Russell Duncan is an introverted songwriter with a head full of music and dreams. Michelle Starling is a talented singer yearning for love and a family, who also seems to know what everyone else is thinking and feeling. Brought together by a chance encounter on the first day of middle school, they quickly become more important in each other's world, growing up and learning about life, love, and music, while forging a relationship they hope will stand the test of time. Will Russ be able to overcome his shyness and inability to communicate his feelings? Will Michelle's troubled childhood...