Jane Preston is a rich, but a very lonely young woman, who was abandoned by her mother at a very young age and is pretty much not speaking to her father. In the span of one night, her life changes forever, as she drives her car while under the influence of drugs and runs into a tree. In that tragic accident, she is badly hurt, while her three friends die.
She is court ordered to stay in a rehab clinic, where she meets Tom, a very talented musician, who had chosen to live for the moment and fallen victim to drugs. Their first meeting brings out their prejudice and difference of character. Jane thinks Tom is a loser, while he sees only her money and superior behavior in her.
After a day spent together in the woods, however, during a scavenger hunt, organized by the counselors of the clinic, Tom and Jane start to feel a strange attraction towards each other. They start to talk and discover they are actually not so different and in many ways compatible. However, when Jane is told by Tom about the death of her friends and she learns that he is leaving the clinic, she calls her drug dealer and buys drugs.
Tom finds her in time and stops her from taking them, but she runs from him and a nurse finds him with the drugs. He is sent away and after allowed to go home, while Jane is left alone. It takes time for Jane to heal, but she manages to make peace with her father, finds the truth about her mother and asks for forgiveness from the families of her friends.
They meet again at an anti drug event, where Tom is singing, and confess their love for each other. The end of this tale about despair and love is full of hope and happiness, showing that even a broken person can be brought back together, when he or she finds love.