Riley Monroe and Everett Rosenfeld have been best friends since they were four and have been in love since they were fourteen. Riley has promised Everett that no matter what, she will be his forever. So after Everett's mother dies in a car accident, why does Everett shut Riley down? Because Everett believes that Riley is the reason why his mother is dead.

Natalie Ferrington made one small, tiny mistake. And, seeing that she was in highschool, it exploded into a scandal that ruined the fragments of her already-damaged life. Her beloved older brother, Cameron, killed himself three months ago. Her father is a drunk, her mother neglects her. Now, Natalie is a social outcast, a depressed emo, a cutter.