After seeing his ex-sweetheart with a new guy at his band's gig, high school student Nick O'Leary, member of The Jerk Offs is asked by college-bound Norah Silverberg to be her boyfriend for five minutes to prove something to her friend Tris. Little does Norah know, but Nick is Tris's ex-boyfriend, who Norah has developed a crush on even before seeing him. This is due to his mix cds he has made for Tris after she broke up with him.
Nick's friends attempt to hook up Nick and Norah due to their despise of Tris. Therefore they are willing to take Norah's friend Caroline home for them.
Caroline wakes up in the back of their van as they are eating and gets scared she is kidnapped and escapes. Nick's friends call Nick and they begin searching for Caroline. Tris tries to hit on Nick but Nick has already begun to fall for Norah. They finally realize their love at a "where's fluffy" concert, a band that evades the New York public by hosting secret shows.