LOGINAfter the death of her mother, soccer star slash trouble maker Ash is in a bad place. But after breaking up with her overbearing girlfriend, she finds solace in simple sweet Hailey, the quiet nerd from the hallways. Suddenly things are looking up. But then everything takes a dramatic turn for the worst. Will she give up and let life win or will she find something worth playing for and gain the strength to chance the odds?
View MoreAsh trudged into the kitchen late in the morning in a midnight blue bathrobe and giant flip-flops, trying to block out the dawn chorus coming through the open windows.As expected, Caleb was up and about in actual clothes when she got there."The Dark Empress has awoken. Good morning, sleepy head!" he teased, raising his mug.He took a seat at the counter to watch her."Why are you so loud!" she moaned."Why are you so grumpy?" he retorted with a smirk.He was full of all that cheery morning energy. It was disgusting to behold.Ash had had quite the interesting night but he didn't see her infecting anyone with her giddiness, did he?She snatched the mug from his hand, satisfying herself with the small pleasure of watching the smirk disappear."You realise there's more over there, right?"He pointed i
Ash was an hour in on Math, sprawled upside down on her bed which was littered with books as she soothed her nerves to Bad Guy when Caleb knocked."Hey. You up?" he asked."No." She laughed.He waited five seconds then knocked again."You up now?""Caleb the door is open, you can enter. You know this," she sighed, rolling over to face the ceiling.The door opened and he walked in."You still walk around your room butt naked when it's hot out. That is not something I want to see," Caleb said.She strained to look at his inverted form and frowned."Fair enough."He shut the door and leaned against it."Are you okay?""I'm doing math homework on a weekend while listening to Billie Eilish. What do you think?"It was his turn to say,"Fair enough
It was four in the morning. Ash was in the kitchen doing justice to a tub of ice cream when Caleb walked in in jammy pants and flip flops, his hair a tousled mess on his head.He opened his mouth wide and yawned like he was trying to consume the kitchen.Wait was that a drool stain? Ew!Ash stared in marvel at the one the girls called the hottest guy in Green Valley high. She couldn't blame them. None of them had ever seen him like this. Well none but Emily.Sure he was toned but who cared?All the girls at school apparently."No wonder you're always grumpy in the morning." Caleb observed as he walked over to the fridge and took out a carton of milk."I only just woke up," she said, "couldn't go back to sleep.""Well you got the wrong dairy product for that," Caleb said.He grabbed two tall glasses and dropped them on the count
Practice started the next week and Ash was more than pumped for the beginning of the football season.After school hours found her on the field with the rest of the girls dressed in training gear and warming up while they waited for coach.In the middle of a warm-up lap, Ash realized that she had a spectator. Hailey was seated alone in the bleachers with a sketchpad in her lap.She looked up from the sketchpad, noticed Ash staring and looked back down immediately, appearing quite flustered. Ash knew she had that effect on people but with Hailey it was just too cute.She waved and Hailey waved back.Maybe it was time to have that talk about what happened that night, Ash considered since coach was yet to arrive. Before she could take the first step, Maddie intervened."Hey babe!" she yelled.Ash turned."Penalt





