Sam is a 17 year old girl in her Senior Year at Central High. She may seem a little bitchy, secretive, and too guarded, but if only anyone (well besides her best friends Tessa, Tommy, Timmy, and their parents) knew how bad her darkest secret and nightmare was. She may seem fine to everyone else, but inside she constantly sees that night over and over again every time she closes her eyes.
No one can get her to try and be less fenced up and open up a little. Not even her best friends. She is stubborn, hard working, troubled, sarcastic bitch, and a beautiful kick boxer. But will her guarded up front be dropped a little? And by some stranger? Even a stranger that is a drop dead gorgeous bad ass that is too laid back to even care, total egotistical, joking jerk, and illegal underground MMA fighter named Chris?
Then if she does open up a little, will everything she feared and had been running from come true? Will Chris get her to open up in time to be able to know what she's running from to help her?
Through a journey of fights, laughs, pranks, heartbreaks, tears, nightmares, secrets, and maybe even love(?) find out what happens by you know...reading it! :)
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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