8 months after her brother's death, Sophia finds herself still struggling with day-to-day life. Bitter towards the world, she takes on her senior year, her old friends and old life haunting her as she tries to forget the past. It doesn't make it easier that she lives in a dead end town with a workaholic mother and a father who took off years ago. Prepared to face the rest of her life alone, she seeks comfort in her solitude- until, Elijah James comes crashing into her life. Will Sophia learn to smile again? Will she learn to enjoy life? Or will she hold onto her bitterness until the end?