Braden is desperate to find a summer job, so when the perfect opportunity comes along he betrays a friend, a decision that may cause him to lose his one chance at employment.
When football teams from opposing schools stay at the same hotel and are ordered to be polite and keep to themselves by the coach, Cole begins to wonder if Rick is up to no good, especially when Garrett, from Oak Hill High, goes missing.
Claire and Marge are sure that Gwen stole Claire's boyfriend, Kirk, and is now trying to get Claire's part in the senior play, so Claire lies to Kirk to get him back.
Al and his teammates on the Carter High baseball team are faced with an important decision when their rivals for the state finals are held up by road work and show up for their match after the umpire has already called a forfeit.
Cruz ends up without a date to the dance and learns a valuable lesson after taking advantage of his friends, his coach, and some of the girls he had already dated.
Dru, a new student at Carter High, jumps to conclusions when she sees a boy she likes talking to another girl, and almost ruins her chances at being his friend.
Laine does not believe it is important to be on time, but she begins to understand that promptness matters when her friend Tess turns the tables on her.
Ben, a runner, must decide what is the right thing to do when his grades, which are not good enough for him to make the track team, are confused with those of another student with the same last name.
