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A profoundly eccentric high school girl named Ocean is raised in a beach town where performing arts are not appreciated. Ocean is the town's sweetheart, unapologetically herself, her personality shining through even the worst days. The majority of her town admires her optimistic outlook on life. They all refer to her as Darling. The high school kids do not. In fact, Ocean is frowned upon by her peers. Her interest in the arts is off-putting and peculiar to them. Ocean doesn't mind being isolated from their social life; she has her best friends, Inez and Opal. Until one day, a boy named Evander, whom she had grown up around her whole life but never exchanged words with, becomes infatuated with her whimsy. Day by day, Ocean and Evander fall in love, spending their whole senior year together. He supports her dreams of making it to Broadway, and he adores her for who she truly is. Until one day, he betrays her by doing the unexpected. A crushed Ocean moves on with her life after high school, excitedly reaching her goals of Broadway. A yearning, Evander spends years trying to find her and win her back. Over time, he goes to a series of her Broadway shows, watching her from afar, thinking maybe she will spot him in the crowd one day. He eventually decides enough is enough and works day and night laboriously trying to make it as an actor on Broadway himself. In hopes that he will land a role in the same show as her, finally getting to mend their burned bridge and confess his love.