In the small Canadian town of West Richer sixteen-year old, Marshal Langdon is a dark-haired boy with an equally dark outlook on life, and sixteen-year-old Kia Schwartz, another resident of the small town is the opposite. A bright sunshiney boy with an even brighter firey red hair. The summer before junior year, Marshal's long-term girlfriend breaks up with him, setting into motion a series of events transpiring between Kia and Marshal bringing up repressed feelings and new self-discoveries.