Macabre was from the hood, she definitely wasn't used to the finer things. But after being kicked out of her home in Cincinnati, Ohio by her mother, she would soon see the other side of life.

Three kids, a fat baby, and a dog. That's what her mother left her. Kaliya Jefferson's mother has passed, and it seems her whole world has turned upside down. One day she's a free single, childless woman with a great career, and life is just perfect. The next day she's a struggling single guardian for four children that her mother left her. Kaliya never liked kids, never wanted kids, but here she is. She was bitter before but now she's filled with rage because this seems so unfair. Little did she know that the children will change her life in way she never imagined, not to mention the constant companionship between the kids and her mother's next door neighbor Christina. Christina loves hard, and Kaliya is hard to love. What happens when metals grinds against metal? Sparks fly. And sparks will fly between the two. But will it be fireworks or fireballs?

Cam spends most of her time at home, her days are dull, her life is not going anywhere and she's trapped in her total indifference towards the world. That is until her new neighbor comes knocking on her front door and slowly becomes the only distraction in Cam's mind.

"What's your name?" "Why ya talkin' to mi?" "Because I want to. Now, what's your name?" "You don't need ta know dat." "Why are you so mysterious?" "Why you askin' meh a lotta questions?" "Maybe I want to know who you are." "Maybe.. I don't want you ta know who I am." "But-" "You done nah? The teacher is talking." "Can you just tell me what your name is, girl next door?" "Robyn. Now turn around, gal. I'm trying ta work." After seemingly escaping her problems from her previous life, 17-year old basketball player, Robyn Fenty, moves to Santa Monica, California. New start. New high school. New people... new problems. 17-year old dancer Onika Tanya Maraj, commonly known as Nicki, wonders who is the girl next door. Nicki sees that the girl doesn't talk, and when she does, she's rude. She lives alone and she seems to love basketball. The mysterious girl somehow wows her and she vows to learn more about her. But for a girl who has a hidden past and won't let anyone get to her, what happens when their paths cross one day?