The fear is what gets us all, isn't it? The fear of getting caught, the fear of breaking the rules, the fear of being different. We all lead our lives because of it. I, however, feared the thought of being in love; actually, the thought of being loved. That feeling repeated inside of me for years, until I realized why, and the boy I fell for helped me find the answer. It all began with my father's first slap, but escalated to what I never thought would actually destroy the hope of happiness inside me: love itself.

Rhiannon Spencer, the sister of his best friend, has been the object of Max's affections since his childhood. The trouble is, she's nine years older than Max. On Max's eighteenth birthday weekend, he asks Rhiannon for a most extraordinary favor. She helps him, and they go their separate ways. Years later, they meet up while vacationing, and they find that the repercussions of that favor still linger between them. Will they go on as if nothing ever happened, or will their memories get the best of them?