"I've always been bullied by numerous people, and it didn't faze me. I learned to get by with keeping my head low and never letting the bullies know they affected me. So why is he so different? What makes him so unique? Why is the things that tell my brain to run, tell my heart to stay. How do I know which one to follow. I used to be so smart with these kinds of things. I thought I knew how to play these sort of games. But there is just something about that boy that makes me want him for my own." ~~~~~~ Leigh-Anne Pinnock has been bullied about everything- The way she talks, the way she dresses, even her skin color. She has managed to make it to the twelfth grade without letting it get to her. That is until Elijah James came along, and shook up her world. Can she manage to finish this year without getting hurt? Or will Elijah be her undoing and the reason she falls? Can she make him see how he hurts people so coldly? Or will he leave his mark on her and make her the same?