loneliness. That's what she felt as her best friend has been in San Francisco for three months and as she shut her family out. Riley Matthews was lonely and the only way to cope is by playing piano. he is the sweetest boy in school. His best friends are Lucas and Zay, he plays for the school football team, and his girlfriend is the most popular girl in school. Farkle Minkus has a great life. what happens when the two finally talk.

Farkle is forced to move to Paris for a year with his parents. When he moves back to New York, one year later, he realizes that the Riley Matthews he once knew is gone. When Farkle left, a part of Riley did too. She's changed into a whole different person.

High school is starting and the tension between Riley, Lucas, and Maya is only growing. But when Riley starts to turn to her best guy friend for a shoulder to cry on, she realizes she may have been in love with someone else all along.