Gemma Jackson and Alice Barlow are best friends ever since they were born on the same day and were in the same hospital. One day though, Gemma notices a change in Alice when she becomes miserable. Alice tells Gemma that she and her parents are moving to Scotland which is hundreds of miles away. Gemma and Alice are both devastated at the thought of being separated but Alice's Snobbish mother "Auntie Karen" claims that Alice will make new friends when they move.