A horrible event happens at a harmless teenage party. Only two victims survive. Lark, a girl with dark hair and dark eyes who only dreams of making her parents proud by taking on the family legacy to become a doctor. And Jude, a young man who already works on cars to keep income for his troubled family. Although his dream job is to become a police man. Although the two have hardly talked before, there's something connecting them. They are the only people who truly understand. Well, there's also a popular girl named Brianna who seems to understand a bit too. Her brother was the host of the party and was killed. Then there's Cecile, a perfect person compared to her brother, the gunman. She continues to blame herself for what he did. She wants to understand. Brianna wants vengeance. Jude wants answers. Lark wants to forget that it ever happened. The four team up to answer some major questions. Why did this happen? Who did it? How do we move on? Can we even move on? Where do we go from here?
When Emma Harte, a pretty, late blooming, slightly nerdy teen girl who has never shared her first kiss, decides to help her not-brother James, the ultimate womanizer, and the most popular boy in school, with his huge 'party of the year' scheme, she finds herself trying to keep their relationship in tact. James' dad got married to Emma's mon when they were really young, and they all have lived under the same roof since. But, a couple years after James' dad passed away, James was sent off to another school, St. Bernard High for throwing his principles chair into the school pool. Now he's being forced to go back to Emma's school, Santiago High. He asks her and her friends to sell their merchandise from their school business, which is off the charts cool. James promises her more business in exchange for selling a bunch at his party to all of his friends, including people from his old school.
The Dream Team, which is made up of Caleb, Emma's best friend and James' younger brother, and Sophia, both Caleb's and Emma's best friend from the 3rd grade. They all initially agree to help James, and also want to make some good money from the party. But, there's one girl who wants to see it all burn up in flames. Sammi, a mean, catty, popular girl who has the hots for James, tries everything in her power to ruin Emma. After a bunch of run ins with the both of them, Sammi makes up a rumor about James, insinuating it was Emma who started it. James watches Emma embarrass herself on multiple different occasions, And still wont explain why he is upset with her. But, after Sammi gets a football player to put a cockroach in Emma's hair in class, Emma runs out to leave. She then runs into James, who Offers to give her a ride home. He then tells her he fiund out it was Sammi who started the rumor. And to make it up to her, he brings her to see her favorite series, 'Raven-Man' at the Drive-in theatre.