The Summer of a Lifetime

In the summer of 2005, three friends go to the mall every weekend. They always visit the same stores, Spencers and Hot Topic. While on the first trip of the summer they walk into Hot Topic and are greeted by a cute grunge guy named Ash. Charlie falls head over heels for Ash the second she met him, and Ash fell hard for her too.

Sarah and Mary are see that Ash clearly brings Charlie joy and they know how much she needs the joy. They see this and give both Ash and Charlie some space in hoped something will become of their friendship. Sarah and Mary are both gay and date eachother.

Charlie considers herself an orphan because her father left before she was born and her mom left when she was 16. Her mom didn't die but she remarried and moved to California with her rich husband Joshua. Charlie had gotten a job and paid the bills at sixteen because there was no way she was moving to California and leaving behind her friends. Charlie has zero contact with her mother and step father because she hates them that much.