A/N: This book is a spin-off/prequel to "Dear Stepbrother". Look out for special appearances and easter eggs for those who love Ryder & Kara's love story. Enjoy ’s lunch, and Taya never even knew their names. There was the tall fat one, the short fat one, and the fat one with glasses, that was how Taya would refer to them."Now get outta here!" Ryder shouted again and the three kids scrambled away."I think you're too much, Ry. You're scaring them off," Taya said to Ryder, her older cousin, and they watched the three kids ran and fell on top of each other."That's the point. This is what you gotta do to bullies. You stand your ground, show them that you're not

TAYA's POV :The full moon party was a party like no other. They got everything from a live DJ to fireworks, to bonfire at the beach, and even private rooms for... you know.This was my very first high school party and I was beyond excited. Little did I know, I was about to learn the three most important rules of partying, and I had to learn them the hard way. Starting with Rule Number 1: Never drink anything they put on the drinks bar.Ryder had warned me not to touch anything, drink anything, take anything, or talk to any guys at the party. But of course, I wasn't taking his advice, because that would practically leave me with nothing to do, while he was off somewhere gallivanting.Now there was a big bowl of what I thought was fruit punch on the table, I was parched and the drink looked mighty refreshing. So I took down a few huge gulps, only to realize later on, those weren't just fruit punch.Fifteen minutes into my first high school party and I already felt like throwing up. Cou

TAYA's POV : "Well, hey there Blondie, we meet again," he stifled a laughed. "I told you not to call me that!" I hissed under my breath, firmly but soft enough so that no one could hear us. "Well, I never got your name," he shrugged. Being cheeky are we? "Everyone, we will take a short five minute break, and then we'll start rehearsals when we come back, alright?" Mrs. Zee's booming voice shouted over us all. Everyone started dispersing to different directions and Hallee raced over to us. "Hi Judah, welcome to the theater club. I'm Hallee, co-director and writer of the play. And this is Taya, she's going to be playing Rose," "Taya?" he raised an eyebrow and nodded. "That’s a unique name. I like it," "It's Japanese. Her mom's half-Japanese, so—" Hallee was just

TAYA's POV : Remember when I said that my love life was drier than the Sub-Saharan desert? Well... For the next couple of days, Blake and I were inseparable. We texted nonstop, we met up in secret every chance we got, and we made out, a lot. It had been a full week of secret rendezvous with Blake Harrison now. We did a great job at keeping things a secret too. I didn't even tell Hallee about any of it, when normally I'd tell her everything. This should be some kind of an accomplishment for me.  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  Today was a Friday, and just like any other ordinary Fridays, the day began with my first period chemistry class. I was in the middle of listening to Mr. Deutsch's boring speech on molecular composition, when I saw Blake's head popped in front of the glass door and mo

BLAKE’s POV : “If you can't make up your mind about me already by now, maybe you shouldn't even bother," Her words were haunting me as I drove down the empty road. I wasn’t expecting to have this talk tonight, so I didn’t have the best answer, but I was only trying to be honest. "So, am I just another Viviane to you?" Of course not. She was totally different from whatever Viviane was to me. Hell, she was different from all the girls I had been with before. "Blake, are you ashamed of me?" Again, no. I was never ashamed of her. But I was scared about dating a girl in general. And not just any girl too, she w