Goodbye, Delaney Blue

Elliott Brennan has no idea what to do.

Not that he ever has.

He's never really been sure how to be in love with Delaney Haskins, or how to stop. All he does know is that he's felt this way about every stage of her since the moment he knew her eyes were hazel. He's never expected anything from loving his best friend, and all the same, has no plans to change his heart, not even with the impending threat of beginning his life as a college student. The way he sees it, he'll love her calmly, indefinitely, and at a distance. Elliott's personal paradigm consists of her, his drawings, his brother's mediocre punk band, and his CALARTS scholarship. He plans to spend the summer doodling Batman, making vaguely emotional playlists, and saying goodbye to his childhood home.

That's when Delaney tells him her life is leading her unwillingly to Maine in the fall. Seeing the reality of her slipping away causes over a decade of silent affection to hit Elliott harder than ever, maybe just over a decade too late. Faced with the Catch-22 of pursuing her, only to have leave for good, or never knowing what might have happened if he'd stopped keeping secrets, Elliott embarks on a whirlwind journey with Delaney to complete a breakneck friendship bucket list, and to sort out his roots, one last time.

Humorous, colorful, and heartfelt, Goodbye, Delaney Blue is a lively vignette of what it's like to be young, in love, and in way over your head.