Chapter One: Cruel and Unusual Punishment

When Jamie Reder gets suspended by a complete fluke, she meets Alex Maine, a feisty, purple-haired girl with an air of mystery. A tiny crush turns into much more, and Jamie, and Alex, find themselves in quite the predicament. Romance isn't the problem; unaccepting parents and jealous friends, however ... now that's a different story. In these trying times, the two have to navigate how best to hide their relationship from Alex's mother, a Fundamentalist Christian with bigotted beliefs. Will they succeed? Alex's life as she knows it depends on it.