Now, you don’t just wake up and decide to kill yourself. Or, at least, I didn’t. I’ve been planning it for a while now. I picked the day: January 16th, 215. A day with great significance, but not so much significance that I’ll be overshadowed or forgotten. Then I made a list of all of the things I had to do before I, well, you know. So that’s what I did, and now it’s January 16th, 2015 so it’s time to get crack-a-lacking.
The List is a concept I came up with pretty much as soon as I decided to kill myself. It’s a total of five things that I need to do before I die, but I cannot live once I’ve done them. The first is the easiest, the second is the second easiest, and so on. I’ve got today to do them, so I know I have to get started.
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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