His smell, his eyes, his face, his back, his hair, the way his clothes fit his body, the way he walks, the way he smiles. This is what drives me crazy. This is what drives me, period. Ever since the 7th grade, when little Harper Hill pointed a stubby finger through the air at the new kid. He's different and I know it. He's beautiful, and I see it. He could send shivers swimming up and down my spine, all through my arms, legs, hands, feet, toes, fingers. What happens when we meet? It's nothing I expected. This is my story. This is our story. This is the first time that a caged bird was set free.

Reid has been homeless on the streets of New York for years now, fighting for cash in clubs and sleeping in empty buildings. With his special ability, Reid could have whatever life he wanted, but chooses not to. When Sam meets Reid on the subway, she has a hard time forgetting about him, and not only because he keeps showing up in the least likely of places. Sam doesn't know it at first, but the boy she just met is about to show her a whole other world.

Paulette's life is in shambles. Her sister is dead, her mother is a drunk, and she's been forced to transfer into a chaotic public school full of bullies. Things go from bad to worse when, one night while driving them home from dinner, her intoxicated mother hits and kills a teenage boy and is sent to jail. Now Paulette is truly alone. But when the teenage boy mysteriously comes back from the dead looking for Paulette, she finds herself face to face with the purest love on earth.