"As I passed the silent group, a particularly attractive looking guy caught my eye in said group. He had beautiful platinum blonde hair in a more-on-top style, and icy blue eyes. He was taller than me by about three inches and was muscular in build. Said guy's eyes met mine for a millisecond and I bit my lip. I quickly realized I'd attracted a lot of the group's attention and dropped my head down to hurry away. I could feel his piercing stare on my back as I left; along with his friends' gazes. Theirs' weren't as strange. Theirs' were more friendly than curious."

**This story is, for the most part, still the same as before, however it was completely rewritten so some of the events and story lines have been changed. This story is also split into three parts.** Part 1: The Months of Bliss Part 2: The Arrival of a New Friend Part 3: Breaking Down the Walls Liam Parker is a lovable, over enthusiastic fifteen year old. With a wonderful family and best friend by his side, he considers himself the luckiest kid on the planet. On his second day of his freshman year, Liam meets Brody Hamilton, a recently out-of-the-closet senior. The two date for a few months until Liam finally learned the truth about Brody. After that he is never the same. Three years later, Liam is no longer the lovable, enthusiastic fifteen year old. He is now a shy, introverted eighteen year old with depressive/anxiety stricken tendencies. A new student, Chase West changes everything for Liam. Trying and failing to keep his wall up, Liam is partnered up with Chase on a class project. They soon begin to grow closer as the days pass by. Can Liam keep his walls up or will Chase break them down?

"Noah, I won't do it unless you ask me to," he whispered, his voice seductively low. "What?" I asked almost breathless. "Kiss you," he murmured. "And God, there are no words for how badly I want to." **** Noah was your all American boy. Captain of his soccer team, extremely good-looking, having other boys want to be him and girls want to be with him, but there's one problem. He doesn't chase after the captain of the cheerleading squad or the girls who spread their legs open for whoever asks. In fact, he doesn't go for any girl. Instead, he hates himself when his eyes linger on a guy that his brain and heart say is cute. He's gay, and he's having a hard time accepting himself for it. It doesn't help when he wakes up almost naked in another guy's house, let alone in another guy's bed. And to make matters worse, he can't help but fall for the outspoken and extremely attractive Madison who he'd drunkenly went home with and tried to screw. Finally, to add the cherry on top of the crap-tastic cake, Noah is forced to work with Madison for at least six months, or he'll lose his beloved soccer. Nothing could go wrong, right? Throw in a bit of awkwardness mixed with a few close calls and you've got a recipe for disaster....and a tiny tear in Noah's heavily protected heart. © 2018 *endless thanks and love to @half_a_hetero for helping me with the Italian in this book. I'm not a native Italian speaker, so having their help was invaluable. Follow them and show them some love!!* Amazing cover by @Grand_ Highest Rank: #4 in lgbt