Ninth-grader Ruthie Bayer realizes that she is in love with her best friend Perry, the boy next door, but when competition appears, Ruthie calls on her glamorous aunt for advice.
After realizing she has a crush on Perry, the boy next door, ninth-grader Ruthie Bayer calls her aunt, who is a New York romance columnist, for advice on how to change her image to get his attention away from the new girl and on her.