My name is Emma and yes, I am that person in your school that everybody hates for no reason.
I'm going to tell you my story.
No, it's not going to be a story where I fall for the hottest guy in school, or where my parents have tragically died and I want to suffer in silence. No, this is going to be a story of how I became the girl everyone wants to be, and what people get for treating me as if I'm the dirt on the bottom of their shoe.
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I don't know whether its down to my attitude or simply the way I walk but, knowing this educational prison filled with mindless zombies, I put it down to simply the way that I dress.
I wouldn't say I fit a category for my style of clothing, I'd just say that I express a passion for the dark things rather than the light. I wouldn't classify myself as a goth or an emo, just alternative.
But, like many others around the world, apparently, I shouldn't be this way and should be 'normal'. What does that even mean?
(This is one of my first books on Wattpad. I'm not very good at descriptions, so please give the book a try)
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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