"Evaline! Come down here right now, there's something we would like to tell you." My mother yelled up to me. "But mother, I'm in the middle of something!" I yelled back down. Ha. Typical lie. I didn’t have any type of social life. "If that something is moping around all day, come down this instant young lady!" Damn. I got caught. I sighed and got up, slowly making my way to the kitchen. "Yes mother, what is it?" "Well your father and I have decided that we have had enough of your attitude! You sulk everyday, but when we ask if something is wrong, you just put on a smile and say that everything is fine. We don't know what to do anymore. So your father contacted one of his old friends, and we have decided that you are to have a change of environment. Instead of go back to Jackson High this year, you are to go to attend the Camden Academy for boys." I could clearly hear the exasperation in her voice, but only one thing stuck. A. Boys. Academy. I couldn't do this, my problems would just escalate. "A. Boys. Academy?" I squeaked out. "Yes, a boys academy, Evaline, the headmaster is friends with your father, and he has decided to accept you, as you have a high G.P.A and you are very apt at various sports. It also helps that your father had old connections with this man. You will be flying over to London in 3 days and I expect you to start packing now. Oh, and one last thing. You'll be going as a boy, and be expected to keep up with all of your sports." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evaline Johnson never had the perfect life. She lost the only person she ever cared about at the age 11. Now, her mother is sick of her attitude, and sends her off to some kind of boarding school. Sure, it's in her home country, but what kind of sick mother would send their 16 year old daughter, to an ALL BOYS boarding school infested with hormonal teenage boys? Hopefully, her identity would remain a secret.
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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