"Are you seriously telling me you've never gone skydiving before?" he asked me in surprise.
"Never" I replied, shaking my head and laughing a little.
"Well, there's only one thing left to do then" he said, his face dead serious.
"And what's that?" I smiled.
"Tomorrow. 9:00 am. I'll pick you up." he said, his dark blue eyes staring into my green ones.
"What? To go skydiving?" I exclaimed.
"Alright then, it's a date." He smirked, and strode away confidently as I stood there dumbfounded, the image of those eyes never leaving my mind.
Katherina "Kat" Evans is not your ordinary girl. Petite, fiery, and with a mouth to match, she is a prize any boy would be hard-pressed to catch.
Kat is prepared to have the time of her life in her senior year, and everything seems to be going great. That is, until, Carter Reed walks into the her life, and takes her heart by storm.
"AFTER ALL, ALL THE BAD BOYS GET THE GOOD GIRLS."
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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