Tobyhannah Montfort, a seventeen year old heiress experiences a recurring dream ever since childhood. Having been in love for her bestfriend Maverick Lucas her dreams become more vivid and surreal. Taking over her family's long going power and legacy, she is to look through students who are entering the school her ancestors built, one student slips away on her watch and comes into her life. Who was the student? What will Tobyhannah do? Will her love for Maverick withstand all tragedies? Or will the love from her past life prevail? One saves her and one will unravels all her family's secrets.
Sophomore, Autumn Fleetwood comes from a low-income family. Though not wealthy, her parents try to provide for her and her little brother as best as they can. However, when life gets too hard, Autumn retreats in her mind to her daydream world. The daydreams become frequent the more hardships that she faces.
Maddox Zachary aka Mad Zach is a prankster. His pranks have made him popular in the school social circle. However, Maddox has a secret. A prank went tragically wrong. One person knows the truth and blackmails Maddox to invite Autumn to the school dance as part of their revenge plot for her rejecting his advances.
Having seen the damage and humiliation that his pranks caused, Autumn turns him down.
When an unexpected crisis occurs, Maddox helps Autumn in an surprising way.
Thinking she misjudged him, she accepts his invitation on one condition. No more pranks. They bond. Only she learns, per the school gossip, that Maddox has every intention of pranking her.
When she learns of Maddox's secret, she concocts a plan to turn the tables on him.
After the fallout, Autumn learns that life isn't daydreams. You eventually have to face reality and the consequences of your actions.