Tessa is the picture perfect student with good grades, flawless attendance and a charming smile. With one year left to graduate high school and a bucket list imposed by her best friend, her goal is pretty much the same with an extra addition--tick off every item on the cursed bucket list. 

But trouble comes knocking in the form of blue eyes, muscled body and an ego the size of her head. What happens when the school's bad boy, Benjamin notices her in a boxing ring?

Bullied by the bad boy

　　Ben’s voice breaks on the last word, his head dips and he hides his face in his palms. I stare at the back of his head. He doesn’t sound convinced of his words. And I know it is a lie he has told himself so much and for so long he believes it. Josef and Maddie are in love. He might lie to himself about a lot of things but not that.


　　His eyes close and tears leak down to his cheeks. I wipe them and place a kiss on his forehead the same way he does to comfort me. Maybe I am doing this wrong but I don’t know what or how to deal with it when I don’t know what the real problem is. He can’t go about his life paying Josef for every little thing.


　　“We can go to NYU, Benny. I think you will like it there. We don’t have to end in Broadway Heights.” His eyes twitch in anger and frustration. I cup his face, my voice lowers to a whisper. “Applications run till the end of this month. We can be together.”


Go to you