Four friends at Lazaro Junior High are all ready to start high school at the Chicago Academy of Dramatic Arts. The school in the heart of the Windy City focuses mostly on playwriting and drama but these students already have enough drama in their personal lives to worry about. From child abuse to serial murder, the story will get deep into the lives of Tyler, Logan, Abby, and Lauren during their peak of teenagehood. Are these teens ready to face each other and cleanse themselves of their sins or will they keep their secrets to themselves and let the pain make even more of a disaster?

Mel and Bryce have been best friends for, like, ever. Bryce looks like a movie star, captains the football team and is the guy in school that all the girls crush on. But to Mel he’s just Bryce. After all, what else could he be, right? But when he admits that he has kissed Mel’s nemesis, Taylor Whitrow, the gorgeous head cheerleader, everything changes. Everything.