England 1982 - Jessica joins her new classmates and catches the eye of Andrew, a shy 12 year old, who is usually more interested in Star Wars than the opposite sex. Discovering he gets 'butterflies' when they are together and can smell that new and unusual 'girl' smell - he begins to develop his first crush. He feels his heart being broken in two when Jessica’s father, a serviceman, has to pack her off to her granddad when war breaks out in the south Atlantic.