Liz’s next-door neighbor, Wes, has never been boyfriend material. Liz has known this definitive truth since the second grade.
It was way back then that Liz’s mom gave her the golden rule to dating.
“Charm and intrigue can only get you so far, Libby Lou,” her mom had said. “Those things always disappear, which is why you never, ever choose the bad boy.”
Why did Mom bring that topic up in second grade? Oh, that’s easy. You see, before Liz’s mom passed in a terrible car crash, romance and love were sort of their vibe. They’d watch old romance movies together and talk about them all the time. Romance pics were, in fact, Liz’s first early passion.
Liz gained her sense of style from those films; she absorbed her carefree-girl-loving-life attitude from them. From those movies and their hearts and flowers joy she formulated exactly what her first romance would be like. And now, here in her senior year in high school, she’s about to see all of that sweet perfection come together. She’s sure of it.
You see, there’s this boy named Michael Young who just moved back into town. Back when they were kids, he was Liz’s forever crush. But he moved away. Now that he’s back—handsomer than ever, with an adorable southern twang—Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar and make her first crush daydreams a reality. Prom, here she comes!
Oh yeah, that’s where Wes, Liz’s next-door neighbor, comes in. Besides being the bane of her life and a decided bad boy, he also happens to be the only way that Liz can get into a “keg party” where she can connect with Michael.
Liz can’t stand beer or the stupid parties where teens drink the foul stuff, but this party is the best place to rekindle all those remember when memories with Michael. And the timing is critical. She must cute-meet before the beautiful Laney swoops in to grab Michael’s attention.
The key to that all unfolding is the loathsome Wes. She’ll have to make some deal with him, of course, to get him to go along with it. But as long as it doesn’t require selling her soul, she’ll endure.
Hopefully it won’t turn out like any of those rom coms where everything goes wrong.
Hopefully!