17岁的少年Gus每天和朋友Bill一起无所事事。他喜欢将交往过的女友和吸过毒品的事半真半假的讲给同事听。杰西卡也是17岁,她是个很与众不同的姑娘。每年Brian都要在7月4日这天举行一个舞会,规模不算大,但有免费的啤酒,所以人们都很爱去。Gus和杰西卡在那里相遇了,在火堆旁的时候,Gus对杰西卡说他并不是像他们想像的那种人,并把一个从未讲给别人的秘密讲了出来...Jessica and Gus, two apathetic teenagers, drift aimlessly from one day to the next until they meet each other. They make a tenuous and fleeting connection when Gus confides in Jessica about his dark past.