"Hi, I'm Ben, short for Benjamin. What's your name?" he asked, showing me his missing two teeth in the front. The two explanations I came up with to figure out the reason behind his missing teeth are: one, they fall down because that's what happens when you are no more a baby or two, which is the most likely one, he ate the dead fly.
"None of your disgusting business" I answer him sliding a few inches away from him.
"Okay then, I'll call you lemon" he said pointing at my lemon ice cream.
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Two souls meet for the first time, not knowing what fate is hiding for them. They spent their childhood together, grew together and went through puberty together.
Monica Luna Jones, a girl who enjoys lemon ice cream more than anything and Benjamin Dixon Cooper, a boy who cares for his BMW more than himself.
However, they both share their love for adventure, risk and adrenaline.
The two were there for each other through the good and the bad, through the sickness and the health.
They swore to stay best friends forever and let nothing come in between but for how long can they deny the tension and the mixed feelings?
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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