Don't Touch Me, Hold My Hand

Laura Hemmings has never experienced intimate relationships. No one in her family really loves hugs, her friendships are inconsistent, and the closest contact she's had with a boy is the one time Liam Day high-fived her in ninth grade.

She's clever and witty, but she keeps to herself. She feels disconnected to the people around her, and, figuring she's the common denominator, she is content with her subdued, slightly lonely life.

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Liam Day is about as extroverted as they come. His favorite thing to do is make people laugh, and when he isn't wearing his class clown crown, he's planning trips and adventures and parties for his friends. He drags his brother Eli to all his events, and rarely is he seen alone.

He can tell his life is missing an aspect of ... something, but what that something is, he couldn't tell you. All he knows is that when he's around people, he forgets to listen to the constant mess in his head. And so he makes sure he's around people.
A lot.

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Laura and Liam have both flown in merging circles over their high school years, but when senior year puts them both in a new class that forces them to get to know each other on much deeper levels, they start to wonder if that missing piece in their lives isn't so out of reach after all.