"What are doing here?"
The first thing said to twins, Ansley and Asher Renyolds, when they showed up at two separate boarding schools about a million miles away from one another and half way across the world from their home.
"Miss Reynolds, where are you supposed to be?" Mr. Taylors, the head of Morrison Boys Institution.
"Madam Patterson's School For Girls in London." Ansley answered.
"I see, well I hope you realize how far away that is. Do you know how this happened?" he asked.
"Our parents must have put us on the wrong plane. What am I supposed to do, where am I supposed to go?" she yelled in frustration.
"I don't know, but I will call your parents and the school and inform of the mistake and we will do our best to fix the problem." he explained.
"Mr.Reynolds, I just recieved a phone call from the head administrator, Mr.Taylors, at Morrison Boys Institution in Sydney. He informed me of your sisters where abouts and what - needs to be done to, uh, fix the problem." Mrs. Finish, the principle of Madam Patterson's School For Girls, said. The forced tone of her voice brought curiosity into Asher's 15 year old brain.
"Enlighten me." he said simply, kicking his feet up onto the desk in front of him and leaning back in his chair, hands behind his head.
"It seems," Mrs.Finish began, using a pencil to push the boys large converse shoes off of her wooden desk. "That you will stay and study here where as Miss Reynolds will stay there. It seems that any other option is far too complicated and expensive for either of the schools or your parents. I'm sorry, but there is no longer any other option." she said.
Oh dear. Who will take this change the hardest? Ansley and Asher? The other people at the schools? The administrators? What could possibly go wrong with this plan? Well, a lot more than you could possibly imagine.
copyright May 16, 2014 -balletflats21
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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