"What does it feel like to fall in love?". Annie has never had the courage to fall in love. She feels true love only has to do with families. She is scared of being heartbroken yet, she doesn't know the excitement and love she can get from being in love and having someone to love her. Her past is one of the things that's left her feeling like this. Will her past keep her from finding a true love, with or without heartbreaks?

Life in foster care is not something to boast about. THE TEARS WE DON'T CRY is a story that follows 5 girls in a foster home. Myrtle; the front girl and mother-hen. She's been in foster care most of her life and always takes the new kids under her wing. Between her and Honey, they protect their group of friends. Honey; the co-captain. Michelle and (Steph)Hanie; the twins. Younger sisters of Honey. Andrea; the quiet one. She's shy and usually hangs back. Besides Mateo, she's the only Latin foster kid in the home.

Ivy Lynch has been babysitting practically her whole life. She is known around town, getting job offer after job offer. It pays. This summer, she receives an offer to be a full-time nanny for the Kennedy family while the mom goes on a mission trip to Haiti. Unable to turn down the job due to the promised payment, Ivy agrees to spend her summer living with the Kennedy family. That includes oldest son, Elliott, the rebellious boy from Ivy's high school whose mom doesn't trust him enough to take care of his siblings for three months. A lot can change in three months.