When the Masks Fall

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17 year old Cathy, thrown out on the streets with her younger brother on her birthday leaving her youngest brother with her mom. With no where else to go she moves back to the house she inherited when her dad died two years prior.

Starting at a new school where no one knows her is the safest option, she hasn't spoken to her friends since her dad died. On her first day of school she meets the five bad boys and finds that she evens their group out amazingly well.

This group of bad boys and their plus one bad girl contain every cliche you've ever read about. Abused, Abandoned, Dead Parent, Druggie Parents, Alcoholic Parents, Runaway, No Parents, and of course a baby and absent mother.

Their all hiding, from themselves, each other, the school after all the easiest way to survive is to push everything away, don't get attached we all know that. But the way to live is to love and accept, the way to live is to be happy. Together they'll become more than friends they will become a family and what family doesn't have drama, this one has enough for a lifetime.

TW: alcohol, drugs, abuse, self harm, sex abuse, suicidal thoughts, death, swearing, violence, sexual references.