15 year old Africa-American, Britney Saunders, would never in her life would ever thought she'd fall for a Caucasian. She isn't racist or anything, she just doesn't look at a white guy 'that way', black guys, oh, pfft, heck yes! white guys... not her type. She'd look at white guys just as she looks at girls, no matter how hot he is. To her, they're not 'males' or 'the opposite sex', they're not creatures to get intimate with or to have some kind of romantic relationship with. They're just another species put onto earth like cats and daises. Alien, the word.
But one day, whatever it was she felt before- that weird resistance on white guys feeling, whether it was an emotion or something else- she doesn't know, that decided her opinion and view on them.......... died.
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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