Glitter
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"What do you know?" he asks accusingly. "Don't try to act like you know how I'm feeling with your perfect smiles and bright clothes! You're the most obnoxiously happy person I've ever met. So please Gissella, enlighten me. What do you know about what's happening to me?"
I gaze past him at the sun light glistening on the tree leaves.
"Declan, dont you know that all that glitters is not gold?"
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Gissella comes from a broken past and an abusive household. She is now in the "care" of her abusive dad who has successfully turned her older brother Gabriel against her.
She struggles with taking care of her 3 year old brother, making sure she graduates, and pleasing her father; all while keeping up her appearance as a normal high school girl.
Declan comes from what appears to be a perfect household. He seems to have everything anyone desires; rich and married parents, a nice home, and the privilege of receiving anything he asks for. So why is he falling into a deep depression? Sometimes its not whats on the outside, its what on the inside.
An Art project pairs them together. Can they help each other glue their broken pieces back together or will they cause each other to shatter further?
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Her brows furrowed. "You look like you have something specific you wanna ask me." The tips of Liam's ears turned red at Emma's very accurate observation. "I, uh... I usually just bullshit my way through projects, so I have no idea what the hell I'm doing." The corners of Emma's lips formed a small smile. Liam arched his brow. "What are you smiling at?" Her smile widened. "Nothing." Ever since Emma started going to Silver Creek High, she's been bullied over her discolored eyes. It all started when a boy brought attention to her in biology class one day, laughing at her and calling her a "freak" while the rest of the class laughed along with him. She never looked at him or saw his face; she just ran out of the room crying. She was now an outcast labeled as a freak and she wanted nothing more than to just disappear. She felt she had no purpose in life. Until her sophomore year when she fell in love with Liam, the guy every girl wanted; the guy every dude wanted to be. He had stolen her heart and she now wanted nothing more than to be with him. Unfortunately, Liam seemed to want nothing to do with Emma. He seemed to be straight up avoiding her. They never interacted for 3 whole years. That is, until now in their senior year, when they get paired up for a school project. The two must put their differences aside and try to work as a team. But as they spend more time together, feelings grow deeper, and secrets start to rise to the surface. Warning: Contains mature language, sex, and topics of bullying, sexual assault/harassment, self-harm, and suicide
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