"i thought you hated me?" "i lied."

Jack Barakat is spending Senior Week at Ocean City, Maryland. While there, he meets Alex Gaskarth, who is cool, sexy, and probably way out of his league. But when Alex starts taking a liking to Jack, Jack makes a decision: By the time he leaves, he’ll have Alex falling head over heels for him.

- In which a lonely kid named Alex who is only slightly obsessed with how colorful the whole planet is meets a lonely kid named Jack who has stopped obsessing over anything and spends his days desperately seeking someone to fill an empty space in his life. "Just keep your eyes open." [Named after the album "Eyes Open" by Snow Patrol]

I glance over at my friends sitting at the front of the class with Jack. I don't understand why they want me to meet him, it's always been fine just the three of us. Me, Rian and Zack. They understand. Jack wouldn't. I don't know Jack but I know I don't want to. He would pry. He knows too much about people and wouldn't stop until he finds out about me. I don't like him. Rian and Zack know not to ask questions. That's why I like Rian and Zack. They're attractive. They don't pry. If I say shut up they shut up. Jack don't. I'm surprised he hasn't been hit yet. When Rian notices me looking he motions for me to come over and I just shake my head. I don't want to hang out with Jack Barakat just because my friends like him. I don't like him.

"jack?" "yeah alex?" "i think i love you."