Sutter is a relatively mild bad boy. He is popular, always swigging off a flask, and free of ambition. He is failing geometry, which is essential for his graduation from high school and he seems pretty ambivalent about whether he cares or not about any of it. College is not on his horizon, nor is much of anything except getting his ex-girl friend back, which seems unlikely, because she left him due to his drinking and lackadaisical attitude towards his life and his future.
Sutter passes out in his car on a neighbor's lawn and he is found by Aimee, a girl who has not yet had a boyfriend, on her morning paper route. Aimee is clearly smitten, and Sutter is not a predatory kind of guy. They start off with Sutter being tutored by Aimee, and it goes from there. Aimee is like no girl that Sutter has ever known--she is real, she cares about him, and when he reveals that he has father issues, she supports him investigating that. She helps him to grow up a bit. The bad news, which I think is also quite common, is that Aimee pretty quickly gets sucked into Sutter's drinking, occasional drugging, and driving while intoxicated. The ending is bittersweet but wonderfully depicted. Do not miss this.
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