Skie Barrington was ready for a normal summer when 8th grade let out. He was ready for the beach, coming out to his parents and transitioning, arcades, shopping, sipping on bubble tea while gossiping with his friends... he was ready for everything "summer" had to offer. His typical summer, anyways. He didn't know, however, that this summer would not be like any other...
Story information: this story is based off of an oc I made. Skie is a pretty common name, so I chose it for this character and my own online name. Skie is genderfluid. Genderfluid means, according to google, "...a person who does not identify as having a single unchanging gender." Basically, a person just don't identify with one gender, and it's always changing. They could feel like a girl one moment, non-binary the next day, and then maybe a boy in a month! So it's clearly something that, if someone isn't accepting of the LGBTQ+ community, this could confuse them quite easily.
!!Trigger Warning!! There will be some cursing! I'm setting this to "mature" because apparently the topic of sexuality is considered mature by Wattpad.. otherwise, this should be okay for kids younger than 13 (people younger than 13 have heard a few curse words before, right?).
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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