When things with his step brother finally escalate too far and Gabe gets seriously injured, he's sent to stay with another family for a while. Unfortunately the guy Gabe's sharing bunk beds with has taken an instant dislike to him for no apparent reason.

Will and Ash are best friends, except they aren't exactly "friends." Will is a typical angsty teenager who hates anything that moves. Ash is a bubbly, nerdy boy whose favorite color is the rainbow and his favorite animal is a puppy. They're the most unlikely match, but Will is strangely protective of the other, smaller boy. Then secrets unearth that Will never saw coming, and he has no idea what to make of his best friend who somehow keeps smiling.

"What are you doing here?!?" Ash whirled, his eyes wide and so perfectly HIM that Will nearly fell over. "I'm sorry," Ash stammered. "Is this--this is cabin 398, right? This is where I'm staying, I think, unless the paper got it wrong--?" Will stared at him, and only one thought ran through his mind. "This is going to be a long summer." After Ash lost his memory, Will was desperate to get out of the town that held too many raw, painful memories. He was going off to a two-month long summer camp, and was glad to go, even if it meant leaving Ash behind. But when Ash and someone he never thought he'd see again show up at the camp, he is faced with an impossible choice, and he's not sure if he can make it without breaking someone's heart.