Howl, the studious college student, and Ella, the free-spirited art school dropout, are one and the same. Both have troubled pasts they want to let go of but do not know how to. On any other day, they would have never met despite both living in Charlotte, NC. But that all changes with an encounter at the park involving an Italian opera Ella knows but does not understand. With Howl and Ella on the run from their pasts, they travel all around Charlotte, NC, discovering themselves and each other.