Dawn always thought about leaving her abusive family and living on her own, but her love for her little brother wouldn't let her. But when her mother hits her so hard on the head that her hair looks red and her mother won't take her to the emergency room, Dawn has had enough. She lives with her friend for a little while eventually has to leave. When she's out on the street, a boy offers to take her in. Dawn find herself attracted to this boy. What will Dawn's friends think when she's living with a guy she barely knows instead of simply asking one of them?