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Landree is not your typical high school senior, she is quiet and focused on her studies. She's a member of the national honor society, president of the young scholars club, editor of the school new paper and works at the local bookstore after school. She's never had a real boyfriend. She's never went to Friday night parties or had a Saturday out with the girls. Her biggest concern is what college she is going to get into or what she can do to get out of this small town of Scarburrough, Louisiana. She has always had these aspirations, but she has also always had her mom and dad pushing her to do better, study harder, make a higher grade, stay away from friends and boys because all they are good for are trouble. This is her kind of normal. But is this the kinda normal she is really looking for. Who defines normal?
Enter Chizem Rhodes high school all american football player, who has it all going for him. He is popular, has girls falling all over him. But he doesn't care about school. His parents had been forcing to take AP classes since 8th grade, which he was barely passing. They were threatening to kick him out the AP program. Chizem has no desire to go to college for anything other than football, frat parties, and the girls, but his parents have something more in mind. They told Chizem that if he doesn't bring his grades up, get early admission to college, and find some suitable friends, then no more football. A world without football is something he can not comprehend.
When their two worlds collide, how is it possible for this unlikely pair to make such an instant connection.
-Summer teen romance-
Isla Nova Dawson has always been the type of girl to hang out amongst big crowds of people. She prefers the company of a few people where she feels the most confident in. She thrives lost in the crowd, where she can confidently make jokes and laugh heartily at others that may not be that funny. There's no surprise why Isla has become some of the popular type at school- she loves being known by others.
Julian Hayes isn't a loner. No- far from it- he has a group of friends he plays baseball with and surf during the summer. He has family that he is known to hang out with. He just tends to stay away from big crowd of people where he doesn't feel comfortable in.
Isla and her friends find themself at this opportunity of a lifetime. Finishing off her Junior year of high school, her school offers resources to go on a trip with teenagers like her. Travel for Teens isn't a new concept but it is for the small town of South Carolina. At this opportunity, the group of people jump at the chance to get out and do something new which will no doubt be fun.
It was supposed to be fun for Julian as well but after plans abruptly change and thousands of dollars that cannot go to waste, he finds himself alone at the trip. Sure, he can go out and socialize with teenagers especially since they're ones from his school but he finds himself isolated from the group.
The teens throw a big party at the house during the end of the trip. The small leads to a boring night at the end. The teens find themself playing little games to occupy time.
"I dare you to kiss a guy you don't even know the name of," Isla was asked and soon she found herself kissing Julian. It shocks Julian to a pause, here he was sitting idly to a girl kissing him suddenly. Julian ponders on it, but then finds out that the kiss wasn't meant to be anything.
But will the kiss turn out to be nothing if life throws the pair together on many counts? Or will two strangers keep it that way?