Being young is all about the experiences: the first time you skip school, the first time you fall in loveβ¦the first time someone holds a gun to your head.
After being held hostage during a robbery at the local convenience store, seventeen-year-old Edie finds her attitude about life shattered. Unwilling to put up with the snobbery and bullying at her private school, she enrolls at the local public high school, crossing paths with John. The boy who risked his life to save hers.
While Edieβs beginning to run wild, however, Johnβs just starting to settle down. After years of partying and dealing drugs with his older brother, heβs going straight βgetting to class on time, and thinking about the future.
An unlikely bond grows between the two as John keeps Edie out of trouble and helps her broaden her horizons. But when he helps her out with another firstβlosing her virginityβtheir friendship gets complicated.
Meanwhile, Edie and John are pulled back into the dangerous world they narrowly escaped. They were lucky to survive the first time, but this time they have more to loseβeach other.
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