What would you do to disappear? What would you give up in order to start over? Popularity, your adoring best friend, the hottest guy in school? That is exactly what Lolita gives up when she goes missing. Why would the girl who seems to have everything give it all up? Disappear, just like that. Lolita and Amy are best friends who write a popular teen blog together. One day Amy's life is turned upside down when her whirlwind of a best friend goes missing. Join Amy on her hunt for Lolita and discover her secrets on the way. 'I was dead. Or as far as everyone knew I was. Everything worked like clockwork; just as I planned; people are predictable, aren't they?' - Lolita, That Girl. Author's note below- Thank you for taking a chance on 'Girls Astray'. It's a story close to my heart as it deals with mental health, which is a subject that I think people need to have more conversations about. This is a first draft so it's a flawed and a little incomplete here and there. (Much like myself it's a work in progress). If you enjoy it (which I hope you will) please comment and vote. Also I love feedback, feedback is my friend. ? Cover by the talented @annie-Joyce This story came third place in The Teen Fiction awards ❤️

Lorrie Carter, 18, is, supposedly, just a bad boy with a not so bad boy name. New to the local high school, and suffering from the burden of overly ambitious and pushy parents, Lorrie is taken in by the popular crowd, the classic 'bad boy' group. Bea Woods, 17, has a lot that she wants to forget, and not much that she wants to remember, apart from her Dance variations. Moving from England, following her Dad's new job, Bea is enrolled at the local high school, where she endeavours to move on and put her past behind her. When their paths cross, they are forced to address questions and events that they have buried deep in the back of their minds. To the world, they appear as polar opposites, but they will grow to realise that there is more that bonds them together than their desire to forget. Outgrowing the connotations of one's name is a truely wonderful thing, but can it ever happen?