CHAPTER 1
Im a 18 year old girl who has blonde wavy hair, light blue eyes, and my friends are my music and my beanie. I am starting a new school in California and I'm not tan I'm WHITE not white but WHITE. We my parents are two doctors who love and will help me with anything. I did have a friend but we didn't work out because with all of her other friends they would let her be their boss, but with me I would not let her be the boss of me and be all attitude on me.
It's the first day of my new high school in California. Since my parents are doctors I have a new car from my 16th birthday. For my first day of school i wore my ripped up jeans, tank top, and my jean jacket over it. I had my converse on and my hair curled.
I walked In my new school and it was like a new mean girls movie except with me in it. There was one guy that stood out to me. He had black hair, ripped up jeans, sneakers, and he was also alone listening to music. He looked at me with a glimmer in his eyes and to say the truth i felt like he was trying to say something with them. I was staring at him when someone came up to me,"Hi I'm Heather" she said he looked cool. She had some skinny jeans, converse, hair in a pony tail, and a black crop top with white letters that said I'm a freak. -Ok- I thought she's cool, "hi" i say. "I don't really come up to people and talk to them but u seem like a new girl and a cool one. I looked over to were the guy was standing and he wasn't there, he was really cool though. When I looked at him my heart staring pumping and I thought i was actually blushing, me , blushing!!!
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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