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Kyline and Shantall were best friends since grade school. They were the perfect definition of partner's in crime for they always got each other's back in any circumstances, and one was more than willing to sacrifice the universe just for the sake of the other one. Entering adulthood and venturing on a new life was never easy for everyone, Kyline and Shantall were not excepted. As they entered senior high school and ventured out on a new environment, Kyline's feelings for Shantall that she kept on disregarding for the past years since she started feeling it became intense more than before, turning their friendship into a turmoil. And to add spice to their failing friendship, Kyline was diagnosed with a Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. As these confusions and life-threatening illnesses made their way between the them, will they be able to save their friendship? Or will the friendship they had for years will just turn into one of those forgotten memories?

This is a story about Kei Innaya. A poor girl became a victim of bullying at Gemilang High School. There are no quiet days in her life as she is constantly under pressure and the Aster Gang's threats. Until when she is too tired to continue her life and intends to end her suffering. It was then that she met a mysterious man named Kenan Radhika. Who would have thought that Kenan used to be the leader of the bullies at another school? Kenan, who felt guilty for his victims, decided to help Kei get rid of the Aster Gang, and stop the bullying at Gemilang High School. Will Kei be able to overcome her fear?

“Ang tunay na sakit ay hindi nagmumula sa mga kalaban, mula ito sa mga pinahahalagahan natin.” Si Charlie Rae na dalawampu’t isang taong gulang ay natutunan ito mismo ng pagktaksilan siya ng mga taong mahal niya. Nangako siyang tatapusin na ang ugnayan sa kanila ng pang habambuhay. Pero ang pag drop out mula sa unibersidad ay hindi kasama sa kanyang pagpipilian, at imposible an iwasan sila sa campus. Ang kaisa-isa niyang paraan para tumakas? Ang lumipat sa tinutuluyan ni Taylor West–ang pinakamalaking karibal ng ex-boyfriend niya at kilalang bad boy ng unibersidad. Pansamantala lang ito dapat, pero habang tumitindi ang tensyon, napaisip si Charlie: tunay ba siyang nakatakas sa mga problema niya, o baka makakagawa na naman siya ng isa pang pagkakamali? *** “Linawin natin ito–housemates lang tayo. Hindi kita type, kaya huwag ka magtatangkang pagsamantalahan ako!” Nilinaw ni Charlie ang kasunduan. Ngunit, isang umaga, nagising si Charlie sa kuwarto ni Taylor. Ang gray niyang mga mata ay nakatitig sa kanya habang mapaglaro ang boses niya ng magtanong, “Ang akala ko ba hindi mo ako type. So, sinong nananamantala dito?”

EXPECTATION. That's how Zialla Trixie Alcantara describe her life. She's the type of girl who craves for freedom ngunit pinagkait ito sa kaniya. Living in a world full of perfectionist, hindi alam ni Trixie kung saan pa ba siya lulugar sa mundong ito. She almost believed that disappointing everyone is her talent because that's the only thing she's good at. She's aware how dark her life is because she always feel lonely and alone. Even her father never treated her special dahil maging ito ay mataas din ang expectasyon sa kaniya. She's too soft to even resist her father's expectations that's why she didn't had any second thought to obey her father's will. Her main goal in life is to experience the feeling of being inlove and to be loved by someone not until Kairo Ace De Guzman entered her life. Ang akala ni Trixie ay nagbago na ito pero roon siya nabigo. At sa ikalawang pagkakataon ay muli na namang nasaktan ang puso niya. Paano pa matatakasan ni Trixie ang taong pilit niyang kinakalimutan kung mismo ang tadhana na ang naglalapit sa kanilang dalawa? Will they be able to chase the love they had before, or they will just leave it behind and just call it as their memory of the past? Handa na ba siyang tumaya ulit para sa kaniyang kaligayahan o tuluyan na niyang tutuldukan ang kaniyang nararamdaman at sundin ang kagustuhan ng kaniyang magulang? It is the battle between love and expectation.

Bata palang ay nakakakita na si Melody ng mga multo. Sinusubukan nya itong iwasan dahil 'yon ang sabi ng mama nya dahil nakikita nitong na bu-bully sya noon ng mga kaklase dahil sa pagiging weirdo. Pero kahit anong iwas nya ay wala, naiinis sya sa mga multo kaya hindi minsan ay hindi nito mapilang awayin at sigawan ang mga multong kinaiinisan nya at sanay na 'tong tawaging weirdo sa skwelahan nila. Lahat na yata ng studyante ay ayaw sakanya, bukod sa mahirap siya ay napalalapit din sya sa heartthrob ng school nila... Sa skwelahan na hindi sya bagay pero nakikibagay. Nakapasok lang naman sya sa school na 'yon dahil kaibigan ng mama nya ang may-ari non... Pero pano kung isang araw ay malaman nyang 'yon ang totoo nyang ama? May mam-bu-bully pa kaya sakanya? Ano nga bang magiging buhay nya kasama ang ama at ang mga multong nakapaligid sakanya? Makakahanap pa kaya sya ng lalaking tatanggapin ang pagka weirdo nya? Yong lalaking naniniwala sakanya...pero pano kung makatagpo sya ng lalaking hindi naniniwala sa multo? Tunghayan natin ang kwento ni Melody at pati ang mga multong laging nakasunod sakanya, tunghayan natin ang sari-sarili nilang kwento.

Aiden is good at everything...except communicating with others. He distances himself from his classmates and focuses too much on his studies to have a social life. .Until, he’s paired up with boisterous Miles to share a room in an upcoming school trip.

Cleorine is from the province who vacationed in Manila to gain experience there before moving out. She met a new friend who became close to her, but she had to say goodbye because she would continue her studies in the province before going back to Manila. Will they meet again?

Demitri and Becca are inseparable from birth. But when two friends become academic rivals, they may reconsider their bond. Will it last, or will jealousy get the best of them?

Alice Smith was leaving behind the sunny skies of America to start a new hopeful life in England. She was planning to go to a new school, meet new friends and make her family and America proud. When she gets the invitation to join the school gardening club, she decided to give it a shot to see if was her thing or not. That was when she came face to face with the most manipulative (and the hottest) girl in the school; Emilia Campbell. Soon after that, she found herself tangled in a web of blackmail and lies, with no mean of escape. Then when one prank escalates too far, Alice begins to wonder if moving to England was a good idea after all...

A boy stuck between who he was, who he has become & who he could be. Plinio Murray or as he prefers to be called, Nio, is a bully. He picks fights with anyone for no reason. He is cruel. His face is scarred. He is savage. His hits nearly killed a boy last year. He is ruthless. His pockets are brimming with illegal money. He is the one of whom everybody is scared. His grades are failing. Not that he gives a shit but Mr. Harrison has tied him in a study session the school's sweetheart. Famous by the nickname Angel, Celeste James is everybody's favorite. With her quarterback boyfriend Kevin, they are the golden couple of the high school. Beginnings of the study session are rough and pretty electric. Already caught in between her secrets, Plinio is nothing but a headache. Just when she decides to end the study sessions with him, Celeste learns that perhaps Plinio isn't much hopeless after all. Can a bully always hurt others and not get hurt on the way? After all what goes around comes around. Twisted truths, cheating partners and a gradually blossoming love; maybe there isn't much difference between who is beautiful and who is battered.