Seventeen year old Dakota is trying to make it through her final year of highschool without being seen. After a nasty divorce in which she's been left in the custody of her alcoholic mother, She finds herself battling against the evergrowing current of her family's mistakes that have come back to haunt its youngest descendant after years of tranquility in Rural Virginia. To cope with her abrupt move to Portland Maine, Dakota begins a desperate search for a way out of suburban living, abusive relatives, and part time jobs. Unfortunately, her plans become complicated when a certain alluring alcoholic saunters into her life, forcing her to stop for a second and smell all the roses she'd been so desperately ignoring. Will falling in Love with this man lead her back to the inevitable cycle she was raised following, or will she push herself away until there is nothing about her she can still recognize?
Many characters to follow up. You have the scenes/emos. Then you have the popular/everyone knows who they are. Meet Natalie, the girl who is a social reject. She's in this world where she speaks only when spoken to. She's in this group where people like her don't respect anybody. Then you have Harry, the guy everyone knows and the guy everyone adores. He doesn't hurt a fly. When Natalie and Harry actually meet, things starts to change in both groups. Natalie's ex-boyfriend is trying to be protective of her and trying to win her back. Harry's friends are trying to keep him away from Natalie and the scene crowd. But Harry can't help himself. And neither can Natalie.