Meredith Johnson is failing to adapt after an accident took her father's life and left her an amputee. Severe depression keeps her locked away inside her bedroom and away from moving on. When the young man her grandfather assigns to community service helping her family shows up, she finds him to be nothing like he appears. Chuck Reynolds violated the terms of his probation and now must complete 1000 hours of community service. With no roots of his own he is unsure how to handle the feelings helping this broken family creates within him. Though he should stay away from the judge's granddaughter, he just can't seem to. After all when does he ever play by the rules?