Missing Pieces--Collab story with PricelessInsanity98

Ari is an orphan, or that’s what most people think. She was left at an adoption center at the age of 4. Now, 13 years later, she’s still there. Arianna Laurel is the most popular girl at Columbus High School and senior year was going exactly the way she planned, until she meets a certain boy. Aaron Hayes is the only boy who has ever made Ari’s heart race. But in order to impress him, she must pretend to like his sister who is a Goth. Ari doesn’t dislike Goths, she just hates this one in particular. But Vera Hayes triggers memories of her past that Ari had forgotten. Could she be one of the missing pieces that Ari needs to uncover the secrets of her past?

Vera is adopted. She was adopted by the Hayes when she was only one and has no remembrance of her family before. The only thing she has is a ring inscribed with "Forever and Always 12.3.98.” The ring’s too big to wear around her finger so she wears it on a chain around her neck. A reminder of where she came from. She moves to a new town for the start as a freshman in high school and makes her first enemy, Ari Laurel. Ari quickly becomes acquainted with Vera’s golden brother Aaron and the two start dating. Is it fate that brought the two girls who despise each other together? Or can they look past their social differences to find the missing pieces of their past?