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.

16 year old Gia Ramirez' lived in New Orleans, she raised herself because she had no one after her mother died and just when she thought her life was over her life suddenly starts to come to a change when she meets this 17 year old boy... I believe his name is August A. Alsina but as they to try to make it out the ghetto and better their life of course there are obstacles in the way...