gripping and emotional coming-of-age story about silent love, ambition, and the journey to self-worth. Will Ethan continue living in the shadows, or will he find a reason to chase his dreams for himself?

'Accidents happen'. That's what people say. Yet, some accidents take away from us more than others. Ethan had it all. Everything was lined up in front of him. Popularity, looks, friends, a hot girlfriend and a promised future in football. In one incident that resulted in a horrible accident, he lost it all. The best friend, the girlfriend, the planned future and his sight. Fighting through darkness and depression, he built high walls that kept everyone out. Skye suffered loss too, but she kept strong for the sake of her little brother, Matt. With her aunt and brother, leaving home and moving to a new place seemed like the perfect solution. A new start that they all needed. Skye's plan was to blend in and keep to herself. Well, not the easiest task when it was obvious as daylight that you were the new girl at school. Especially when she, literally, bumped into Ethan. For Ethan who has been isolating himself and absolutely independent that he pushed everyone away, and Skye being stubborn and not in-the-least shy on saying what she thought openly, fighting and bickering was unpreventable. Skye saw through the walls that Ethan has built around himself. Drawn to him, slowly, their friendship started to turn into something else. Ranked: 2019 #1 in uplifting Sep & Dec #1 in heart-warming Oct 2020 #1 in uplifting #1 in heart-warming Jan #2 in lifechanging Jan #2 in finding Jan

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.

It could have been simple. Childhood friends - First Crushes - Football - Laughter - Cuteness - Love. Maybe even happily ever after. But it is not simple, and Noah doesn't know why. All he knows is that Ethan suddenly ghosted him when they were thirteen. Cutting their story short at Football. Now, years later, the same game throws them back into each other's lives when Ethan suddenly transfers to Noah's school. What he doesn't know is that Ethan comes fighting an invisible battle for control that Noah can't begin to understand. He just feels frustrated that Ethan seems hell bent on keeping a solid wall between them. A wall that keeps cracking. And the question is, once it finally breaks, can they find their way back to the story they were meant to have? ___________ Updates at least every Thursday!

Nowadays, human beings blindly stumble through life. But a life lived with regrets is a life not lived at all. Elle and Lou share the same regret. They both kept their love for the other hidden for fear of it being unrequited. However, when their last year together comes along, the undeniable attraction between the two of them can't be ignored any longer. But just as Lou begins to take actions to win over Elle, she begins to move on to try and get over him. Will these two finally be able to come clean about their love, or will they be left agonizing about...what could have been?

Rose has always believed in love-the kind that sweeps you off your feet, the kind worth waiting for. But after years of holding onto Ezra, the boy who gave her just enough attention to keep her hoping but never enough to take the next step, she's starting to wonder if maybe she's been chasing a dream that doesn't exist. Enter Mateo-the new guy in school from Oregon. Quiet, reserved, and with shy eyes that say more than his words ever could. He only has one friend, keeps to himself, and blends into the background... until Rose walks into his world. Mateo falls first, and he falls hard. Every smile she gives, every laugh he overhears, only pulls him deeper. But Rose is still tangled in the almost-love with Ezra, too blinded to see what's right in front of her. Slowly, though, she begins to notice-the way Mateo listens, the way he shows up without asking for anything in return, the way his silence feels steadier than Ezra's loudest promises. And when she finally lets go of the boy who never chose her, she realizes she's falling-this time into something real, something lasting. A hopeless romantic story about timing, letting go, and discovering that the quietest love can sometimes be the loudest.