When Abigale Morrison, also known as Abby, was a little girl, her parents traveled the world while
she was left with her aunt Edna in Montana, in her Big Sky Country home. It is not that she didn't
like her aunt Edna, but she would get really bored making jam all summer. In those long summer days,
her love for art grew, and soon it became her escape from boredom. With her crayons,
she would create a new world for herself, away from the isolation and
loneliness she felt in the real world. But there was still one thing missing,
companionship. She longed for someone to play with. It all changed the day she met Sigh.
Abby is now an art student. She is in her apartment painting Sigh. Sigh is a charming,
chivalrous young man who cannot sit still for his portrait because he has made Abby
a perfect breakfast. Jessica, her roommate, is home. She is in a frenzy as she cannot find her
name tag. She calls for Abby. Abby doesn't want Jessica to see Sigh, so she tries to hide him.
Jessica walks into Abby's room, hoping to find it there, but sees Abby covering her canvas.
She insists that Abby show her the latest piece she is working on. Abby shows her the unfinished
portrait of Sigh. Jessica finds him attractive and banters with Abby saying, now she knows why
Abby hasn't formally introduced him to any of her friends. Jessica also appreciates Abby's work and
encourages her to show her work in galleries, but Abby dismisses her and leaves for class.
Quinn dusts doughnut crumbs off his books and puts them in his backpack. His roommate, Cal,
is building a car inside the room. Before leaving, Quinn asks him how he is going to take it out
of the room. Cal replies through the door. He clearly has not considered the size of the door
compared to the huge monster truck he has been building. Abby and her classmates are studying
surrealism. Quite similar to what Abby has formed for herself. Surrealism states that the universe
is only as accurate as it seems, and sometimes, things that feel real are the least substantive.
In her childhood, whenever she felt lonely, she drew pictures of herself and included her friend,
Sigh, as her companion. Even though Sigh was just a fragment of her imagination,
she found contentment with her new ally. So much so that she maintained her friendship with
her imaginary friend throughout high school and college life, she started dating him.
After the class, Quinn goes up to the teacher for a revaluation of
his test. Still, the teacher stands firm in his decision to give him a D.
He had thought that by opting for humanities, he would get easy credit,
but the concepts are challenging for him to follow. He complains, and Abby overhears
him. They do not get off to a good start as Abby rubs her good grades on Quinn's face,
and he doesn't like it. Abby works part-time at a store called Borders. Their manager Ryan is
a control freak and wants everything perfect. He doesn't shy away from insulting the workers. Abby
works on the coffee counter. He asks her about Jessica, and Abby tells him that she lost her
name tag and has gone to look for it. Ryan makes ridiculous arguments about firing Jessica over a
nametag. Abby tries to talk to him about leaving a bit early as it is her anniversary with Sigh,
but he doesn't budge and asks her to cover for Jessica until she returns,
even though there are no customers around. Abby doesn't have a choice but to comply.
Abby is sulking when Quinn walks to the coffee counter. They continue with the mockery till Abby
drops an entire piece of cheesecake on Quinn. She gets flustered and gives him tissues to clean. She
tries to placate the situation by giving him the cheesecake for free and runs from there.
She picks a bouquet on her way back home. She then gets ready for her date and starts preparing
dinner, when Jessica calls to tell her that her cousin transferred this semester and will be
coming for dinner tonight. Abby argues that it is her anniversary but then agrees because she
cares for Jessica. She sits with a pouty face, but that soon turns into a smile as Sigh comes
with a bouquet. She tells him about the change of plans and apologizes as it was supposed to be
their special day. But Sigh doesn't mind. He says they can spend their time together after dinner.
Jessica arrives home with loads of groceries and announces that she got fired. Jessica and Ryan
had dated in the past, but after they broke up, Ryan has been particularly hostile towards her.
Abby doesn't understand why Jessica got fired even when she covered her shift, but it is too
late to worry. So she tries to cheer Jessica up by giving her the bouquet Sigh got for her.
In the evening, their doorbell rings, and Jessica asks Abby to get it. Abby opens the door and
invites the man in. Jessica comes downstairs and asks who the man is. Abby mistakenly believes
that the man on the door is Jessica's cousin but soon finds out he is there for Megan,
who lives next door. The doorbell rings again. Abby opens it but soon closes it
seeing Quinn standing at the door. Finally, she lets him in when the other guy leaves.
Jessica is surprised they know each other, but none of them are interested in explaining.
Jessica, Quinn, and Abby are about to have dinner when Abby's parents
come unannounced. Even though they are meeting their daughter after a long time,
they didn't make any effort to bring her gifts but randomly picked items suitable for
children. They ask Abby to come with them to the cemetery for the decorations. Quinn is confused,
so they explain that they had bought a plot for their twentieth anniversary, which looked a bit
empty. So they purchased tombstones for their twenty-fifth anniversary with their names,
George and Mary Loise, engraved on the stones. They are going to decorate the graves and want
Abby to join them. She outrightly refuses. So they invite the three to Thanksgiving without
an option to refuse. Quinn agrees, but Abby takes her mom to the side to talk her out of
this. Her mom is adamant and doesn't let Abby speak anything and ignores Abby's protests.
At dinner, Jessica asks Quinn how he is doing in his studies. When she finds that
he is having trouble, she proposes Abby tutor him. Since Abby wants to become a teacher,
Jessica thinks it is a perfect way to practice. Abby disagrees. She cannot stand Quinn,
and bearing him for the entire semester seems a little too much for her. Quinn proposes if she
tutors him, he will get Jessica's job back and will not come to her house for Thanksgiving.
Jessica also plays her emotional card, and they finally are able to coax Abby to teach Quinn.
Abby is making a snowman with Sigh as she narrates what happened at the dinner. Abby takes Quinn to
an art gallery. They are looking at a painting, and Abby gets mesmerized. Quinn keeps blabbering
until he finds Abby distracted. Abby explains that one needs to appreciate what the artist is trying
to say. Quinn tries looking at the painting again by squinting his eyes and still sees
spaghetti on the canvas. Seeing no hope there, Abby moves on to the next. They talk briefly
about Abby's life and how her parents were never around. Quinn suggests they get something to eat,
but Abby passes. Quinn doubts that Abby ever goes out on dates. She protests and says she's
headed to one, once she is done helping him. He doesn't believe her, so she tells him about Sigh,
which is short for Simon. Honestly, Quinn is a little disappointed hearing this.
Quinn is back in his room. He goes through his voicemails,
which are primarily from girls trying to invite him on dates. He then sits with Cal and tells
him about Abby and how she is different from other girls. Cal has a rapid-fire session
with him counting all the popular girls and how Abby is better than any of them.
He names the qualities of all these women that put him off, hence resting his case.
Quinn goes to the store with Cal disguised as people from the corporate office. They set a
gimmick to fool Ryan into believing that he is at fault for letting Jessica go. They threaten him
that if he doesn't restore his orders of firing Jessica, he will be charged and will lose his job.
Before leaving the store, Quinn waves at Abby. She cannot help but smile at his quirky ways.
Quinn is in another class with Abby. He cannot concentrate as he finds the subject boring. He
excuses himself to go to the bathroom but ends up in Abby's room. He looks at her
paintings and calls out from her room that her paintings are magnificent. Feeling embarrassed,
she rushes to her room and starts covering them up. She then drives him out of her
room. At college, Quinn impresses his professor and Abby by answering the
question posed by the professor. Whatever he understood from the classes with Abby,
he utilized that knowledge and gave a fine answer. After the class, he walks with Abby
giving her credit for his improvement. She is humble and says it is because of his hard work.
He asks if Sigh is okay with her tutoring him. She says he doesn't have a problem.
In the evening, she goes to the movies with Sigh and has a lovely time. She even makes a snow fairy
with him in the snow. Since Sigh is just her imagination, she is having a good time all by
herself. Once back home, she chats with Jessica. Jessica complains about Ryan going berserk,
and making them work like laborers after Quinn visits the store. She then tells
Abby that Quinn called for her. Abby blushes, and Jessica teases her that she likes Quinn.
But Abby doubts Quinn will ever confess his feelings as he thinks she has a boyfriend.
Jessica knows about Sigh not being real. She tells Abby that Sigh was fine till she was a
child. Now she is a grown woman, and there is a real guy who likes her. Jessica convinces
Abby to tell Quinn the truth, but Abby is afraid that he might think she is crazy.
Quinn brings food with him for their study session. Abby can feel a spark between them.
Jessica comes back early and sits with them to have food. She tells them that Ryan has
asked her to work on Thanksgiving. Abby gets upset because Jessica won't be able to make
it to her parent's place. After eating her food, Jessica leaves them alone. Abby's heart
flutters as she sees Quinn open his fortune cookie. But she gets distracted by Sigh,
who is staring at her. He doesn't look very happy and walks away. Later Abby finds him packing his
bags. She goes to talk to him. Sigh is concerned that Quinn will break her heart. He thinks of
him as a player. Abby assures him she will not leave him for Quinn. He asks Abby to prove it.
The next day, Abby goes to meet Quinn. She meets Cal at the door. She recognizes him from
the store. Cal asks her how. She replies he looked like himself but with pants,
as he isn't wearing any now. He seems convinced with this explanation and lets her in. She asks
if he can give the book she has brought with her to Quinn. Cal says it is not a good idea
to entrust him with things as he always loses them. Quinn comes in and asks if he can get her
anything to eat. She refuses and hands him the book. He thinks they can study at his place, but
she clarifies that she gave him the book so that he can study by himself. Quinn asks defensively
if she's bailing out on their deal. She forgot about the agreement when she promised Sigh to make
things right. So she agrees to teach him in his place. Once they are done studying, Quinn asks if
she is hungry. She refuses and quickly gets ready to leave. But Quinn has his way with everything.
He manages to take Abby out for food. They have an interesting conversation about the
artists of the 17th century. Quinn's knowledge impresses Abby. He offers to pay and then asks
her to come with him because he wants to show her something. He takes her to a place where
local artists exhibit their work once a month. He asks her to check the exhibition while he
brings some drinks for them. The creator of the painting she is looking at comes to talk to her.
She asks Abby if she is an artist. But Abby isn't confident enough to call herself an artist. The
creator empathized with her and said not to worry. She just needs to believe in her art.
That gets Abby thinking, but she loses the line of thought when she sees Quinn talking to another
girl. She gets a bit jealous and looks away. Quinn comes with drinks, but Abby seems distant.
She wants to go, so Quinn starts walking with her out, when the same girl who was talking to Quinn
earlier comes and thanks him. Before leaving, she turns toward Abby and compliments her that
she has a terrific boyfriend. Before Abby could say anything, she walked away. Abby and Quinn
are taking a stroll. Abby asks about the girl, and Quinn tells her he has known the girl for a
very long time. Her mom got sick, and he lent her money to fly home. Abby smiles at her silliness.
Quinn has another surprise waiting for her. He takes her to an ice skating rink
and asks her to teach him to skate because she claims she is pretty good at it. She
holds Quinn as he tries desperately not to fall. As they struggle to maintain balance,
Abby brings Sigh into their conversation. But before she can continue, they fall,
making four other people fall with them. Later that night, Quinn talks to Cal about
Abby and accepts he likes her, but she has a boyfriend. Cal says he doesn't stand a chance,
because from what he has heard, Abby's boyfriend is a really cool guy.
Abby wakes up to Sigh wishing her good morning. He asks about her study plan with Quinn,
but he isn't happy about them going ice skating afterward. He is concerned because Abby hasn't
dealt with a real man before this. Quinn visits Abby at work and invites her out that day,
but she says she has some plans with Sigh. Quinn gets disappointed and leaves without
saying much. After class, Quinn visits Jessica and asks her about Sigh. She doesn't know what
to say about an imaginary person. Nevertheless, she manages to lie about Sigh. She tells Quinn
that he is a lawyer. Because Quinn wants to become a lawyer too, he is impressed by Sigh.
Quinn and Abby have tests. After the exam, Abby walks alone, and Quinn shows up. He asks why she
never mentioned that her boyfriend is a lawyer. He asks if he can call Sigh and ask about the
internships. Abby agrees but can't respond to Quinn's request for his number. Seeing
her getting agitated, he decides to take her somewhere to calm her down. He takes her to the
new dinosaur museum in the college that is opening soon. But he makes it look spooky for her by using
a flashlight instead of switching the lights. She asks him how he got access to the place.
Quinn says he has ties with the security guard. Suddenly there is a noise, and Quinn decides to
check it out. But it is some other security guard, and they run to hide. They soon escape undetected.
For the following days, they spend most of their time together and grow closer than ever. One
day while studying together, Sigh appears out of nowhere, and starts tormenting Abby by constantly
blabbering things about Quinn. She tries to ignore Sigh and manages to do so till Quinn drops her
home. She invites Quinn for Thanksgiving with her parents. He asks if Sigh will be fine with this.
While looking at Sigh, Abby replies that Sigh is English, and they don't celebrate Thanksgiving.
Abby and Jessica are having a coffee break in the store. Ryan's attitude has completely changed
after Quinn and Cal gave him a taste of his own medicine. Jessica wants Abby to let go of Sigh,
but Abby hesitates. She says it is not that easy. Jessica tells Abby that even though
she paints Sigh's portraits and they are perfect, but she has to let go of
the imaginary ideal and choose an imperfect real. Abby goes home and starts tearing all
her sketches of Sigh. Sigh tries to stop her, but Abby is upset because she thinks her work
is not alive as it should be. They get into an argument, and Sigh tells her she is not
the only one who has him as her friend. He has thousands of lonely women who are his friends.
Quinn is practicing ice hockey with Cal. Cal soon realizes he should have worn the protective gear
as he keeps getting hit in his crotch with the puck. Quinn picks Abby for Thanksgiving. As she is
about to sit in his car, he brings out the bouquet of flowers he has got for her. She was getting
flowers for the first time in her life, and that made her very happy. They soon reach her house,
which has the most atrocious-looking decorations. Abby's parents are dressed in costumes. Quinn
looks at their photographs of traveling all over the world. Abby isn't in any of the pictures,
so he asks Abby's dad. Her dad says that they usually left her at her aunt's place.
Her dad starts telling a joke, so she takes him outside to save Quinn from a lousy dad
joke. She takes him to a park where she would often come to play when her parents were not
around. They start playing on the swings when caught in the moment, they kiss each other.
Abby suddenly sees Sigh and pushes off Quinn resulting in him hitting his head on the giant
duck. Abby's mother puts a cold turkey piece on Quinn's head to stop the bleeding. They start
talking about how Abby would come home with a bruise every time she went to the playground
with Sigh, but Sigh never got hurt. Abby tries her best to stop them from talking about Sigh,
but she fails, and Quinn finally comes to know that Sigh is Abby's imaginary
boyfriend. Abby and Quinn drive back home in silence. Once they reach,
Abby tries to explain that she wanted to tell him, but Quinn doesn't want to hear anything. He
is angry because Abby lied to him. She rejected him for somebody who didn't exist. He tells
her how guilty he felt for having feelings for her, because she told him she had a boyfriend.
Abby explains that she didn't make Sigh up to get rid of Quinn. Since her childhood,
she has been alone. Her parents didn't understand that raising her was their job. She continues
telling him that Sigh was the place she made which made her feel she belonged. Quinn is
left speechless after hearing her story. Abby apologizes for everything and leaves.
Quinn doesn't stop her, but before she leaves, he hands her the bouquet he had got for her.
Sigh talks to Abby to cheer her up. He says he will be there for her and will help her
get over Quinn. He adds that she has not been hurt by someone like this in real life,
which is why it feels terrible. But Abby thinks she has never felt real love before,
which makes her feel even more terrible. At the store, Jessica is handling the counter, when
Ryan comes and hides behind the counter, pulling her down with him. He tells the people from the
corporate are here. Jessica tells him the truth about Cal and Quinn posing as inspection officers.
But these people are the real deal. Before Ryan can react, the corporate officials find him,
and tell him they love the changes he has made. Jessica adds that she is also a contributor to the
idea. The officials are very impressed that they offered the Regional manager position to Ryan, and
the Manager position in the store to Jessica. Ryan thanked Jessica for not taking the entire credit.
At college, Quinn ignores Abby and also decides to prepare on his own for the
finals. Abby knows she has to change. So she starts painting Sigh's portrait white
to start over. She sits at a distance as her parents decorate their tombstones. Sigh comes
and sits beside her. He expects things to go back to how they were, but Abby cannot carry
on like this. She says she cannot hug herself or kiss herself. Sigh understands her feelings
and knows it is time to say goodbye. She says she is going to miss him. He wishes her good
luck with Quinn and advises her not to go too hard on him. He then gets up and leaves. Abby
calls him one last time and shows gratitude for all those years he has been with her.
Quinn keeps his distance from Abby, but neither of them feel
good about what happened. Quinn talks to Cal about how Abbt lied to him. For once,
Cal forgets his craziness and talks like a friend. He tells Quinn that no woman is perfect,
and Cal has never seen him happier since he met her. Quinn decides to speak to Abby. He goes to
the store and asks Jessica about Abby. Jessica tells him that she is not there, and she is not
interested in seeing him. He thinks it is because of Sigh, but Jessica clarifies that it is because
of him. Because he is the first real guy she has ever loved. Quinn visits all the places they have
been in anticipation of finding Abby. At the place where the exhibit is put every month,
he sees his portrait there and knows who the artist is. He looks carefully at the painting
and sees Abby has painted herself in the ice skating rink. He knows where to find her.
He goes to the rink and finds her there. He has got a bunch of roses
for her. He asks if Sigh would have a problem with him bringing flowers
for her. She tells him Sigh is gone. Quinn finally expresses his love for
her and pulls her closer for a kiss. Abby finally manages to find love that is real.