Nineteen year old Jess Lightcap is beginning her first year of college at Penn State. Tyler Joseph, her childhood friend, has gone on to pursue his dreams of writing music with his best bud Josh. Jess thinks she's in love with an attractive college jock, but reconnecting with Tyler could change everything. She and Tyler experience love, tragedy, death, and the roller coaster of life in just a couple months.

Charlotte Robin Dun is a smart girl- really. She just makes some poor choices with even poorer judgement. Her best friends aren't exactly the best of role models either. Her parents are upset with her, her brother Josh is disappointed in her, and Tyler Joseph- the boy with a gigantic crush on Charlotte- just wants to help her out. But things don't work out so easily for her when one fateful night both makes her world crash down on her while simultaneously giving her a reality check. Given one last chance to straighten up and adopt a better attitude, Robin finds herself struggling to cope with the terrible things that are continued to be thrown her way. All she wants is for everyone to leave her alone(be there), and Tyler Joseph makes the latter his personal mission. W: PROFANITY, VIOLENCE, DRUG USE AND ALCOHOL, AND FLUFFY MOMENTS THAT JUST MIGHT KILL YOU