This story is about a young indian girl living in America. 16 year old Alya Shah knows how immensely lucky she is that her parents immigrated to America in search of a better life and is constantly reminded about this almost every day. Due to this she has always tried to do her best, excel in all academics, win every sport she plays. Her parents have taught her that even though she lives in America she must heed to her indian values and morals. She must not ever cross the line. But expectations are a dark and dangerous thing. As the pressure builds Alya has to make a choice does she want to be the best, but assassinate her perfect character while doing so or does she want to settle for something less but keep the morals she has been taught. And to add to all the disarray in her life, she meets a boy who opens her mind to the possibilities that everything she has been taught could be a lie.