Alisah was new to the school, and was extremely shy. She would usually be the one sitting alone with no one to talk to, but her "friends". Her "friends" were the dead; the non-living. Everyone at her elementary thought that she was a creep; a freak; a someone who should've been a nothing. She was nothing more than a human, trying to live a normal live, like everybody else, without the drama.
Alisah suffers from a special power to where she could see the dead. She wasn't like everybody else. She wasn't the average girl you see daily. She was a special girl with a sixth sense, or known at to the third eye has already opened. She always wished to fit in with the other people, but the misfortunate turn to her, as they reject her; treating her like a piece of trash, needed to be thrown out.
As Alisah was going there, she met a boy. Maybe a boy she had liked; loved. The boy's name was Alex, who was so sweet to her, and treated her like someone he knew all his life.
One day, Alisah gets asked out, but by a guy named Jonathan, and declines, she gets threatened to get murdered if not, so therefore leading her to forcefully date him.
Alisah had enough to after the hard days, and the threats and the way Jonathan treats her to the point to she she commits suicide.
Then a choice by God, she was chosen to be Alex's guardian. Now, Alisah can know what Alex really goes through.
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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