Rory Camden and Nick Shard meet in the third grade and become fast friends, and as the years unfold, though they kind of want to try a relationship, Rory’s basic mistrust of men – from witnessing her father’s infidelity – keeps her from trusting her feelings.

But Nick has other ideas and while Rory writes down her hopes and fears in her diary, Nick plans ways to subvert the walls she’s built around herself.  He thinks he’s making serious progress until tragedy strikes and puts any chance they have to be together in jeopardy.