Delaynee has done nothing in her life to deserve the cards she's been dealt. Straight A student, perfect foster child, and a friend to anyone and everyone who needs one, no matter the clique. She's most definitely doesn't deserve to take care of her best friend after a stupid drunken mistake, but Delaynee ends up cleaning up the mess her friend made. Again. Delaynee is graduating, and needs to decide, as do her friends, which is more important: Friendships or a Dream Career and a shot at a life for themselves.
When all her other friends choose their career, Delaynee decides she can't leave her best friend, AJ, to fend for herself and chooses friendship.
After everyone but Delaynee takes off, she starts to learn the value of friendship, the importance of living her life for herself by not always living to wait on others, and realizes how to put herself first, in addition to figuring out the beauty of first love, along with the pain of heartbreak, guilt, and loss.
Life isn't fair. It isn't meant to be. It's about taking advantage of the cards you've been dealt, and making your own luck, no matter the odds.