Vanessa Montgomery is an ordinary teenage girl who lives in a small town. When she was 2 years old, Vanessa's parents were in a car accident and died. She was then put into a foster system with her sister who was 6 at the time. They stuck together through each foster house. When her sister, Alana, was finally old enough to be Vanessa's guardian, she bought a house in Samsburg. Their town, Samsburg, rarely get's any visitors. Vanessa's used to knowing everyone in town. But her world automatically changes when a new boy moves into town...Dustin. He is one year older than Vanessa, but their hearts still seem to find each other throughout this love story. Vanessa never thought she would be able to love again after her recent breakup. She would always wear a smile, for other people's sake. That smile was fake. Only she knew that. People thought she was okay. Soon SHE even thought she was okay. Later does she realize, it was all pretend...