Kira Byrnes was a normal teenage girl. She always listened to her parents, got along with her older sister, did her homework, and everything else she was supposed to. She didn't deserve for her dad to die. As her life begins to fall apart, she realizes there are few people she can depend on to keep her on track. The only family she has left have their own issues, and suddenly everyone, including her best friend and crush, start treating her differently. Amid teenage romances and familial problems, Kira must find away to cope with the terrible sadness that she has experienced.
Paulette's life is in shambles. Her sister is dead, her mother is a drunk, and she's been forced to transfer into a chaotic public school full of bullies. Things go from bad to worse when, one night while driving them home from dinner, her intoxicated mother hits and kills a teenage boy and is sent to jail. Now Paulette is truly alone. But when the teenage boy mysteriously comes back from the dead looking for Paulette, she finds herself face to face with the purest love on earth.