One day, Zonnique goes to a wild spring break party. The next day, she wakes up inside of a mental home. Her parents rule her "suicidal", placing her into a home for patients in need. But these patients are crazier than she thought. One by one, she is forced to face and deal with what these nurses call "people". However, what will happen when she's forced to face these facts? Will she become one of them, or will she stick to her MENTALITY?

**CHAPTERS 1-19 ARE PRIVATE. GO TO http://trillparadoxstory.tumblr.com/ to retrieve the links to each chapter.** Can you love thy enemy? Can people really wear genuine masks? Chelle "Jah" Merinne is the daughter to Colonel David Merinne II and Elena Grey, the ultimate Army couple. Jah takes on the true role of being an Army brat; put emphasis on 'brat'. Having a tough past, she's rude and takes it out on everyone. Fed up with her apathetic and sociopathic ways, she's sent to an alternative private school called Mercy Hall by her ill father. Bring her attitude with her, she bumps heads with the one and only, Chresanto August. What happens when the tables turn and she questions her feelings about Chresanto? Chresanto the ladies man of the eleventh grade. Any and every girl wants him, but he plays hard to get. He likes to be around everyone; everyone except Jah. He hates her, and decides to plot to play with her heart. However, tables turn. When his old frenemy and wingman, Jacob Perez, comes to Mercy Hall with the intent to stir things up and get revenge, Chresanto is stuck questioning how he feels about Jah. Can he bring out the real her? Can the web of deceit Jacob creates bring these two into real love?

The heavy droplets of rain were slowly slipping down the hood of his leather jacket and a few effortlessly kissed his dark chocolate hair. »H…Hi.« I sputtered. »What do you have there?« He walked closer to me and gazzed into my eyes with his dark ones, that perfectly matched his hair, then lowered his sight towards the kitten, hidden under my jacket. »One lil' kitty found another.« He smirked, amused by his own joke.