"I think Im burning alive, but nobody sees the fire." Two broken people found each other. Seventeen year old Aaliyah who on the outside, was perfect. To them she's A cheerleader, a football player's girlfriend and a straight a student. But in reality, she's watching her family being torn apart, and battling depression. Then there's twenty year old Will Reed, the older brother of Aaliyah's boyfriend. On the outside, he's a drug addict, and resentment ridden man. But to Aaliyah, he held her when she fell apart. To Will, she held his hand through all the hard times. But when Aaliyah gets pregnant, they begin a downward spiral. Will they be able to save each other from drowning, or pull each under the waves? Leaivng their daughter to pick up the pieces?