Melody Harmony Crotchet.
I know, I know. She's heard it all. She hates her name, one part because she hates music, and one part because of the bullies.
Her parents, as you can tell, are overly enthusiastic about their love of the musical arts. Well, being world famous musicians, you'd have to be.
The one question everyone was asking Melody, was: Can she live up to her family name?
To answer that, she surely can.
Jayce Benjamin Childs.
A poor boy, from a poor family. Never really told he could make much of himself. One day, he bought a guitar and started to play, he started to busk on Hollywood street corners, he'd earn hundreds a day, from snobby, unobservant rich people, oblivious to the fact that they'd in fact thrown a twenty dollar note in his guitar case.
One day, while Melody and her mother were walking through the city, they heard him play. Her mother simply rolled her eyes and kept walking, but Melody...
She stopped and sang with him.
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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