"I was overly aware of his numbing touch, the brush of his piercing eyelashes as he whispered, his callous, electric fingers slowly releasing the pressure from my arm, his flowing, quiet chuckle as he took in my reaction. It was all intensified, even the pulse of his heartbeat I felt in his wrist when I brought my other hand up to push him away. And out of all the days I've ever lived, out of all the things I had ever experienced, I'd never felt so alive as I did in that moment. "
Strangers. That's the only word to describe Quinn's psychology class. And now that her teacher sees it too, he's determined to get his students to become friends, or at least friendly acquaintances. Enter the experiment: a project designed with thirty six questions to develop an intimate relationship between you and your partner.
Quinn, a self proclaimed good girl, only has one month remaining until graduation to retain her perfect GPA, finish this last major project, and to take her relationship with her boyfriend to the next level. In fact, all is going according to plan until she is paired with Noah, the town's resident bad boy, for the project. Between the late nights struggling to get the assignment done, budding feelings, and bitter heart aches, Quinn realizes that Noah just happened to be the only person who was capable of turning her life upside-down over the coarse of thirty-one days.
And when I had informed Finn of my obvious concerns, -
He had pulled me up against him so close that I could feel his breath on my cheek, - and whispered in my ear ; "Baby no one's going to catch us. - "
And for those few seconds I seemed to have bought every word.
Emily Harrison, has started a new chapter in her life not too long ago; High School. And high school is the type of place where it either breeds change into you or those around you. So far it hasn't been her
Torn between doing the right things and wanting the wrong means, witnessing her parents marriage crumbling right before her, her best friend of years now deciding she cares more about climbing up the social ladder than her friendship With Emily, and a sudden interest in a boy named Finn who is rougher than the streets and a flirt in a heartbeat. - Everything seems to be happening so fast, and all that Emily can do, is hold on.
But with everything else crashing down around her
she finds herself needing Finn more than she cares to believe
Finn is exactly the type of guy she'd try and stay far away from:
The type that's no good for you, with a charm that's too good to be true. Haunted by his past and the choices he has made, it might be too late for him entirely, - that is until he meets Emily
Finn and Emily are exactly what the other needs
But in the end, even love sometimes can't fix all.