Kristina James has a hard life. Her mother is a heavy drinker, and she has never met her father. She seems to be your average sixteen year old girl but that's a lie. She has to deal wih her mother who most of the time is too drunk to care and that kills her. She just wants her life to be easier and the only person that seems to be able to do it is Lucas Pearson. But they also have their up's and down's. What will happen to Kristina? Will things get better? Will things finally change?