18-year-old, Gwen Maka has made a big change in her life. Not only did she decide to leave behind her entire family and friends in South Dakota, she decided to move to the one place her family never wanted to go: Washington State. Gwen's mother always said it was too cold, too rainy, too much. But Gwen loved it. But here she was, on the gloomy beaches of Edmonds, Washington, she finds herself some unlikely friends. One of which being Amelia MacAlasdair, a wealthy daughter of a local tech giant. The two have almost nothing but they end up building a bond that lasts a lifetime, but will it be just friendship or more?