Are you new to the neighborhood?" I asked curiously. "I've never seen you before." His eyes met mine, a mixture of amusement and surprise evident on his face. "We've been neighbors for the past six years." * * * Lane Avery has always been in her own little world, never noticing anything going on around her; mainly, because she simply can't care less. However, when she is stranded in a park during a hail storm, she can't refuse the help from a certain umbrella-wielding, green-eyed boy.