"If you're still talking to him, then we can't be together." Kai said clenching his jaw.
"C'mon Kai..." I said caressing his cheek, looking into his eyes hoping he'd cut me some slack. "He's my friend."
"Fuck that." He said and he turned on his heels leaving my arm hanging.
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Amaya Johnston just moved into her new home with her step-mother, Kacey Johnston. Her life was never complicated, until her father's passing. He was her dad, her best friend, her everything. However, she overcame her depression and her relationship with her step-mom grew over time.
Moving into their new home wasn't hard after their neighbor, Kai Stephens, offered to help, not just with moving boxes, but showing Amaya around town, and introducing her to new people at school.
School. Where she met Alex Henderson, super friendly, guy of every high school girl's dreams, and blah blah blah. Though he was a little stuck up, there was so much more to him that people didn't know.
When both of Amaya's closest friends confess their true feelings for her, it complicates her life even more, leaving her to rethink everything.
Who will she choose? What decision will finally end this monogamy? Read to find out!
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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