After his father was murdered, Frankie narrowly avoided his initiation into a notorious street gang so he could focus on his family. When he hears his younger brother talking about joining up with that very same gang, Frankie decides to get his high school diploma and get a better job so that he can provide for them without needing to turn to crime. He signs up for a tutoring program, and gets paired with Grace, a rich college girl looking to add some volunteer work on her CV for her application to medical school.

The two of them get off on the wrong foot right from the beginning, not understanding the world the other comes from. But when they start to fall in love, they have to learn to accept each other as they are.