17 year-old Marissa Hall has been through it all. Her dad was a major alcoholic who left her and her mother when she was only 10. Together as a team they persevered through life's challenges and everything seemed to be bearable until her mom passed away because of cancer. Marissa was then forced to push her way forward, living by herself. But now she faces the worse.... Marissa is pregnant with the unborn child of the biggest jock at school, Ryan Pressley. Marissa's world has been turned upside down. What is she going to have to do to?