Charlie is a sportswriter whose father's unexpected heart attack sets his own biological clock ticking. He decides he wants a family, but he doesn't even have a girlfriend. He enlists the help of Lacy, a single mom who works on the advice desk of their newspaper. The two develop a fast friendship that threatens to become very romantic indeed. The only problem is that Lacy's daughter is about to leave for college, and Lacy is more than ready for her newfound freedom. Complications ensue when Lacy becomes pregnant and these two must sort out their relationship to each other and to their tiny new charge.