How many times does it take for El to get hurt, before she knows it's time to let go. Men are supposed to love and protect their women, not hurt and betray them. She doesn't learn this until it's too late, by making this one phone call, it changed her life forever.

Alessandra Lindell has been pampered and treated like a princess her entire life. She lives in the wealthiest part of town, she attends a private school, she always looks perfect, she's got the star of her school's basketball team to call her boyfriend, and never once does she not get her way. One day, she ends up doing the unthinkable. She is forced to take the bus home because neither of her stuck up, manipulative parents could pick her up from the mall that she felt was absolutely necessary to go to. Ending up in the slum due to the fact that she had gotten lost, she doesn't have the first clue of what to do. She had never been there before because it was frowned upon for someone like her to be anywhere near it. After wandering around aimlessly for about an hour, it began to get dark. She accidentally finds herself conversing with a boy about her age only to find out he attends the dreaded public school across the street from her own. He talks to her and acts as if they aren't from completely different worlds, which they are. They both knew that. While she was quiet and controlled, he was a fighter. In time, Alessandra will fall for the boy that she least expected herself to. Stereotypes and pure hatred surround them at all times, making it more than just difficult to be together. Everybody has a limit.

Mary Kayden was known around school as the happy, sweet, friendly girl with good grades. Not only did she have a flawless reputation and personality, but she had looks to match. She was nearly perfect in everyone's eyes, including Austin Mahone's. Austin was very much like every other teenage boy in high school. He played football, had friends, got along with almost everyone, and he even did things like forgetting his homework. Austin and Mary never came into contact. They knew of each other and heard things that other people said, but never really cared to get to know each other. That was until a cold fall day when Austin finds Mary in the woods after school, planning to do something that could change everything forever. A friendship soon develops and through all of the tears, sorrow, and other emotions incorporated, something else is formed that neither of them can act on. Should Austin give up on his feelings towards Mary, or should he give them a try?