the exception

Before she could even walk, Nina Salazar Roberts had her future planned out for her. That meant that when it came to anything she achieved in life, she could fall nothing short of perfect. Top of her class, community service, and all honors and advanced classes were a few of things things she had up her sleeve for college resumes. Harvard University was the dream- at least that's what her parents had always wanted for her. What kept Nina stable through all this pressure and stress was being able to write down all her feelings in the form of a song.

Ricky Bowen knew he was smart, and that's exactly why he never tried in any of his classes. He figured he could pull himself together at the end of the semester if he needed to. He didn't want to go to a university next year, his plans were to stay local and go to community college for a few years. It was his senior year of high school, and the only things on his mind were going to as many parties as possible, late night drunk adventures at the beach, and keeping up with the responsibility of being the senior class president. Ricky never told any of his friends, but he had a passion for writing songs. His mother always loved to sing, and something about conveying the feelings of his heart on pen and paper reminded him of her.

Appearing to be two seemingly different people, what happens when the two discover their similar passions for music? And when the world does? How will their seemingly normal, suburban lives be turned upside down?

tw// smoking, drinking, cussing