"Come on, let's go, we have no time for crap like this." He said lastly before locking our hands and pulling me away. I sped up with his fast steps to his car. I slipped inside, waiting for him to join me. I glanced at him, while he turned on the car.
"We're done here, now let's get wild." Was the last remark he said before turning onto a street heading for the city of angels to have a wild night. I had adrenaline running through me and that when he sure gave me more,
" We are going to Austin's, its a warm night, ever try skinny dipping?"
"no!" I panicked before he sped up and gliding down the freeway.
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One day, Skylar moves from New York to Los Angeles and she's very nervous about it. She tries to hide but eventually comes to meet a few people. They count her in and accept her until some pretty bad things happen. She panics on what she has become and realizes that she lost her only friends. Out of nowhere, Trey Carter, the bad boy and gang leader of the school notices her. He hears about what she has done and automatically wants to get to know her. She questions his actions but gets used to his company. She finds out something big about him and now has to stick with him. Her friends that excluded her from their group now watches her and Trey live their own lives without taking a second of their time to even think about them. Trey and Skylar hate each others existence and have intimidating conversations. You have to stick with a gang leader if you don't want to get shot.
Skylar would have never thought that alcohol, fights and unpredictable kisses would come up.
"Trust me babe, when your with me you can encounter anything."
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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