What Are Friends For? — Patricia McLinn

The night after their high school graduation Darcie Barrett and Anton "Zeke" Zeekowsky made love for the first time. And when Zeke left town the next day, Darcie didn't look back, even though he'd taken her seventeen-year-old heart with him.

And now Darcie has convinced Zeke to come back -- at least temporarily -- because the town needs his help. And it's not the help Zeke is inclined to give...until he meets a boy who reminds him what it's like to be an outsider.

That's the thing about Darcie -- Zeke never felt out of place beside her. And even though he's "made it," there's something missing in his life. Make that someone...