Technically, You Started It

Haley gets a text from Martin Nathaniel Munroe II, and she assumes she knows exactly who is writing. There are two people with that name, though (the reason is a long story), and she believes she is talking to the one she does not hate.

What starts as a question about a class project turns into a conversation neither of them can put down. Martin listens to Haley's odd facts and unusual obsessions without flinching. For his part, he feels she is the first person to see who he really is.

Face to face, both of them are too awkward to hang out. Over text, they grow dependent on each other, trading messages through the day.

The trouble is a double mix-up. Haley does not know which Martin she is talking to, and Martin has no idea she is confused. This is a contemporary teen romance told through a text-message friendship, with a comic tone. The question is whether they sort out the mistake before a first meeting turns into a disaster.