Ashton VanderRoma can't get through a weekend without partying. He loves the attention he gets from girls, and he always returns their advances, despite the fact that he has a girlfriend.
At the start of his senior year, everything changes. His girlfriend finally catches on to his lies, and his parents are getting sick of his lack of respect. Still, neither of those problems measure up to the bomb that gets dropped on him. Now he's receiving a triple dose of reality, and he has no choice but to grow up, and quickly. Can he take control of the life that's spiraling out of control, or will he crack under the pressure?
Rated PG-13 for language, teen alcohol use, mentions of drug use, and sensuality.
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Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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