Gia Vanderwalt is not your normal teenage girl. Aside from having a VERY short temper, looking like an emo, and being sort of crazy! She doesn't praise the ground Nicholas Knight aka Nick walks on, unlike the rest of the female population in Avalin High. Nick is the "it" boy in school, being preppy, and smoking, he has the look and smarts, not including that his personality has got girls swooning! However, Gia finds him cocky, overly confident, stupid, and just a big dick! Maybe that just has to do with the first impression that Nick left for her, maybe he isn't what she thinks at all. However, that doesn't change the fact that Gia got on Nick's bad terms and he's got it out for her. Wanting to make her life as shitty as possible Nick doesn't care what he has to do or how low he has to stoop. Gia, though isn't gonna just sit there and take it. But will their feelings change along the way? Will Nick regret doing what he does, or will he continue through with plan not caring what it does to Gia? Or will Gia give him his run for the money?
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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