Summary: Jake Thomas is an 18 year old senior who seems alright on the outside,but is a wreck on the inside. His home life is terrible, with a meth addict mother and an alcoholic father. Besides his music and books, he has no other sense of escape. Until one day, Jake meets a beautiful girl named Aubrey Stevens.. She is everything that he needs to feel like a normal person. When he's with her, every problem he faces, dissolves. He feels alive when he's with her. But once he returns home, he feels numb and broken. As Jake and Aubrey get closer, he tries desperately to keep everything about his life behind closed doors...