17-year-old Luke Chesser is trying to forget his spectacular failure of a love life. He practises marching band moves for hours in the hot Texas sun, deals with his disapproving father and slyly checks out the new band field tech, Curtis Cameron. Before long, Luke is falling harder than he knew he could. And this time he intends to play it right. Since testing positive for HIV, Curtis has careered between numbness and fear. And Luke - more tempting than he realises - won't take a hint. J.H. Trumble renders a modern love story as sweet, sharp and messy as the real thing.