Ever since her mum left, Emma Brooks has been abused by her alcoholic father. When she turns 18, she plans on running away and being on her own. She starts going to school, and soon finds out that it's not what she had imagined it'd be. Her whole life changes because of her neighbor, Louis Tomlinson. And not in the way you'd expect a bad boy to change things. Emma is stuck between two boys who both need her. When her best friend turns against her and her controlling ex comes back to town, Emma will become the definition of a teenage runaway.