There are times where you want nothing more than to be loved. To be wanted. To be accepted. But life wants to challenge you instead. Toreesa Lane comes from a wealthy lifestyle. Breezing her way into college and trying to live up to her fathers diligent reputation, she only seems to attract people who want to use her for what she has to offer. She was raised to believe that money gets you everything...even a persons love for you. Erica Milliano, on the other hand, is the exact opposite. Being predominantly poor, she works hard every day and night to pay for her college education, even if that means skipping meals and living on the streets; she will do whatever it takes. She was on her own from the very beginning and trusts absolutely no one. She relies on no one, but herself. These two are so different from one another but they manage to fall blindly into each others arms; One Bus Ride at a Time...

"No one knows what was done to me this summer. And no one will ever find out. They wouldn't understand... My own parents don't even understand... No one knows and no one saw.... or so I thought." Iyana Bright is a 17 year old, high school girl who goes through a horrifically violent experience during her summer break, but a spiked drink leaves her memory in a haze. Through the new school year as a senior, she deals with bouts of PTSD, anxiety, and depression as the memories of her ordeal haunt her every waking moment. Until the new girl, Jules; who also happens to be her next door neighbor, enters her life. Jules, also a 17 year old senior, has demons of her own to fight. With no mother in the picture, a suspiciously angsty college brother, and an abusive father who can't keep his anger in check, she carries a little secret of her own that could either make or break Iyana's traumatic grief. What will these two find waiting at the end of their journey; one happy ending... or an ending for one?