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    “You know that song, that’s like ‘you’ve got a fast car, I want a ticket to anywhere, maybe we can make a deal?” Jackie says quietly when Nat returns to the porch.
    “You mean the song called: Fast Car?” Nat follows her gaze to the truck. The last piece of her old man, and the only one really worth keeping.
    She returns to look at Jackie, noticing the gym bag stuffed with clothes and cash.
    “You’re not serious,” Nat scoffs with a laugh.
    “Look, I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready to throw in the towel and die in fucking Wiskayok, New Jersey.”

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    Follows roughly 10 years of one Natalie Scatorccio and one Jacqueline Taylor cohabitating in a Chelsea apartment while they learn how to be adults.

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    15 Jul 2025

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    [Pre-crash / No crash AU]

    They've been best friends since childhood, but Shauna has two massive secrets she keeps from Jackie: That she's desperately in love with her, and that she also deeply resents her.

    With a few months left until their high school graduation and Nationals on the table, everything changes for Jackie and Shauna when Jackie breaks up with Jeff and one of their usual late-night makeouts crosses a line that can't be un-crossed. As their friendship turns sexual, Shauna tries to decode what it all means while she waits for an acceptance letter from Brown and hopes to leave Jackie—and the feelings she's always had for her—behind.

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    15 Jul 2025

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    Without the crash, without the tragedy, Jackie and Shauna head to college separately.

    A reunion told over four years.

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    15 Jul 2025

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    it only takes one summer to: retire, go on holiday, try fishing, get half-stabbed to death in the aftermath of a fallen global crime conglomerate, fake your death, get nostalgic for an ex, show up unannounced, get answers.

    [complete.]

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    21 Jun 2025

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    Chloe's bond with Rachel is unbreakable... or is it? She's gotten good at maintaining their unconventional friendship, but is it enough? The return of an old friend and the attention of someone new might just force her over the edge.

    Rachel has her entire life mapped out for her but she never asked for that. Behind her perfect façade she's juggling plenty of secrets. Drugs, boys, and parties are only the beginning. With the pressure of senior year mounting and her friendship with Chloe dangling by a thread, she's about to discover just how far she can fall and what it takes to get back up.

    Max's return to her hometown of Arcadia Bay is anything but smooth. Blackwell's extended senior program offers so much more than college credits: new friends, higher stakes, and the attention of the school's golden girls. Then there's her history with Chloe, her best friend who she hasn't spoken to since leaving Arcadia. Will she learn to call Arcadia Bay home again, or will the stress be more than she can handle?

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    09 Oct 2023