People seem to think that everything ends perfectly. She gets the guy, they marry happily and have five thousand kids.
Reality check, that doesn't happen.
The good girl doesn't get the hot popular guy always. Opposites don't attract, you have to have one thing in common in order for it to work.
Let's be normal guys and let's not set ourselves up for failure.
Maybe you will be like me, and have to be in the situation to understand.
But let me tell you the truth, you learn from you mistakes.
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Imagine this;
You were homeschooled in the empty streets of Georgia, raised by your four older brothers since you parents died in a car crash five years ago. You have a year left of schooling until you graduate, everything's cozy and safe.
Then the law knocks on your door and states that your brothers are unfit to raise you anymore, since you aren't eighteen you can't live on your own. So they place you in New York at a boarding school.
So if this was your life and everything came crashing down on you, wouldn't you want everything else to be normal?
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Alice Dohl, even though she moves to the city, the weight of the world crashes down yet again and she is forced to hang around with the schools Joke, Ryan Hastings. Despite Alice being homeschooled she is wicked smart, so smart that she has to tutor Ryan.
Which unfortunately for her, leads to another surprise.
Alice struggles to keep in mind her all around motto'Lets be Normal'
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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