Tom was Alex's hero. What do you do when your hero dies? Worried about her son, Isobel Gaskarth sends Alex to Dr. Bassam Barakat, Towson's best therapist. Dr. Barakat isn't the one that helps Alex the most, though. It's his son, Jack Barakat.

Lily Adams was not Ms Popular in highschool, she spent her time hating her braces and huge glasses. Then there was Alex Gaskarth,the school bad boy, player, jock, singer, guitar player, he had it all, he knew how to pick on kids who weren't as graced physically as well as him. Lily was always one of those 'ugly freaks' he and his friends gossiped about, and his cold words never went unnoticed by Lily. It destroyed her all four years, because the truth be told she had the biggest crush on him. But what happenns 3 years after graduation and everything is different, and the universe brings the two back together. Alex is in for a big surprise.