Cassandra Wilson's life is not easy. She has spent most of her teen years taking care of her younger brother Chris, working to help support her widowed mother, coping with high school and its pressures, and still grieving over the death of her beloved father. Her life begins to change once she learns that her mother has been lying to her about working overtime and taking Saturday courses because she is secretly dating a man whom Cassandra fears will try to take the place of her father. Cassandra, feeling betrayed, decides it is time she started to live a little, and the cast of characters she becomes involved with, ultimately help her find out who she really is.