table of contents:

introduction

chapter one – busted lips and hot studs

chapter two – ice cream and loud parties

chapter three – basement plans and detention teachers

chapter four – shiny principals and greatest achievements

chapter five – jake harpers and five minutes

chapter six – locked doors and softball arms

chapter seven – blue pipes and softball arms

chapter eight – live wires and death wishes

chapter nine – high talks and grounded rocks

chapter ten – favorite movies and hot tea

chapter eleven – nail polish and cold bathrooms

chapter twelve – bad highs and snowy days

chapter thirteen – blonde hair and silent revelations

chapter fourteen – football practices and fiction sections

chapter fifteen – squinted eyes and golden flowers

chapter sixteen – instant soup and first meetings

chapter seventeen – nice cars and broken trust

chapter eighteen – notebook paper and old endings

chapter nineteen – panic attacks and getting clean

chapter twenty – august first and foiled plans

chapter twenty-one – bad deals and double lives

chapter twenty-two – sex stories and whole pictures

chapter twenty-three – push up contests and bipolar disorder

chapter twenty-four – unexpected similarities and all nighters

chapter twenty-five – screaming matches and candlelit churches

chapter twenty-six – teaming up and letting go

chapter twenty-seven

chapter twenty-eight – janitor rescues and final goodbyes