Riannan's life was spent watching her five year old brother since her mother was too busy passing out at bars and hooking up with twenty-year olds to do it herself. Living in a run down apartment and working two jobs to stay there was hard work for a seventeen year old. Her new chemistry partner doesn't help much. At first. Riannan let's Dominic in, and he changes her life forever.

Blair Montgomery was 6 yrs old when her mom made her leave her life behind in North Carolina and live in Ohio without her father. She was never told why her mom had mysterious gashes on her face, or why she left her dad. When her mom dies in a car crash, and Joey doesnt want her, Blair has no where to turn until her father sends her a letter asking her to live with him. She jumps at the chance to spend time with her father. When she goes back to her old home, starts a new school, and meet new friends, secrets are revealed, who she is, what she is, and why she feels a pull toward the gorgeous boy in her new school. Life in North Carolina changes her life just like that day 10 yrs ago.

Mercedes was in it for the summer of a lifetime. She had just graduated from Oak Wood Acadamy with her best friends, Evelyn, Aiden, and Darren. They were heading back near her hometown to spend the summer at the beach. If only she could avoid her past while she was so close to it.

Marissa Miller survived the tragic accident that killed her family and dog. Since that fateful day, things have been so different. She has lost contact with her friends and has moved to a boarding school, sent to by her aunt, her new guardian. Marissa is all alone. Getting through the days isn't too hard but the nights are full of horrifying nightmares of the day the accident occurred. It's been a month since then and no one notices the pain she's going through. The growing depression is killing her and the insomnia caused by it isn't helping either. Her life is uneventful, that is, until she catches someone's attention. Ethan Reed is just another popular and egoistic guy, but one single encounter with Marissa leaves him stunned. He did something to her that she didn't deserve, and now he's going to make up for it. But will it be too late? Will he be able to save her before she drowns into the waves of emptiness?