TB

For as long as anyone in Maple Creek could remember, there had always been three constants. The Ashcroft twins. The Harvey boy. And the fact that Y/N Ashcroft and Tyler Grey Harvey could not stand each other. They bickered over everything. Who cheated during tag in second grade. Who broke the treehouse ladder. Who deserved the last slice of pizza at neighborhood barbecues. Who was right. Who was wrong. Who started it first. If you asked Y/N, Tyler was the most irritating boy she’d ever met. If you asked Tyler… He’d shrug and say, “She’s impossible.” He conveniently left out that he’d been hopelessly in love with her since they were four years old. It started in preschool when she’d shared half of her fruit snacks with him after he’d forgotten his lunch. She’d forgotten all about it. He never had. Unfortunately for Tyler, Y/N spent the next fourteen years making his life as difficult as humanly possible. She stole baseballs during practice just to annoy him. He’d hide her backpack before school. She called him arrogant. He called her dramatic. Their arguments became so routine that the entire neighborhood stopped paying attention unless someone started laughing. The only person caught in the middle was Y/N’s twin brother. Tyler’s best friend. His catcher. His favorite person besides the one person who couldn’t stand him. “…One day she’s gonna kill you,” her brother warned. Tyler only smiled. “Worth it.”