*WARNING: Written in 2008, some content may be offensive* Stasee is your typical shy, quiet teenage girl until the night her brother's best friend Damen Hurtz decides to finally acknowledge her existence. In a desperate attempt to gain his acceptance she allows him to take the one thing every girl values most...her virginity. After that night, Damen constantly begins accepting her while they're alone and then rejecting her in front of his peers. Stasee's frustration and confusion continues to grow, as do her feeling toward the man who continues to break her heart. He claims that he cares for her, but will his need for his peer's acceptance prevent him from ever treating Stasee the way he should? And if he finally realizes the stupidity of popularity over love, will Stasee still be waiting for him?

Meet sixteen year old Ella Dawson. With her mum currently in hospital and seriously unwell, Ella and her sister Amy, and brother Lucas have no option but to be taken under the roof of their closest cousins, the McCormacks. Five unruly, scheming, plotting and downright unbelievable boys begin to accept Ella into their home. But when Ella is forced to start new at the local high school, she finds herself falling for cute guy Alex. What will happen when the McCormacks start stepping in and interfering? And will Ella ever be able to say goodbye, if the time ever comes?