The story revolves around Tina, a young girl from New Jersey who is raised by her over-ambitious mother who owns a cosmetic company. Due to her mom's frequent overseas trips, Tina spends her childhood mostly alone, often interacting with her toys. As she grows up, she discovers her passion for acting and dreams of pursuing it, despite her mother's disapproval.
Tina's acting skills come to the fore when she pretends to be her imaginary boyfriend's girlfriend, which leads to a series of humorous misunderstandings and confrontations. Her friend Daisy, who is in love with Zack, the boyfriend, falls for Tina's act and even goes as far as to dump Zack for her.
Zack, who transfers to the same school as Tina, develops a crush on her. He helps her in a few awkward situations, and Tina reciprocates his feelings. However, their relationship takes a turn when Tina's mother tries to manipulate Tina to date Zack for business reasons. Zack, who is aware of this, breaks up with Tina.
Tina, heartbroken, decides to pursue her dream of becoming an actress and moves to New York. Meanwhile, her mother's health deteriorates, and she learns that her mother's business is in shambles. Zack, who was one of the few buyers of her mother's products, offers to help her save the business.
Tina's mother, realizing her mistake in not valuing Tina's passion and dreams, decides to sell the business to Zack's company. Tina, who had moved away to start her acting career, returns home to find her mother on her deathbed. She forgives her mother and decides to stay with her.
After her mother's death, Tina and Zack reconcile and decide to start over. The story ends with them laughing together after Zack pulls a scrunchie from Tina's hair, signifying the beginning of their new journey together.
1. Tina is from New Jersey.
2. Tina's mother owns a large cosmetic company.
3. Tina's father left her mother due to her over-ambitious nature.
4. Tina's mother was hardly around, mostly seen when she came back from overseas trips with toys for Tina.
5. As Tina grew up, she started noticing her mother's absence from her life, as she missed important events at school.
6. Tina's mother was a successful businesswoman, but her work was often more important to her than her daughter's events.
7. Despite her mother's absence, Tina was able to find joy in her toys and her imagination.
8. Tina had a dream of becoming an actress, which her mother initially dismissed.
9. Tina joined her school's drama club, despite her mother's lack of awareness.
10. Tina had a running joke with her friend Daisy about an imaginary boyfriend named Jackie.
11. Tina was mistaken for Jackie, a girl her brother was dating, at the mall.
12. Tina was able to successfully deceive the girl into believing she was Jackie.
13. Tina was caught in a lie by another girl in her school cafeteria.
14. Tina was able to get Daisy to help her pretend to be her brother's girlfriend, in exchange for practice with her acting skills.
15. Tina was able to successfully deceive Zach, her brother's boyfriend, into thinking she was his girlfriend.
16. Tina's mother wanted her to focus on her studies, but Tina wanted to join acting school in New York.
17. Tina's mother eventually agreed to let her join acting school, but only after Tina made her a business deal.
18. Tina and Zach broke up, and Tina moved to New York to pursue her acting career.
19. Tina's mother's health was deteriorating, and she had to return home.
20. Tina decided to meet Zach's father, Zack, to thank him for helping her mother's business.
21. Tina and Zack reconciled, and they decided to start over.