17-year-old Hank Kurby is an example of a screw-up of the century. After he accidentally sets a fire on Amanda's Carlisle lawn while trying to ask her out using sparklers. Hank wants to put everything behind him and pretend it never happened, but there is a witness. Payton Breedlove is a loner and she saw the whole thing. Payton blackmails Hank into an unusual friendship. Hank learns that Payton has secrets, secrets that may change everything.