As New York City teenager Virginia learns to accept her plus-size body and struggles to cope with her brother's suspension from college for date rape, she finds herself losing interest in boyfriend Froggy and growing closer to new boy Sebastian until a terrible secret threatens everything.

Virginia Shreves thought her life was finally back on course. She's come to terms with who she is both inside and out, and has started to rebuild her relationship with her older brother Byron, whose date-rape charge completely shattered everything. Then sparks with boyfriend Froggy Welsh the Fourth fade, her best friend Shannon bombshells bad news, and then the police arrest Byron. Virginia meets Sebastian, an artist with his own baggage, and they make a pact not to share their personal dramas. But secrets have a way of coming out....