My name is Alyssa Stevenson, and I have a secret.
Ha. I know what your thinking,"Oh. This is a cliche story in which a girl falls in love with a guy but it's forbidden and no one can know about it. But of course, in the end, everyone knows, but they are all okay with it, making the couple live life happily ever after."
BUT IT'S NOT!
So here's the real summary :D
Alyssa has always been the perfect, popular girl that everyone wants to date. But she has a secret. One that she can never reveal. To anyone.
She's unstable; insecure. She can't open up to anyone due to her father's death. He was the only one she could confide in. Her girl friends are phonies that only want her for her popularity, her guy friends only want to date her for her money, and her mother is....well, busy. She feels like a stranded person at sea; isolated and lost.
Now in her final year of high school, she isn't sure what to do. Or where life will lead her to. Her mother is a famous lawyer, but she has no intentions of following her footsteps. She's great at math and science, has a deep passion for music and art, and loves acting and volleyball.
To make matters worse, Alyssa is slowly forgetting small, but important, things about her father. Like what his favorite color was. Or when he was born.
But now Alyssa is doing the unthinkable. Through all this chaos, she has met a guy. A guy who she may be falling in love with. Will he love her for who she is? Can she open up to him, and pour her insecurities out without doubt or worry?
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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