Pluto. My name. Neptune, My sister. My mother, Sunset. Her mother, Celeste. And even her mother, Mercury. Everyone in my family, has had a celestial name for "good luck". But, there's another reason our family is similar. We're all girls. Except for me. Welcome to my world.
I'm the first male in my family. Now, I know you're probably like, 'But if you're the first boy in your family, then how're you here?' No. I've heard that before, I know what you mean. I'm telling you I'm the first person born in my family that is a boy. There's some weird gene in my family or something like that, that prevents my family from having boys, I dunno. Plus, having the idiot parents I do, they signed me up for school early. Because of course, I was going to be a girl, not a fail. So know... I'm in an all-girls all-grades school. And... I CANNOT get kicked out. So... I'm going through life as a forced, hated, and envied transgender. Or something like that, I don't know. So living life as a lie to who I am, with only 2 people who accept me, and parents who hate you and think you're a fail, is pretty bad so far. Plus, high-school girl drama. You know how that goes. Well, here's the story of my crappy life.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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