Asya McIntosh is strong, tough and hard to get along with. But deep down inside she's just a lonely girl lost in her thoughts and drama. Mike Anderson is a wide reciever for Northbridge. As popular as he is, there's always that one girl that seems to stand by him the most. Sierra Byrant. Derek Ross (a.k.a. Derek Rose or Rosey) is friendly, kind guy who gets it the roughest situations. Rosey tries to win at his own game but sometimes he just gotta lose. Gina Woods is the cousin of Sierra. She's fake and a follower. But soon Lil Gee is going to realize that the best thing you can be is yourself. Kendella Johnson is the cousin of Rosey. She tries to pretend that she's hard and rough but when tragedy strikes the Ross family, she will never be the same. Ana Washington is just a mixed girl who spent most of her life in sunny Tampa, Flordia. Now as a ninth grader she returns to Atlanta to learn about herself and her background. Tanya Wright is the new girl in town from Richmond, Virginia. As the daughter of a Sergeant in the Army, Tanya has never really been in a stable enviroment. But everything is about to get more unstable than she actually realizes.

Seventeen-year-old Kendra Watson and her mother live in Chicago where life is difficult and unpredictable. Kendra is battling between her physical appearance and choosing the right people to hang around with in school. Any decision she makes can either land her in a lot of trouble or make her successful so she can get her mother and her out of poverty. What will she make of her life? PART 2 Seventeen-year-old Kendra Watson made a decision that will change her life forever. Will she get enough help and support? Who will she turn to when things get even more rough? Seventeen-year-old Shaun Miller has no parents since they died when he was younger. He basically now raises himself and is struggling to keep on the right track in life. Will he make the right decisions, or will his ego cause him to land himself in drama? Seventeen-year-old Janelle Bennett was betrayed by her best friend Kendra Watson, and now goes around Chicago doing violent things. Will she be able to get help and turn her life back around, or will she learn the hard way?