▁Cl atter bu ck ▁( Page ▁Hann ah ) ▁is ▁an ▁u pt ight , ▁prim , ▁and ▁proper ▁sen ator ' s ▁daughter ; ▁and ▁Caroline ▁Car m ich ael ▁( An nab eth ▁G ish ) ▁is ▁a ▁" h omet own ▁cut ie " ▁who ▁has ▁recently ▁lost ▁weight , ▁but ▁she ▁has ▁always ▁been ▁called ▁" P ud ge ," ▁and ▁she ▁suff ers ▁from ▁low ▁self - este em . ▁ ▁The ▁trip ▁is ▁sp ur red ▁by ▁the ▁up coming ▁marriage ▁of ▁Car son ▁to ▁Har ley , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁prominent ▁to b acco ▁far mer . ▁On ▁the ▁main ▁strip ▁in ▁My rt le ▁Beach , ▁their ▁paths ▁cross ▁B uzz ▁and ▁Ch ip , ▁loc als ▁who ▁are ▁cru ising ▁around ▁looking ▁for ▁girls . ▁They ▁stay ▁at ▁the ▁second ▁home ▁of ▁Lu anne ' s ▁parents , ▁but ▁are ▁forb idden ▁to ▁sit ▁on ▁the ▁furn iture , ▁drink ▁the ▁liqu or , ▁or ▁make ▁phone ▁calls , ▁as ▁the ▁trip ▁is ▁a ▁secret . ▁ ▁The ▁girls ▁decide ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁a ▁local ▁club ▁so ▁they ▁can ▁sh ag , ▁but ▁Car son ▁has ▁sw orn ▁she ▁won ' t ▁dance ▁as ▁she ▁feels ▁guilty ▁being ▁in ▁My rt le ▁Beach ▁instead ▁of ▁going ▁to ▁Fort ▁Sum ter , ▁South ▁Carolina , ▁as ▁her ▁f ian cé ▁bel ieves . ▁Once ▁at ▁the ▁club , ▁Mel ain a ▁fl ir ts ▁with ▁the ▁local ▁men , ▁dan cing ▁with ▁one ▁she