Joanne Alker, lives the life that every teenager lives. Mundane and routine in every way, she finds that the only thing that brings adventure to her life is the same thing that will bring her death. A guaranteed non-clichéd romance that's hard to find and a friendship worth dying for.

Cassandra is a very likable girl. A little wierd, very forgetful and has a tendency to get lost but over all very likeable. One night her tendancy to get lost led her into the bad part of town. And right into a cage fighting stateum. She is mesmerized by the black haired boy in the ring. She also meets a very hyper guy who gives her directions out of there. The next day at school she is surprised to find the hyper boy from the night before......and the handsome cage fighter. What she didnt know though was that the boy is none other than Nathan Bates. A very scary loner who no one ever messes with. But Cassis is fascinated. So she sets out to see what makes him tick. To his utter annoyance. Along for the ride is Cassies hippie best friend, her emo best friend, and of course Nathan's overly hyper step brother :)