He was fifteen and she was seventeen. When sophomore Ryan "Baby" McPherson makes the varsity baseball team, he finds himself immersed in the world of high school seniors and falls in love with graduate Brooke Bennett. To Ryan, she is the girl of his dreams, she is perfect. Maybe to the rest of the world a two-year age difference doesn't matter, but this is high school. Everything matters here. Ryan soon realizes that Brooke's life is not perfect. He becomes her best friend, her safe place to fall when she needs to run. Ryan remained only a friend for her with no chance of anything more.   Time is both a curse and a blessing. It sends Brooke to college, and Ryan ends up in the arms of his first girlfriend. It changes him from a child to a high school senior ready to take on his own risks in college. But when Ryan sees Brooke again, he realizes that some things cannot be changed even by time.   Although much has changed, one question remains. Will everything that mattered in school always stand between them?