Charlotte Holly. Eighteen year old. She has three best friends: Andi, Bianca, and Becca. What happens when Charlotte, Andi, Bianca, and Becca go to a festival. What happens when Charlotte accidentally leaves her phone at the food court at the festival? What happens when Charlotte finds a cell phone that looks identical to hers and grabs it, not knowing it's not hers till she gets home and gets a call from her actual phone from a stranger she doesn't know?
When Charlotte answers that one phone call she realizes it's from her twin brother's (Jeremy) arch rival football player, Ryder Montez, a eighteen year old, who is also graduating high school, he's the captain and a football player of his football team. He's a manipulative-cocky-smart ass-hot-player of a guy. What happens when, Charlotte and Ryder share more and more voicemails,texts, and calls each day and night and learn more things about each other? But they can't exchange phones till two weeks later. What happens when Charlotte learns more about Ryder, and learns that he's not just a cocky-manipulative-player that he shows? Charlotte learns that he has a soft side for her. What happens when she ignores her feelings for him, because she likes another hotter player: Matty Miller and Ryder finds himself falling for her but hides it? What happens when he hides his feelings and she spills out her feelings to him and he rejects her because of his popularity? Read to find out....
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"Thanks for meeting me. I need to tell you something." I say as I feel my hands getting shakier, while my heart is racing.
"What is it, Char? I have thing to do today. I don't have all day." He says. My name coming out of his name sounds great. Ok focus.
"I....I.... well the thing is a guy once told me, if I liked someone or had feelings for someone, I should just be honest and tell them. Well I guess that's what I'm doing. Ryder, I like YOU. Matty is out of the picture. These past few weeks I've learned more things about you."....
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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