Ivy、Mateo和Cal 小時候常玩在一起，然而隨著課業壓力日漸疏遠。 Ivy是班上的學霸，但總覺得比不上聰明卻不用花太多時間在功課上的弟弟。她得常常要在家人面前努力證明自己。最近，Ivy在競賽中輸給班上的甘草人物，讓她很不是滋味。 Mateo，帥氣、個性迷人，但他得同時打兩份工，撐起家計，並照顧生病的媽媽。 Cal，沒有朋友、沒有存在感，像個局外人。他很想重溫兒時三個朋友一起玩的單純時光。而後終於迎來了一次機會，三個人開車到波士頓透透氣，沒想到卻在停車場看見了同校生，也目睹凶殺過程……現在，疏於聯絡的他們又有了共通點——這位被殺害的孩子，而他們也都各自隱藏秘密…… Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Now all they have in common is Carlton High and the beginning of a very bad day. Type A Ivy lost a student council election to the class clown, and now she has to face the school, humiliated. Heartthrob Mateo is burned out-he's been working two jobs since his family's business failed. And outsider Cal just got stood up ... again.