Twelve-year-old Eliot Norman doesn't want to explore the abandoned airplane in the woods, he just wants his first crush, Jedidiah Cantor, to think he's cool....

Twelve-year-old Eliot Norman doesn't want to explore the abandoned airplane in the woods, he just wants his first crush, Jedidiah Cantor, to think he's cool. Lucky for him, Jedidiah not only thinks Eliot's cool, it appears he might like him back. Before Eliot can confirm whether his crush feels the same way, however, Jedidiah dies in a tragic accident. Eliot holds on to the fantasy of his first crush for fifteen years. What would it have been like if Jedidiah hadn't died? Was he meant to be his true love? Now a twenty-eight-year-old librarian, Eliot's back in his hometown introducing the folks to his first serious boyfriend, but his parents aren't the only ones awaiting his return . . .