Fear and Laundry

When seventeen-year-old Veronica Montez and her best friend Lia discover their favorite hangout's about to go bankrupt, they put together a benefit concert to try and rescue the grungy Laundromat-slash-rock venue. All they need's a guitarist to round out their new punk band so they can headline the show. Enter Lia's virtuoso brother, Jake, who unexpectedly drops out of college and returns home just in time to fill the bill. Veronica soon bonds with gifted but temperamental Jake over their affinity for gory horror flicks and discovers he's as ambivalent about his future as she is. Talk about terrifying. If someone as smart and talented as Jake can't figure out his life, what hope does Veronica have? Really Liking Jake scares her, too, though she can't decide if she's more afraid he won't like her back or that he will. Her exes were only ever interested in fooling around. Something tells her Jake wouldn't be. And while fake blood and guts and machete-wielding movie maniacs don't faze her, the thought of risking her heart in a real relationship sends chills up Veronica's spine.