“Pretty baby - don’t you leave me, I have been saving smiles for you. Pretty baby, why can’t you see? You’re the one that I belong to. I’ll be the embrace that keeps you warm and you’re the sun that breaks the storm. I’ll be all right and I’ll sleep sound as long as you keep coming around.” - “Pretty Baby” by Vanessa Carlton

Sadie Kennedy has just returned home to Memphis after four years in college; she is insecure about her body and self-conscious of others. She would rather be by herself than to talk amongst a crowd - she clings to her older sisters for guidance and help. When she meets the town failure and junkie, Justin, she becomes immediately frightened and terrified of him. Rude and brash, Justin holds no remorse for anyone he hurts, especially chubby, unattractive Sadie and he makes it known to her which shatters her esteem even more than ever before.