When a person go through tremendous conflicts they are reminded of it for the rest of their life. Spencer Davis is starting fresh to start her career as a English teacher at Franklin High School in a small town. She begins to have flashbacks of her heinous memories of her four years of high school. She meets new people in the new town she has moved to but she also meets a person that haunts her past. Ms. Davis wants to flee the town but meets her English student, Leah Underwood, as her high school self and she is under pressure of how to react. Spencer is in a mess and does not want history to repeat it's self. Spencer tells the story of her life and how she will conquer this dilemma.
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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