Wayne, a 16 year-old Dirty Harry with a heart of gold, sets out on his dirt-bike from Boston to Florida with his new crush Del, to get back a s*** hot 79' Trans Am that was stolen from his father before he died.
When Wayne fails to do one simple task for Del, she questions her choice to leave Brockton. The consequences of this small failure have life-threatening results when Wayne crosses paths with a dangerous local.
After Wayne and Del make an appearance on the local news, Del gives Wayne a lesson in lying in order to keep their new cool friends at bay. But it's not long before their lies are discovered and their cover is blown.
After being robbed, Wayne goes to work as a day laborer as Del becomes obsessed with a stranger's passing. Meanwhile, Carl and Teddy celebrate their birthday on the road and come to terms with who their father really is.
A look back on a day long before Wayne met Del; a day that changed Del, Daddy, and the boys forever.
When Del is mistaken for a truant at a school in Georgia, she befriends some of the locals and considers staying. She and Wayne are invited to a dance, and while getting ready, Wayne notices the bus ticket, and leaves Del at the dance. After some convincing, Wayne attends the dance, and the two reconcile. They share a tender moment, but are interrupted when Del's family catch up with them, ambushing the two. However, Wayne is saved by the locals, and drives Del away. Meanwhile, Orlando helps his principal do well on his speech in his conference.
Wayne struggles with whether or not to tell Del that her dad is in the hospital, while Sergeant Geller lays a trap for Wayne and Del.
After their first kiss, Wayne and Del arrive in Florida, where they have a chance encounter with the elusive Trans Am. But when Wayne reconnects with his mom Maureen, Del starts to realize Wayne's real reason for coming to Florida might not be the car after all.
When things with both Del and his mom go south, Wayne turns this attention back to his dad's Trans Am. But he has to contend with Calvin and Reggie to get it. Meanwhile, Del learns a secret about Wayne that changes everything for her.
Wayne, now under arrest and on his own, must face off against Reggie in a brutal fight to settle their rivalry. Meanwhile, Del returns to Wayne's mom's house, determined to get her man back by any means necessary.