Main characters:

Amandla Stenberg as Jessie Hills

Jared Goldsmith as Ryan Campbell

Angel Lorenzana as Hayden Williams

Lachlan Waston as Georgie Phillips

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He was the talk of the school. Everyone seemed to love him.

Students whispered about him throughout the halls. Notes in his locker from not-so-secret admirers.

Ryan could tell he was everyone's favorite. Even the people who wouldn't swoon over him as he walked by held nothing against him and thought he was pretty alright. The whole three years he'd been there had paid off as he built his reputation as the smartest and most attractive to his peers.

It seemed different on the first day of senior year, though.

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Jessie, one of the new kids who had been accepted into the school after a fatal bullying incident the year before that caused numerous children to be expelled.

There was something off about her to him. She didn't seem to be fazed by his attempts and moves he made to stand out.

"We'll see about that.."

Ryan would make it his mission to impress her. To let her see who he was. He was fully prepared to sweep her off her feet.

But there was one thing stopping him from getting the reaction he desired...

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Let's see how this goes.

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