Lillian, or Lily James is just a normal 17 year old girl from Holmes Chapel, England. But when she and her family move to Doncaster, her life is flipped upside down. She meets a young man by the name of Louis Tomlinson. Suddenly she is out and about, having fun, living while she's young. Sparks fly between Lilly and Louis, and she ends up pregnant with his baby. They are completely in love and want to spend the rest of their lives together. There's only one problem. Louis is Lily's English teacher.

You walked against the cold, molding planks along the deck. You breathed in the smell of a fresh catch of fish. You dried the tears from your cheeks and sat down cross-legged. This is it, you told yourself. Let's make this a carefree summer, a summer to get away from it all. A summer to forgive and forget. Try not to cry, and try not to miss him. A white seagull ripped through the blinding air above you, letting out a distant cry. You gave the seagull all your regrets, all your secrets, all your worries. And watched it fly away with them at hand.