Keysha, happy because she landed the lead role in the school play and her boyfriend has moved back to town, finds life getting complicated when her part is compromised by a rival and another girl begins to show interest in her man.
Her reputation ruined when her ex-boyfriend posts revealing photos of her online, Maya receives unwanted attention from the guys in her neighborhood, relies on support from Keysha, and struggles with a rivalry with a troublemaking cousin.
Maya wants her cousin, Viviana, out of her life, but to make matters worse Viviana is living with her, tries to steal her boyfriend, and is on the school's quiz team competing on a television show with Maya.
African-American sixteen-year-old Keysha Kendall takes up with a bad crowd as she struggles to adjust to life in her affluent biological father's home after her mother is arrested.