You never know what to expect. Moving across the country. Making new friends. Falling in love with your best friend. Dealing with heartbreak. Loosing someone. Anything can happen, at any moment in time. If you don’t take a chance, you may never get that chance again. McKenzie and her best friend Tracy went to elementary, middle, and high school together, stayed friends ever since. Now, they’re going to college together across the country, in LA. LA is a big city, full of fake people trying to get their name out there. It changes people, changes the way they look at the world. McKenzie and Tracy meet new people in college, McKenzie meets a new friend, Michael, soon to become one of her new best friends. While Tracy meets Sarah, the “queen” of the school, Tracy starts to change to become like Sarah. Friends don’t always last forever, some will come and go. What will happen between McKenzie and Tracy?
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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