Scientifically and with all probable researches, you might have known that oil does not get along with water. Similarly do the Diggorys and Muellers. You had better avoided trying to get between the two rivals cause you might as well travel in time to stop the rise of dictatorship and curb WW2 but to lessen the hatred from the two families is more like asking Obama to pose for the USA's next top model. The rivals did not include arms, you could rather call it a cold war, okay, not to get much historic, the families would rather fight with words, harsh words executed sweetly. This cold war was going quite smooth and undisturbed until the families discovered that their children were best of friends, only friends. Justin Diggory, the only son of the Diggorys and Annalee Mueller, the only daughter of the Muellers, unlike their families, were childhood friends, best friends but only friends. They used to continue with all their 'best friendship' secretly. There wasn't a problem in pretending hatred for each other before their families until they were 'only friends' but who knew they would fall for one another breaking the rule of 'only friends'. If the problem ended at agreeing the feeling, it started at comitted the same and after the resolutions of committing, the problem arose to convince the families on the same. What would happen when the two discover the obscured reason for the family hatred, would they still stay together or part forever?
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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