Meet Ned Kingsley. Quirky, dorky and weird. With his friends Anthony Georgiou, a gaming whiz and completely intellectual 4.0 GPA , Salim Ahmed, a 6'3 football player who's mind is intended to get all the girls of Marine High School. Together they will concur everything, well at least try to. With Jared Winston against you, you'll never know what's going to happen.
Meet Melody Gray. Cool, confident and strong. Father being the CEO of Gray Technologies Industries, she has so much responsibility on her back to pick up her father's company. But she has her friends to have her back. Amanda Juarez, seemingly quiet around strangers, yet never seem to shut up around friends, super smart nerdy type with a destined vision for success. Ahalia Kabir, cool and collective. Knows her way around everything. With a strong witted comeback for everything with an awesome personality.
What happens when a certain bump in the road, collides these two worlds? Will it work out? Or betrayal will succeed?
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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