𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐀𝐘.

➢ being kay.

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 '𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚'.

Kayla Brown (Yara Shahidi), a rebellious yet entitled teen from Los Angeles is known for always being the Life of the Party at her local high school. By day, she's passing her exams by using the cheat sheets that her fellow students give her and bragging about how amazing she is and how she'll never be a failure.

By night, she's between getting stoned and drunk with her friends while experimenting with the newest drugs on the street, to waking up somewhere with no clue as to where she is or how she got there.

Her relationship with her mother and stepfather did not exist, mainly because Kayla believed that her father's absence was all her mother's fault, not his own personal pleasures that he indulged in. She believes that her mother spends more time with married men than she does with her own child, one of the reasons why she is defiant and despises her the most out of all her family members.

After she gets caught by an undercover cop during a drug deal gone wrong with her friends, she's removed from her luxurious home and is placed into a Juvenile Detention Center and Recovery Center until she is able to clean up her act. Convinced that her act isn't exactly all the way cleaned, Kay's mother expresses that she's fed up with her behavior and sends her to Atlanta to live with her grandparents ( Jenifer Lewis & Laurence Fishburne) until she learns self-respect and boundaries.

Once she's there, Kay continues on her road with Substance Abuse after she is befriended by a local dealer named Cartel (Aubrey Joseph) and she thinks she's on top of the world; that is until the popular crowd that she's introduced start bringing her down. Melissa (Peyton List) begins pushing the boundaries with her opinions on Kay, which soon causes her to resort to creating a journal filled with ways to end her life since she feels like she's not meant to belong here.

After she leaves a suicide note behind and runs away from home, her grandparents take matters into their own hands as they attempt to teach her about Respect and Responsibilities once they become extremely strict and disconnect her from the outside world; that is until this day.

In hopes that Kay will learn something about Recovery, they introduce her to Ambre Taylor (China Anne McClain), the recovering alcoholic teen daughter of their next-door neighbors. Much to Kay's dismay, the two females form a bond through distant communication, eventually turning into a blossomed friendship once they both get jobs at the same place, Captain Charlie's. This brand new job becomes their brand new ticket to freedom, to say the least.

When Ambre reveals to her that she was once in a rehabilitation center after overdosing, Kay becomes intrigued and finds herself drawn towards the idea of being reckless. Soon, she introduces Kay to her 'wealthy' friends, who all have different views on Kay and try to convince her that she's bad for Ambre's recovery.

But, still having hope in the female, Ambre refuses to listen. The two grow closer and eventually, some sparks appear between them much to their families' dismay. Kay, who was once a fallen angel needing saving, must decide whether being clean and happy is the route she wants for herself, or if she's going to end up alone again.

TW: Mentions of Suicide/Attempted Suicide, Self-Harm, Drug Use, Alcoholism, Domestic Abuse, Sexual Abuse.

𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞.