Her life is like the prologue of a depressing movie, and Simone hates it. Her mother isn't in the picture, leaving her to care for her autistic brother Jake. School is a bubbling cesspool of stress, leaving good grades out of the question. Her abusive, drunk slob of a stepdad Johnathan doesn't understand anything. Worst of all, Simone's best friend and twin sister Aaliyah, is struck with violent bone cancer, confining her to a wheel chair and painful treatment. Aaliyah is everything to Simone; she's been there through every trial in their shaky life, and has helped her stand on her own two feet. Aaliyah is Simone's other half. How can Simone cope with life when her other half is slowly fading?