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I'm the girl who everyone expects to be the goodie goodie two shoes kind of girl. Like being the average nerd, but the truth is, they don't know me at all.
He's the guy that everyone expects to be the bad ass and player, but really he's just a broken boy with a broken heart, who has to play the role of a bad ass and player, but that's not the real him.
He parties all night, every night, wishing he was a better child and wishing to be studying instead.
I study all night at home, wishing I was partying with my friends and getting drunk or wishing I hadn't caused the death of my brother and sister.
He's hot and cocky.
I'm ugly and smart.
He's popular and everyone loves him.
I'm a nobody and everyone hates me.
I like him and I can't get him out of my head.
He likes her, and he can't get HER out of his head.
He's abused.
And so am I.
He's the bad boy.
And I'm the nerd.
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Chloe Hunter. An seventeen year old girl, with an fucked up life, that she shouldn't have. She's abused almost every night by her father because she's a constant reminder that his wife and her mom is gone. Chloe is bullied every single day, by her ex best friend.
Christopher Coon, is the prankster, hot headed, hot, sexy, bad ass, player, popular, self conceited, self conscious, selfish, and hateful.
Chloe and Christopher never noticed each other, well at least he didn't. Chloe liked him since elementary school, but one day when she punches him for being a jerk, he pays more attention to her.
And they become best friends, when she is thrown into ISS for punching her bully for bullying her two best friends, and bullying her.
But imagine this... Being in ISS with your crush, your ex from two years ago, and your ex from a year ago. Now understand what she's going through.
But Christopher and Chloe grow closer by the minute, after a special night... And no I'm not saying that hooked up. It was a dance...
But follow these two on their journeys and what do you get?...
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.
*****
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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