Rain. Everybody hates it or like it. It depends really, in what situation you're in. It also depends on someones's personality. For example, if you're someone who has a happy life, you might want the weather to be sunny all the time. Otherwise, if you're the gloomy type of person, you might want the weather to be gray and rainy, to match your mood. You might want to add thunder and lightning if you're having a really bad day. Well. the thing is, I want you to know my name. Unfortunately, my name is, you guessed it right, Rain. I don't know why my parents named me that. Or maybe it's not even my parents who named me. You see, I've lived in an orphanage since I was a small,fragile human baby girl. Maybe someone from the orphanage named me. Because it matches me and where I live perfectly. I'm a girl with dark gray hair, grayish blue eyes and pale skin. To sum it all up, I look like a gloomy, gray and boring sky. I also live in a rainy town with a population of exactly 1000 people who looks somehow similar with each other. We all look sad and gloomy. Thus, where I live is called Grayville.
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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