So my name is Maria and I'm 16 years old.

I'm pretty strange and really really random. Don't let that scare you, though. I'm basically a friendly person unless you give me a reason not to be. I'm one of those all-around-nerds. You know. The marching-band-geek super-hero-movie-loving Lord-of-the-rings-freak video-game-playing comic-book-reading type. I'm happy to be who I am.

I live in New York. I love it here and I've never lived anywhere else, so pretty much all of my stories are set here.

I'm really into writing (obviously), movies, music (flute, guitar, piano), paddle-ball, hockey, and baseball.

Favorite movies: Newsies, Lord of the Rings, Dodgeball, The Outsiders, Anchorman, Wedding crashers, Old school, Shaun of the dead, Nightmare on elm Street, Pirates of the caribbean, The goonies, X-men, Spiderman, Starwars, My cousin Vinny, Titanic, and School of rock.

Favorite shows: Family guy, Tom goes to the mayor, Whose line is it anyway, Futurama, Aqua teen hunger force, Venture brothers, Scrubs, That 70's show, Wonder showzen, the OC.

Favorite bands: The Beatles, Reel Big Fish, Rooney, The Eagles, Less Than Jake, Blink 182, Paul McCartney and Wings, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Ramones, Breaking Benjamin, Angels and Airwaves, Mae, Billy Joel, Elton John, Goldfinger, Jack's mannequin, Pink Floyd, Boys like girls, and Greenday's old stuff.

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1. There's a Fine Line Between Love and Hatred » reviews

At first, I actually considered myself lucky. One look at Brady told me that he was sort of cute. However, when you take a second glance at a guy through streams of icecream cake that are dripping down your forehead, You tend to change your opinion.

Complete - Romance - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 20 - Words: 45,691 - Reviews: 140 - Updated: 10-15-08 - Published: 11-26-07

2. All Things Considered reviews

Not that I have any reason to be nervous,' I assured myself. 'Because Brandon’s just my friend and he’s just keeping me company while I’m stuck taking my little cousin trick-or-treating. I feel nothing toward Brandon whatsoever.'

Complete - Romance - Fiction Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,027 - Reviews: 15 - Updated: 9-26-08 - Published: 9-26-08

3. Halfway » reviews

Thats what I liked about Mattie. He always met me halfway. His house bordered the baseball field on the east and mine bordered it on the west. The pitchers mound was right smack in the middle. It was never too far a walk if I needed him.

Complete - Romance - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 13,169 - Reviews: 33 - Updated: 7-28-08 - Published: 7-16-08

4. You Should've Just Kissed Me reviews

He refused to refer to me as his best friend, and I told him I only kept him around for his cooking. But the truth was, we cared about each other more than anything. No matter how much we got on each other’s nerves.

Complete - Romance - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,784 - Reviews: 38 - Updated: 6-9-08 - Published: 6-9-08

5. The Desk » reviews

If you want to be more specific, the writing on the desk is what really changed my life. Scribbled across the surface of that life-changing desk in the back of that history classroom was a three month conversation with a boy I’d never even met.

Complete - Romance - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 6,075 - Reviews: 99 - Updated: 5-29-08 - Published: 5-25-08

6. Still Employed reviews

You should come up here,' Scott said, breaking me out of my daze. 'Come where? Up to the bakery?.' I asked into the phone. 'Yeah,' he replied. 'If I have to sit here alone any longer, I'm gonna to strangle myself with this bakery string.'

Complete - Romance - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,588 - Reviews: 23 - Updated: 5-21-08 - Published: 5-21-08

7. The Shed » reviews

My best friend and I were standing in front of the shed the first day we got it. The areas around our mouths were stained from our self congratulatory popsicles. My favorite part of the snapshot was that our hands were connected between us.

Complete - Romance - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 9,033 - Reviews: 74 - Updated: 5-6-08 - Published: 4-26-08

8. Losing Isn't All That Bad » reviews

So that’s how it happened. I lost the bet, and now he had to know. The guy I had never ever talked to a day in my life had to find out that I liked him. This was bound to be awkward.

Complete - Romance - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 2 - Words: 6,108 - Reviews: 42 - Updated: 4-19-08 - Published: 4-12-08

9. More Than Meets The Ears » reviews

I never, in a million years, would have guessed that Hunter Ashen was interested in playing drums for our band. The guy wasn’t mean, necessarily. But the quiet, rocker type boy had everyone in our school intimidated.

Complete - Romance - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 10,059 - Reviews: 57 - Updated: 3-20-08 - Published: 2-10-08

10. Boys Suck » reviews

Would you like anything written on the cake? You know... Happy Birthday, Congratulations so and so? He asked. 'Yeah... Do you think you could write something along the lines of Boys Suck?

Complete - Romance - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 8,489 - Reviews: 113 - Updated: 1-27-08 - Published: 1-23-08