"It's been seven years, Niall. I thought...you'd forget about me."
When Allie Hunter's mother died of cancer, her life was torn apart as her formerly close-knit family was uprooted from their homestead in Mullingar, Ireland and replanted in Venice Beach, California. Allie was terrified of leaving behind her home, the family she used to know, the house that connected her to her deceased mother, and her best friend; a small, brown-haired boy named Niall Horan who lived across the street. Seven years later, Allie's move has changed her life, and it's changed Niall's, too: he's a household name now, thanks to his world-famous boyband, and his hair is blonde, but his eyes are still the same icy blue that reminds Allie of home.
Meeting Niall again by chance wasn't something had Allie accounted for, but after traveling across Europe with a group of wild British boys, re-visiting her past & finding the mother she never had, Allie realizes that it was something that she wouldn't trade for anything. After all, he's the one who found her.
Harry is a jock, simple as that. He has always been the guy who every other person in the school wishes they were. He is living the 'good life' with his two best friends Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, plus he has all the girls wrapped around his finger. His life revolves around his perfect, straight boy jock image. Then one day out of the blue a bump appears in the perfect, flat road that is his life, and this bump is called Niall Horan. Niall’s dad has been moved from Mullingar, Ireland to Holmes Chapel by his work and Niall must leave his whole childhood behind. Something about his blonde hair and vibrant blue eyes has Harry reeling and soon enough he can’t stop thinking about the new boy that couldn't care less about him. For the first time in his life Harry is trying to win someone over and failing. This angers him and he resorts to bullying Niall. Niall makes Harry feel starstruck, (even though he has trouble showing it) but Niall despises him for bullying him every day and just wants him out of his life. But that is kind of hard to do when he moves in right next to the boy he hates more than anything.