No one seems especially concerned when Ms. Sanchez disappears from school, but Justin Alvarez knows she would not desert her students and he is determined to find out what happened to the only teacher who ever cared enough to help him.
Greg Nash falls for Monique Reed the minute he sees her beautiful face, but when he learns that all the men she dates suffer from freak accidents, he begins to wonder if it is safe to date her.
Rod resents Ernesto for stealing everything he worked so hard to achieve, like being elected senior class president, and he decides to take revenge by making Ernesto's life miserable.
David Morales spent two years in prison and is now determined to be a good citizen working at his new job, but when he falls hard for a coworker he wonders how to tell her about his past.
Abel Ruiz is coming into his own with plenty of friends, a solid career path and a loving girlfriend, but when he gets dumped his self-esteem is crushed.
Destini Fletcher's hatred of Tubman High quickly disappears when Tyron Becker asks her to be his girl, but when he starts mocking her friends and attempts to get good grades she starts having second thoughts about Tyron.