Flawed Perception

Willa Clarke is a loner. Pretty and smart, but incredibly shy and unsocial. She has tried to make friends in the past, only to be stabbed in the back or simply drift apart. Her home life isn't any better. With a history of abuse that makes her cringe at the thought of ever being touched, her family is in shambles. Her mother is always working, leaving her to deal with Andy, her trouble making younger brother alone. He has fallen in with an older group of friends that spells bad news for her family.

One night, while picking up her drunk brother from a party she allows herself to become re-acquainted with Nick Hadley, her childhood friend who happens to be staying with her family. Before, she dismissed him as a simple minded delinquent, but as she gets to know him again she learns to look past his flaws and sees his heart. They forge a deep connection that brings about new feelings for both, that have them scared for different reasons.