Alan Becker Stick Figures

"Oh My God, Elena this is insane" Luke squealed, shaking her. "This is soo coool." "This is not cool." "It is. Damn, you can tell when people are saying the truth or not," he said, Elena arching an eyebrow. "It's not cool to know when people are lying. I mean we are humans, let's all lie when we want to. I don't want to be some stupid human truth detector." Elena Harper has just one wish- to graduate high school as a regular teen. Attends a private school, get good grades in all subjects except from maths, has two amazing best friends, has a crush on one of the most popular guys in school...and lives at an orphanage. When she wakes up one morning able to detect when a lie is told, her dream to live as a normal teen seems impossible as she now has to live with the fact that she had become a human lie detector. Through her newly found powers, she figures out that everything around her, including her best friend's name is a lie.

It's just a simple love story of two persons. A memories, But Lucas is the only one who can remember it because they're too young at that time, a time when he helped the little girl when he's just a 5 years old kid and the girl named anianette is just 3 years old. Even if it's just a short time he feel something...a strange feeling. "Nako nako! nakatuwa kayong tingnan nito si Ania nako talaga pag nagkita pa ulit tayo ipapakasal ko sa iyo itong si Lucas ko". Will he stick to what his mother said even if he knows it's just a joke or will he choose to believe it because this is what he wants to happen,maybe it's just a puppy love yes...this is just a puppy love. "Thankyou Lucas". And the moment when anianette kissed his cheeks. "Goodbyee Lucas" Maybe destiny will find a way for them to see each other again if it's possible. He knows that it's not the end for them. Because it's just a start.

“No Jason!I cannot stand in as your brother’s bride ! What happens to our engagement?” Aliyah shrieked after her long college sweetheart asked that she stands in as his brother’s bride till he finds the real bride. “Nothing Aliyah, Nothing can come between our love, i just need you to help save the face of my family, id be back with the bride before the wedding proceeds “ he lied and successfully manipulated love struck Aliyah. Little did she know her close to perfect lifestyle is about to become a nightmare. Time is speeding and the real bride is yet to be found, now, Aliyah has to stick to the script and play the role of Kelan Donald's bride who happens to be in coma. Soon she found some shocking truth that left her world crumbling down What happens when Aliyah finds out there was no initial bride, everything was a charade and pre-planned by her college sweetheart, Jason? What happens when she realizes the man she was lured to marry is actually in coma? And why will Jason do that to her?

Vasilios was just as quick, his hand gripping my arm and pulling me into his arms quicker than I could blink.  “You ran away from me once, Cassandra, you won't be doing so again.” “What are you going to do? Chain me up? Stick me in a tower and throw away the key? I don't belong to you, Vasilios,” I raged, pushing against his chest. “You may not belong to me, but you're still my mate and my wife!” he threw back, anger burning in his ice blue eyes. ~~~ Three years ago, Cassie ran away from her family and her life as the newly married bride and future Luna of the ruthless Vasilios Kythira. Making a new life for herself wasn't easy, but she did it. Will this life be torn to pieces when Vasilios finds her? Or will she find that he was what had been missing all along... ~~~ This is the second book in the My Mafia series, and while it is a continuation of My Mafia Master, it can be read as a standalone book.

This is Book Two in the Queen Alpha Series. Please read Book One to fully understand this one, as there will be references from characters and phrases from book one. After gaining his freedom from the King, Jax met his second chance mate, Tora. He knew she didn’t have a good childhood nor was she ever shown any form of love. Her father tried to forbid her from mating with Jax but she wasn’t having it. She left her family for her mate and now her father is pissed. He wants revenge on the lycan that he feels manipulated and brainwashed his daughter. Will he find out the truth and have a change of heart? Or will he stick to his beliefs and do something drastic? What about her mother? What does she think about all this? Can Cheyenne, the official Queen Alpha now, help solve this situation before it gets out of hand? *Content Warning* Just like with Book One, there will be cursing throughout this book. Parental advisory due to content.

"I was rejected, Derrick!" "I was also rejected, Anya!" Two childhood friends who went through thick and thin together in an abandoned orphanage tried to make ends meet. They were poor…very poor. During a reunion, fate finally smiled upon them or so they thought and they met their mates. But they were rejected instantly! Heartbroken, they found solace in each other's arms and promised to stick together as friends till the end. "I will protect you, Anya. We only have each other," Derrick said, both heartbroken. Just when their love began to blossom, a shocking but great news came. They were traced by two powerful billionaire families in the state. They were the children of this great alphas. Tragedy came when it was discovered that the Alphas were long sworn enemies and would stop at nothing to destroy their love. Now their exes are back to reclaim them by hook or by crook. They were rejected by them but accepted by their families. Will the rejected exes fail? What will happen to the two lovers? Will their love stand the tricks, traps and trial? Or will their love triumph over them?

Sylvia finds herself as the Omega of the Westwood pack, but her real identity is unknown. She gets mistreated by everyone in the pack. She has no friends, no allies, she is all alone. She only wishes to find her mate. Hoping that he will find her worthy. On her recovering bed, she discovers that her biggest torturer, soon-to-be Alpha Caleb is her mate. He rejects her onsight. Without anyone to stick around for, she decides to leave Westwood pack thinking that her troubles will end, only to find out that she has landed into more trouble. She isn't able to find a second chance mate because of the mark on her back, her second chance mate will also have the same mark on his back. The only way for happiness is if they find out about the mark, and recognise each other as mates, only then will they unlock the curse. Despite all challenges Sylvia strives to be better, she trains more, and rises to higher ranks in the new pack she goes to. Dark forces are everywhere looking for her. What makes her so special?

All because of Leo Cullen’s words, I gave up a place at a top-tier university in Ceres and stayed behind to retake the entrance exams with him—three times. By the fourth year, a girl arrived at our cram school, and Leo forgot the promise we made. He started skipping class, picking fights, smoking—doing everything but studying. One day, I stood at the school gate, blocking his path with a textbook in hand as he tried to ditch class. He smirked, unimpressed, and blew a bubble with his gum, letting it stick to the ends of my hair. “Naomi…,” he began, “who still cares about studying these days?” So I stopped caring and avoided him entirely. When he fooled around in the classroom, I went to the library. When he played basketball, I sat in a quiet corner with my books. Even when I craved noodles from my favorite shop, I’d scan the room first to make sure he wasn’t there. “Are you avoiding me, Naomi?” he asked later, his face in a frown. I shook my head. “Why would you think that?”

"Remember your place, Olivia, You're my wife in name only. Don't get too comfortable," Lucas growls, his voice firm and commanding. "What's your problem, Lucas? I was just trying to be nice," Olivia retorts, her eyes flashing with anger. "You should respect the terms we agreed on, remember whose contract this is, Olivia. You should stick to it," Lucas snaps back, his voice cold and intimidating In a world of wealth and power, Olivia will stop at nothing to secure her inheritance - even if it means bringing home a stranger as her husband. With her family's shocking news ringing in her ear - “ get married or give up the company '' Olivia crosses paths with Lucas, a charismatic and enigmatic billionaire with demons of his own. As they navigate their pretend marriage, their initial hatred and distrust slowly give way to a forbidden attraction that they are not prepared to confront. But just as they begin to open up, deceitful lies and secrets threatened to tear them apart. Can they overcome the trauma of their past and confront the truth about their present? Or will they become strangers who never met each other? Dive in to find out……

O'Connell is an Irish Nigerian kid, who becomes aware of the fact that he's gay when he figures he's into Jeremy, a classmate of his. Being fat and quiet, he gets easily picked on and bullied at school. But there is a tad of happiness he has, because Jeremy, the Golden boy of the school, is nice to him. However, O'Connell gets rejected and mocked for being gay, by Jeremy who claims he is straight, after O'Connell's feelings for him were made obvious on a letter that he had crumpled into a ball. This triggers O'Connell who became dejected and broken, to leave. Also made him to realize that, the best revenge is self improvement. He returns some years later, with a Greek god kind of body, accompanied with a very big ego. Looking the exact opposite of the way he was, before. And discovers hidden secrets about his long time crush, Jeremy. And when he becomes certain that things are working in his favor, they take a sullen turn. He meets with new people, discovers more about gay love, gets heartbroken, and tries to mend his heart. ***A coming of age story***