History Literature / SheIsTheOne

* LysistrataGambit:

** After the to-do with [[spoiler:the prostitution ring, Kayla uses TheJailBaitWait to put Jack on sex embargo until his 18th birthday. She initially denies she has an ulterior motive, but eventually stright-up asks him if he learned the lesson she was trying to teach. She wanted them to work on being a couple without sex, so they'd have to deal with and talk about problems instead of porking to distract themselves.]]

--->'''Amanda''': “I think I hear a thing down there. I’m just gonna go do... thing...”

--->'''Amanda''': I think I hear a thing downstairs. So I'm. . . gonna. . . go do a thing.

--->'''Amanda'''

** In the Tara Saga, Jack tells Kayla that he's can be an asshole too sometimes, and she challenges him to prove it. [[spoiler:They'll get more proof than they ever wanted come the Voyeur and Demons Sagas.]]

* TheirFirstTime: Jack and Kayla after Homecoming. They'd thought about it, talked about it a little (mostly in terms of not pressuring each other and waiting until the time was right), and now it is. And it's amazing for both of them. Note that it also comes on the heels of them being ready to say "I love you" to each other.

** In the Tara Saga, Jack tells Kayla that he's can be an asshole too sometimes, and she challenges him to prove it. [[spoiler:they'll get more proof than they ever wanted come the Voyeur and Demons Sagas.]]

-->'''Jack''': ''(on seeing Tara only brought two suitcases)'' What did you need my help for? You've got two hands.\\

* LongRunner: The story is currently 147 chapters in length.

The story is told in first-person by Jack Harrison, the luckiest unlucky smartest idiot ever, as he writes memoir-style about his life, often addressing his readers humorously. The story is broken up into "Sagas," approximately ten chapters each (though some are shorter and some are longer, and they've been getting longer as the story has progressed) roughly covering a "plot arc" in Jack's life. Being a true-to-life story, threads and characters weave in and out of various Sagas. The story is set in our modern world at about our modern time (a throwaway line in a recent chapter states the UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 is out, but no hint of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic).

** [[spoiler:It's implied Brad quickly grew hatefully jealous of Jack for his relationship with Kayla, especially with Jack [[VirginShaming getting his V-card punched]],]] leading to the above GabmitRoulette.

* GreenEyedMonster: Kayla's contribution to the drama surrounding [[spoiler:the threesome with Tara]]. Kayla dramatically underestimated how jealous she would be seeing Jack with another woman.

* GambitRoulette: Played realistically, with a side of MissingStepsPlan. [[spoiler:Brad wanted to sleep with Amanda, and after Jack declined to set them up, allied with Jessica to mess with Jack by having Ted (Jessica's brother) put a gun in Jack's locker and attack Kayla in her home. Apparently, the point was that Amanda would grow so concerned about Jack being in trouble she'd go to Brad for help stopping it, and agree to a SexForServices arrangement where he'd "help Jack" (stop messing with him). The missing step is how, precisely, Amanda was supposed to decide that Jack couldn't deal with his own problems and then proceed to go to Brad for help, instead of their parents, the police, any of Jack's other friends, and so on.]] The realistic part is that it flat-out doesn't work, and once the plan is explained, everyone thinks it's the absolute stupidest plan they've ever heard.

* GambitRoulette: Played realistically, with a side of MissingStepsPlan. [[spoiler:Brad wanted to sleep with Amanda, and after Jack declined to set them up, allied with Jessica to mess with Jack by having Ted (Jessica's brother) put a gun in Jack's locker and attack Kayla in her home. Apparently, the point was that Amanda would grow so concerned about Jack being in trouble she'd go to Brad for help stopping, and agree to a SexForServices arrangement where he'd "help Jack" (stop messing with him). The missing step is how, precisely, Amanda was supposed to decide that Jack couldn't deal with his own problems and then proceed to go to Brad for help, instead of their parents, the police, any of Jack's other friends, and so on.]] The realistic part is that it flat-out doesn't work, and once the plan is explained, everyone thinks it's the absolute stupidest plan they've ever heard.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: After the gun is found in Jack's locker, the police and school authorities are questioning him, and this trope comes out -- but not from Jack. [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Kayla]] is the one who angrily rants about how stupid obvious it is Jack is innocent, and how stupid easy it should be to prove. She raises some good points, and they are admitted, but her fervor does get in the way of bith Jack defending himself and the cops getting the information they need from him.

''She Is The One'' is a WebSerialNovel by Jashley. It can be read [[http://original.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600107407&chapter=1 here]] (NSFW warning). The story is intended for mature audiences, sex is a part of the narrative, though sex scenes make up overall a small percentage of the word count.