Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

Smartass Zane Aulder lives his life day by day just trying to get by without causing a scene. He is in the jazz band at school when he meets the bands mysterious but gifted new member, Kythan. Zanes world is about to be turned inside out as he tries to get close to the detached youth. Now its Zanes turn to decide whether his choices can keep him in the clear. Slowly things in his school start to change around him and he must choose between his vices and his virtues.