in 2003 los angeles, sixteen-year-old chance monroe seems to have the perfect life: a popular girlfriend, a close group of friends, and a reputation everyone knows. but when new kid lukas freeman comes into his life, a friendship that was never supposed to become anything more starts making chance question everything he thought he knew about himself. as his relationship with melanie falls apart, secrets come out, friendships get messy, and chance is forced to figure out whether hiding who he is is worth losing the person who makes him feel like himself.