It's not long before Jack, the self-proclaimed leader of the Snakes gang, recruits Mike for his crew of troublemakers. Normally Mike wouldn't be caught with a bunch of losers like the Snakes, but the only friend he really has is Robyn, and well, she's a girl.

From the beginning, though, the Snakes, and Jack in particular, put Mike through the ringer. His initiation involves stealing the school mascot from a cheerleader's house Robyn's house, no less and it's not long before Mike starts to get deeper and deeper in the Snakes. Because of what he's done, Robyn isn't exactly happy with him, and Mike soon has some hard choices to make. Will Mike do what he knows to be right, or will the influence of his new friends lead him astray? Mike is about to find out that the need to belong may not be worth the price