Christina is a junky. Adrenaline is her drug of choice. The rush she feels at the briefest spike of danger, flooding through her veins, a better high than any synthetic, off the market drug could give her. But after a more recent brush with the high, and more importantly the cops, Chris soon finds herself stuck in a hospital for community service, between an unnecessarily hostile nurse and an unnecessarily protective sister.
Malia is a victim. She was born with Cystic Fibrosis and for lack of a better term, her life blows. It's a life filled with checkups, months of uncountable, impossibly annoying and possibly fatal illnesses, and an oxygen tank that's her BFF. And after another bout of bronchitis, Malia winds up back in the hospital, with her overbearing parents and the knowledge of the too-full transplant list weighing down her every thought.
Then these two girls meet. And as their friendship blossoms, they'll both find a strength in themselves they never knew was there, and a strength in each other they didn't know they needed.
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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