A funny clear-eyed view of the realities of teenage love from National Book Award winner Pete HautmanJen and Wes do not meet cute They do not fall in love at first sight They do not swoon with scorching desire They do not believe that they are instant soul mates destined to be together foreverThis is not that kind of love storyInstead they just hang around in each others orbitsuntil eventually they collide And even after that happens theyre still not sure where it will go Especially when Jen starts to pity-date one of Wess friends and Wes makes some choices that he immediately regretsFrom National Book Award winner Pete Hautman this is a love story for people not particularly biased toward romance But it is romantic in the same way that truth can be romantic and uncertainty can be the biggest certainty of all.