You were supposed to just survive East Highland — keep your head down, make it through senior year, and leave. But Rue Bennett had a way of pulling people in. What started as understanding turned into codependency, and before you knew it, you were living inside her chaos.Elliot — the boy who played guitar at 2 a.m. and swore he “wasn’t trying to be a hero” — became your lifeline. Except he was drowning too.Now it’s a slow-motion car crash — love, addiction, friendship, betrayal — and you can’t tell if you’re the one behind the wheel or the one standing in the road. Fez becomes your best friend , ashtray becomes your protective little brother . It starts small. Rue says you should “just try it once.” You say no. She laughs it off. But after a bad night — a fight at home, a panic attack — you cave.You tell yourself it’s just this one time. But Rue knows better. Your twin sister Maddy starts to worry. Lexi keeps watching. Jules starts avoiding both of you.Fez warns you gently:Don’t let Rue take you where she’s going, ‘cause I don’t think either of y’all coming back from that.”