Presently I sit in my bed waiting for my monthly doctor to arrive and give me my pain killer shot that 'helps the pain go away'. Ever since I was born I was allergic to the sun. I'm not the only one with this problem but it is very rare to see, and one of the major reasons why I get picked on at school. Vampire, demon, creeper, any 'clever' name they could make up in their hard-headed jock/cheer minds they spilled out their mouths and tweeted onto the Internet. Which lead to a different school every half year or so, each school came to the same conclusion. Depression. And I sunk deeper and deeper into it, sooner or later I won't be able to swim back up, I'll drown.
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Kaleb is not your average teenage girl, she is allergic from the one thing that lights up the sky each day. The sun. With her allergies, she is picked on, made fun of, and has dug herself into a deep hole of depression and not even her parents or her doctors can help her. From school, to school Kaleb has learned each one is the same as the last one, or is she wrong. West Hill Vanity High School has seemed a bit different from the past schools, a small group of peers notices Kaleb being bullied, and one group mates decide to speak up for Kaleb like everyone was afraid to do before.
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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