Taking care of children is hard enough when you're a parent. It's harder when you're a seventeen-year-old high schooler.

Lucy Hastings is the caretaker of five foster siblings -Seth, Serena, Derek, Oliver, and Ariel. The six of them have been together for years, under the love of their foster parents. When their foster mom passes away their foster dad needs to work more to make ends meet. The kids want to be a family, so Lucy steps up to take care of the kids.

Keeping everybody around her at arm's length, Lucy finds it difficult to hide her true self from new student, Wesley Reynolds. He seems to be everywhere, why can't she escape him?

Lucy has denied feelings of affection for anyone. She pushes away anyone who could care about her. What's she to do when she can't deny her growing feelings for Wesley Reynolds?

Meant To Be is created by Samantha Auz, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Meant to Be

“Come on! This is our last year of high school! We can’t deny these Neanderthals the pleasure of seeing me in a tuxedo and you in a dress,” Jasper whined. 


Keeping my distance from Jasper has been the toughest part of cutting Wes from my life. I don’t have any right to tell Jasper that he can’t hang out or be friends with Wes anymore. Jasper met Wes first, and their friendship has been good for Jasper. 


“Last time I checked, I don’t do dresses,” I said. 


“Last time I checked, you’re in love with a California boy who’s probably gonna be at the Winter Formal. That means your beautiful self in a stunning cocktail dress is the way to get a gold medal to his heart,” Jasper explained. 


I rolled my eyes and shut my locker. Jasper and I walked through the hallways towards the library. It’s freezing outside and I haven’t had an appetite in days, so sitting in the library has been my only solace. 


 “How’s Wes doing?” I asked, seeing him sitting alone at a table in the library. 


Chapter 30: Unexpected