Each Bird That Sings

Summary

"Too far
beyond broken
to be
repaired."
-Claire

Prologue:

Why does every fairy-tale start with 'once upon a time'? Everyone has a different story. A different beginning and a different ending.
So why do the stories we hear as kids, the fairy-tales we wish to be our own, the endless dreams of our childhood, have to be lies? Fakes? Falsehoods? Why do they intend to give us, as innocent children, a false conception of our future?
I hate how perfect it sounds, when underneath, it's anything but.

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Summary:
Claire's whole life is perfect.
Perfect family. Perfect grades. Perfect everything. So perfect, that she hates it.
Wanting to be out of her over-demanding parents' clutches, she is begging for a little slice of imperfection.
After an incident with her parents, Claire is forced to rely on her faithful friends. Trying to adjust to her new lifestyle, she runs into Kieran who makes her life a never-ending whirlwind. What will she do now that she has no family? Who is Kieran, and what role does he play in Claire's new life? Read to find out just that and more!