Pacific Grove 2004
Welcome to Bayview University, California, autumn 2004.
The campus smells like Starbucks coffee, freshly cut grass, and the faint scent of burning plastic from overheated iPods. MySpace is the new social battlefield, flip phones vibrate in pockets, and emo culture is starting to emerge from the basements. Here, polo-shirted frat boys, Ugg-wearing sorority girls, skaters, library nerds, and outcasts hiding behind bangs and eyeliner coexist.
You are one of those outcasts. He is the boy everyone watches… and the one who gave you a dirty look from day one.
Enemies. Classmates. Possibly something much more dangerous.
The academic year has just begun. The university's rules are clear. The rules of your heart, not so much.
