At the prestigious Pace Academy, Starr refuses to let her friends and fellow members of her music group replace her with her archrival, Natalee, while Dionne and Marisol struggle to deal with their own problems.
Sixteen-year-old Elite is strained to concentrate on high school and raise her younger siblings for her crack-addict mother, but she finds her chance to help her family after winning a radio contest that allows her to spend face time with singer Haneef.
Seven McKnight, dealing with self-esteem issues over her weight, faces a difficult decision when Josiah, the hottest guy in school, breaks up with Deeyah, another girl in Seven's clique, and begins showing interest in her.
With school, bills to pay, and a baby to take care of, seventeen-year-old mother Toi McKnight does not need to be distracted from her other responsibilities by Harlem, who is six-foot-two and irresistible, but Toi can not seem to shake her lust.
Asia Smith's life is turned upside down when her indulgent father dies unexpectedly, leaving Asia in the care of her Aunt Joy and attending a new school, where she joins the wrong crowd and soon winds up pregnant and forced to grow up too fast.
Marnyke lives with her older sister while their mother is in jail, but Akira is always busy, and Marnyke is lonely and her only interest in school besides the Yearbook Club is boys, which leads to much drama.
Nishell joins the Yearbook Club so she can take pictures, but things get compicated when she discovers through her mother's work with the homeless that her friend Cyril and his family are living in a shelter.
Popular Sherise joins the Yearbook Club along with her more studious twin, Kiki, but even Kiki is not happy that she continues to be interested in Carlos, who may be dealing drugs again.
Three elite students enrolled at Pace Academy--Starr, Dionne, and Marisol--think nothing of their wealth and fame until they have individual experiences that show them what popularity can cost.
African-American high school junior Jayd Jackson has to deal with more drama when her friend, Nellie, lets her homecoming princess title go to her head and her boyfriend, Jeremy, starts to act like he is no longer interested in her.
