Do you ever dream of having it all? Money, popularity, a lot of friends, good grades, a boyfriend? I did once, and it was not really what I had expected after all. My name is Estella and I learned during eighth year why I didn't need all of these things to make me happy. Well, except for the good grades, which I've earned. I did realize that I don't need popularity to make me happy. Nor money or a lot of friends. You only need one good friend, and I never let too many people get too close. Money can't buy happiness. Popularity is just a psychological thing, it's all in our heads. Hell, we don't need to be labeled "popular" to be happy, and even after high school, in my case eighth grade year, we learn that we are all average people. Once you get labeled "popular", you let it get to you, peer pressure, alcohol, drugs, and sex. And once those things happen, rumors go on around about you. I know this because it happened to me, in my eighth grade year. By the end of eighth grade year, I lost it all. I've been getting labeled a whore and people would always make fun of me. I've been bullied since I was six years old and I've cut myself plenty of times. This is why at my new high school, I hope to make my life better.
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Read on to find out how Estella survives at high school! ^_^ Thank you for reading my introduction for my new story, and my first story. I hope you enjoyed it! If you follow me I follow back!
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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