Easygoing Kyle Loman and his friends are socially invisible at East Seneca High. Bettina Richards is the exact opposite, thriving in a high-pressure bubble of popularity. When Bettina secretly spies on Kyle in a dark auditorium, he becomes anything but invisible in her eyes. Fate brings them together in Spain for the month of August where they embark on an unexpected friendship. In this alternate reality, Kyle is the popular one while Bettina is out of her element, the self-conscious American girl amidst the confident Europeans.

On returning to the familiar confines of Buffalo for their final year, social stratospheres are hard to defy as Kyle and Bettina slip back into their previous roles. Soon personal revelations draw Kyle and Bettina back together as they support each other through their hidden struggles while falling in love.