In high school, he was relegated to the friend zone… but now this college hockey graduate is getting a second chance to make up for past mistakes…

When I was sixteen my only goal was convincing my best friend, Tammy, to be my girlfriend. But I messed it up… and then she got together with another guy. My heart was torn right out of my chest. Everything between us changed—I lost her.

But now, after years of not seeing her, she's walking through my door with a kid on her hip and a desperate look on her face. "I don't know where else to go? Can we stay with you for a little while?"

Of course she can stay. It takes everything in me not to tell her to stay forever. Because even after all this time, she still's the one.

Every smile, every whisper… every laugh we ever shared is bright in my memory. She's the only girl I've ever wanted.

And this time around, I can't go screwing it up.

This time around… I have to make her mine for keeps.