Wayne, a violent teenager from Massachusetts is immediately taken with Del, a girl who shows up on his doorstep selling cookies. When Wayne's father dies from cancer, Wayne and Del decide to drive to Florida to retrieve Wayne's father's Trans Am.

Del starts to have doubts about Wayne when he reveals that he doesn't know where they're going. Meanwhile, Wayne's best friend, his principal, Del's father and brothers, and two Brockton police officers all set off to pursue Wayne and Del.

After Wayne and Del make an appearance on the local news, Del gives Wayne a lesson in lying in order to keep their new cool friends at bay.

After being robbed, Wayne goes to work as a day labourer as Del becomes obsessed with a stranger's death; Carl and Teddy celebrate their birthday on the road and come to terms with who their father really is.

An insight into a day long before Wayne met Del. A day that was responsible for changing Del, Daddy, and the boys.

When Del is mistaken for a truant at a school in Georgia, she befriends some of the locals and considers staying. She and Wayne are invited to a dance, and while getting ready, Wayne notices the bus ticket and leaves Del at the dance.