History Literature / SheIsTheOne

* RealityEnsues:
** Finding what seems to be evidence Craig [[spoiler:attacked Kayla in her home]], Jack rushes out to confront him, finding him at the bar he frequents because his cousin works there. The bar's bouncer backs Craig, and Jack gets beat down. Not quite the heroic redress of wrongs he was hoping for. Then, Jack's parents point out that ''Craig'' could press charges, since he could claim self-defense and it would be his word against Jack's.
** A schoolyard fight instigated by a student removed from school by his parents because of masterminding criminal activities targeted at another student, specifically the one he starts the fight with after his plot is revealed? In the parking lot before school so almost the entire student body is witness? Yeah, enjoy your time in juvie for assault, [[spoiler:Brad Nightingale]].
** New gym teacher Ms. Cartwright karate chops [[spoiler:Brad]] to end a schoolyard brawl and keep him from doing extreme damage to Jack. She gets in trouble for putting her hands on a student, even if it was in defense of another student.
** Jack witnesses [[spoiler:Coach Walburn]] commit suicide right in front of him. This haunts him for the remainder of the story, and he requires a professional psychiatrist to help him through the immediate aftermath.
** Kayla talks Jack and [[spoiler:Tara]] into a threesome. None of them are emotionally mature enough to handle it, and it very nearly destroys all involved relationships. Jack and Kayla require professional counseling to move through it.
** Jack tries to singlehandedly take down the intramural prostitution ring. [[spoiler:This gets him beaten within an inch of his life, in trouble with school authorities and police for interfering, in trouble with his parents, and strains his relationship with Kayla almost to breaking.]]

** When it comes to [[spoiler:Alan and Amanda barely being able tolerate each other after Amanda starts dating Sam, they still don't help, or even encourage, them to mend their sibling relationship, because giving them any time truly alone to talk it out would be, as Mike puts it, "license to go back to what they were doing before." Resulting in Alan getting genuinely suicidal over how bad things have gotten, and Jack invoking LockedInARoom to try and sort things out -- which only passes off his dad.]]

* MistakenForCheating: [[spoiler:Brad and Jessica's]] plan at the Halloween party ([[spoiler:Brad directs Jack upstairs to a room where he and Kayla can have some alone time, promising to send Kayla up right away, instead trying to keep her distracted. Jessica's in the room, and tries to seduce Jack, with the idea being that Brad will let Kayla up just in time for NotWhatItLooksLike). Kayla and Jack see through it instantly, and play along just enough to turn the tables and get the meddlers to back off. [[spoiler:Jessica would have, but Brad just gets angry.]]

* MarshmellowHell: Vanessa hugs Jack's head to her chest when he tells her about [[spoiler:his grandfather breaking his hip]]. Jack notes that, while circumstances mean it isn't ''arousing'', he doesn't find it ''unpleasant''.

* LongRunner: The story is currently (as of May 24, 2021) 152 chapters in length, most of which are in the neighborhood of 20 pages. Chapter 147 marked the start of the seventeenth Saga, and each Saga is basically a complete novel in its own right. Yeah, there's a '''lot''' of reading material here.

* There are a few subtle hints throughout that [[spoiler:Jack is not writing this story with Kayla by his side. Come Chapter 150, they stop being a couple, though remain close, perhaps to re-couple later, perhaps not.]]

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Kayla to Jack. Since the story is told in first-person from Jack's perspective, we only get to know Kayla through his eyes. And with much of the drama happening around and to Jack, their relationship and investment in it is often squeezed out. PlayedForDrama as this creates actual problems in their relationship, especially going into college, as Kayla is working hard on the courses she needs for her veterinary degree, and Jack is doing his best to be supportive while also wanting involve her in his life among the ISU theater department. [[spoiler:In the second semester of sophomore year, this becomes more apparent, as Kayla asks Jack to give her more space so she has more time and energy to devote to her studies, culminating in her taking an internship over the summer in Des Moines, leaving Jack to go back home and spend the summer alone. Kayla actually states that she needs more "me things" in her life, rather than just sharing all friends and activities with Jack.]]

* LongRunner: The story is currently (as of May 24, 2021) 152 chapters in length, most of which are in the neighbor hood of 20 pages. Chapter 147 marked the start of the seventeenth Saga, and each Saga is basically a complete novel in its own right. Yeah, there's a '''lot''' of reading material here.

* LongRunner: The story is currently 147 chapters in length. Chapter 147 marks the start of the seventeenth Saga, and each Saga is basically a complete novel in its own right. Yeah, there's a '''lot''' of reading material here.

* YouOweMe: While Kayla is dating Craig, Jack wants warn her about his {{Jerkass}}ery but doesn't want to be breaking them up just so he can have her. So he asks Jessica to clue Kayla in on what Craig is really like. Jessica agrees, in exchange for a future favor from Jack. Knowing it's a bad idea, Jack agrees. [[spoiler:She insists he take her to Homecoming, ''after'' he'd already asked Kayla. Jack refuses, which sets the stage for all the Jessica drama to follow.]]

* ShareTheMalePain: Sometimes when describing a GroinAttack, Jack will apologize to male readers who are probably feeling it themselves. Other times, he'll stare nearby men are wincing in sympathy, sometimes even at only the threat of one.

* MistakenForCheating: [[spoiler:Brad and Jessica's]] plan at the Halloween party ([[spoiler:Brad directs Jack upstairs to a room where he and Kayla can have some alone time, promising to send Kayla up right away, instead trying to keep her distracted. Jessica's in the room, and tries to seduce Jack, with the idea being that Brad will let Kayla up just in time for ItsNotWhatItLooksLike). Kayla and Jack see through it instantly, and play along just enough to turn the tables and get the meddlers to back off. [[spoiler:Jessica would have, but Brad just gets angry.]]

* MistakenForCheating: [[spoiler:Brad and Jessica's]] plan at the Halloween party. Kayla and Jack see through it instantly, and play along just enough to the meddlers to back off.

* LockedInARoom: When Jack gives the (extreme) Cliffnotes version of his sibling troubles to Ms. Cartwright, she suggests this trope, saying her mom used to it to her and her siblings when they were kids. Jack is initially excited, but talking to Kayla reveals it's probably a really bad plan. [[spoiler:Then Alan and Amanda's relationship deteriorates further, Alan starts talking fairly seriously about suicide, so Jack enacts this anyway, partly because it's at least ''something'', mostly because Alan just bullseyed Jack's TraumaButton.]]

* PortmanteauCoupleName: A few.