Laura is a brilliant cellist about to graduate from a prestigious New England boarding school and head off to one of the top music schools in the country. Jonathan is a formidable soccer player with dreams of completing his private school and university education before getting recruited to a professional team. Neither were expecting to fall so deeply in love and wish so fervently to start down their career paths together. Thinking that they have succeeded in arranging to attend the same college, they begin to make plans for their shared life together. But Jonathan’s family, furious that their son is not following their plan, intervenes.

Persuaded to separate from Laura or lose all financial support, Jonathan makes the painful decision to leave her to pursue his dream. In the wake of his departure, Laura finds that she is pregnant with his child. Upon deciding to go through with the pregnancy, her fears of what his wealthy and influential family might do to further exert their influence lead her and her family to make an uncomfortable pact. They decide to keep the child’s existence a secret from Jonathan.

Throughout the years that follow, and try as they might, neither Jonathan nor Laura can erase the love they have for one another. The pull to find each other again is strong and undeniable. As they both pursue their original career goals, they also make decisions that put their individual paths on a collision course with one another.