its 1980s merseyside and teenage cousins sophie and charlie are at a turning point in each of their lives sophie seventeen years old and stunning falls in love with darrell the school caretaker who has plans to make it big with his rock band but when sophie discovers that shes pregnant her relationship with darrell comes to an end though happiness is on the horizon for sophie it will take her time to realise who she is destined to be with charlie eighteen and having struggled at school is unhappy in his job as a chef with sophies help charlie joins the family business with surprising results