It's the middle sophomore year. Cliques were formed, populars were established, trends were started, and Pepper Kidman's parents felt the urge to move from New York to Texas just for a "change of scenery." No one moves over a fifteen-hundred miles for "a change of scenery." Pepper didn't know what was going on, but she would try to make the best of it, and as it turns out, that isn't really that hard.
Saltavius Diggory III. He was tired of it all. He was a jock. He was the quarterback of the football team. His teammates were supposedly his best friends and always had his best interests at heart, but did they? Is it really that hard to have real friends? All Salt wanted was to have someone to trust. Cheesy, yeah, but is it really so much to ask for? He wants to meet someone that will make him say "Where have you been all my life?"
They're like smooth and rough, naughty and nice, the new girl and the popular guy, Salt and Pepper, but opposites always have attracted.
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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