Shaun, Kristina, Zoe, and Dallon are not friends. They are assigned a partner project for school, that will force them to interact. Kristina is loud and proud, she is one of the only black students at her school, and is pretty and popular, but she always tries her best to be nice to others. Zoe is quite, she wears dark colors, baggy clothes, and after her mom left, she's hesitant to open up her heart to someone who could shatter it. Shaun is the nerd, he's got straight A's, he stammers when he's nervous (which is almost always), and he's afraid to be himself, because the world isn't very kind to boys who like boys. Dallon is the closeted jock, he's classically handsome, strong, and he has an abnormally huge crush on Shaun. As the group begins to become closer, they uncover secrets about the people around them that were meant to be kept, and strange things begin happening to them. Soon the only people they can trust are each other, and they'll have to be strong to survive.
This story does contain some sexual content (although nothing very explicit), as well as offensive language, and violence, so if you're not comfortable with that, don't read it.
What do you do when your smart, handsome, well-liked step brother and two of his friends force you to have sex with them in your own bedroom? Do you tell? And what if no one believes you? Or worse yet, what if the adults and even the friends that you count on think that it's somehow your fault?
Sixteen-year-old Molly Kerrigan has a horrible secret, one so painful that she tries her hardest to forget it. Starting over at a new school, she does all she can to remain anonymous. But a well-meaning social worker hoping to help Molly come to terms with her troubled past, forces her to participate in an every-other-day lunch group. It is here that she meets Ali, who is figuring out her own sexuality, Trinity, so neglected at home that she seeks solace in the arms of older men, Rubi, a Mexican immigrant with her hands full, between her dying mama and younger, special needs sister, and Layla, the richest, most beautiful, and most manipulative girl in the school. Molly also draws the attention of charming soccer player, Noah Nazarian, after he sees her accidentally defending his freshman brother from bullies on the first day of school. Desperate to be left alone, Molly invents a pretend boyfriend. The only problem is that he ends up being not so pretend, and now Molly finds herself as one half of a fake relationship that is the obsession of the most popular clique at school.