Leah is beautiful, outgoing, and popular. Because of this, she's gotten everything she's ever wanted. Except for one thing. All she's ever really wanted was to please people, but she never seems to be able to. Unlike her friends, she doesn't care about any of the superficial things that seem so important. To Leah, if something isn't fair, it just isn't right. So when an isolated classmate named Blake gets to listen to music during class while no one else can, she can't help but feel annoyed by him. When their English teacher partners the two of them up for a project that will last them the entire school year, this only adds fuel to the fire. Their assignment is to create a song describing their relationship. Sounds easy, right? Not for these two. Blake is different, and Leah is about to find out that different is just what she wants and needs. But what she doesn't know is that Blake has a secret, and it's something he desperately wants to keep from her. Falling in love with someone isn't as easy as it might seem. Life isn't fair, but Leah and Blake are about to find out that love isn't either.

Lea Smith is known throughout Lee County High as the schools nerd who always wears beanies. She has few friends and the schools most popular people, the cheerleaders and football players, have taken a special interest in trying to make her life a living hell. But away from everybody Lea turns into a completely different girl. She weird and loud and crazy but she doesn't want anyone to know because of what happened in her previous school. But what happens when the cheerleaders and the football players, who have been bullying her find out her little secret?