People never understood me.
Fake people, fake smiles, fake love, fake me...
I'm considered to be pretty popular in my high school. I have friends, a nice car, a crush on my neighbor, and I make decent grades in school. But the problem with all of that is that people don't know the real me. No, "friend," really knows me, no boy understood me, nobody knew I was not the normal girl I was pretending to be.
Hi I'm Elizabeth Harper, at a whopping 5'4 with extremely curly, fiery red hair and dark brown eyes. My physique was small and considered to be "pixie-like" by some of the people I knew. I don't particularly know what I'm doing with my life yet. I don't express emotion, I try not to feel emotion, I have been this way for years. Shut off, over protective, and a complete mystery to everyone I've met.
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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