Brian

“You'll make it, Brian. I swear.” I had everything. I was the high school quarterback, popular with the girls, and my father was proud of me. I told myself that it didn't matter that no one knew the real me. And then I almost died. Landon saved my life. He's the bravest guy I know. He came out a few years ago, proud and fierce, and threw himself in the face of bullets to help others. And I am a mess. I can't even stand in a room with open curtains. But that's what happens when you lose everything: you get a chance to start over and be someone new. But how can I move on when the two shooters who attacked our school were never caught? And why do I feel like I'm still being targeted?

Landon

“Will you kiss me?” When I saw Brian Marshall, the hottest guy in school, die on the dining room floor, I did what anyone would do. I tried to save him. His request surprised me, but I thought he needed reassurance, so I kissed his forehead. When he survived and returned to school, he was a wreck, in body and mind. He still needed me, and soon we suddenly became best friends. But what I saw at school that day awakened me. I want to demand action on gun control, to lead protests with my fist in the air. I'll tear the world apart if I have to. What if I could get the man of my dreams and save the world at the same time? I'll take it on. What I didn't realize was that the horror at Jefferson Waller High School wasn't over yet.