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TRIGGER WARNING:
This story deals with real-world issues such as but not limited to abuse and bullying. Please read at your own discretion.

Thank you, and I hope you stick around.

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S U M M A R Y:

Eastern Greene High School: an ordinary school filled with ordinary kids just trying to live their ordinary lives.

Illusions aren't so perfect when they don't last forever. Relationships only work when they're built on more than fake smiles.

He's the quarterback, and he's got it all together. Everyone sees the potential, the perfect grades and the flawless passes, the confidence of a future NFL player. Brett Archer is the embodiment of someone who's got his shit together, at least that's what the whole school thinks. No one hears the other side, the tale of an absentee mother and a father who sometimes crosses the line.

She's perfectly imperfect. People think she's cruel, think she's harsh because she won't let them near her. She's turned on everyone who might have cared, ditching her nerdy former best friend for the title of head cheerleader. Another flawless GPA, another student who's not what she seems. Andrea Fields has a long-standing habit of getting caught in situations she can't get out of, most of which seem to involve the guy she refers to as her boyfriend. Brett may keep up a facade for the rest of his school, but he has a bad habit of taking his anger out on his girlfriend when there's no one else to listen. She's left picking up the pieces after each of his attacks, hiding all evidence behind the cold personality of a queen bee.

Secrets can only stay hidden for so long, though, and when things at Eastern Greene High School take a drastic turn, false accusations and rumors will abound.