Cali Mathers is not your typical girl. She is feisty, athletic, but young and naive. She has dreams that she is striving to attain. She meets Zack when she first starts high school at the age of fourteen. Zack, with his small close-knit group of senior friends takes the freshman, Cali, under their wing to protect her from the other jealous girls. Zack becomes overly protective of Cali and he chases off all the other guys who are trying to pursue her. Zack and Cali's friendship grows and they become romantically involved. Zack shapes Cali into the woman she is becoming and for what he desires. Zack loses control when his plans for his and Cali's future go astray. Cali suffers from losing her dreams when their issues destroy her life."