One party girl with a secret older boyfriend... One geeky guy with a girlfriend with a purity pledge... One afternoon that brings them together... On her sixteenth birthday Carrie Gould has no one to celebrate with. Her best friend's grounded (again), her mother's throwing a tantrum (again), and her dad's not around (ever). There's no one to help her eat the cake she made for herself, or is there... He always has to dribble three times before he shoots the basketball, always. Ben may be a total OCD geek, but he lives next door, he's really tall, and he's usually hungry. So what's the worst that could happen if she invites him over? One afternoon won't change everything... One day, two opposites, the start of something extraordinary.