Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop & home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop & she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small & rather joyless now & he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that. What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. & neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time.