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The pressure to
abstain from sex before marriage is almost as great for teenagers
Greg and Jill, as the pressure from their mothers to be perfect
students. Greg’s mother, Liz, owns a flower shop, and
doesn’t like Greg seeing Jill, claiming it affects his grades and
will jeopardize his ability to get into college. Jill’s
mother, Candace, still dealing with issues from her own past,
demands complete chastity from her daughter. It is Monica and
Tess’ assignment to make sure these relationships don’t
self-destruct. Meanwhile Andrew, as a DJ, encourages the high
schoolers to respect themselves and their bodies. Rafael, as a
student teacher, fends off infatuated girls. Monica, as a
substitute teacher, holds a meeting to plan the upcoming prom and
chaperones Liz and Candace meet. Although they deny knowing
each other, it is clear they have a history together. The
truth is Liz and Candace were friends in high school, until Candace,
who slept around quite a bit, stole Liz’s boyfriend. The
enmity over this event hasn’t yet subsided, and Candace asks Liz
not to tell Jill about her past. Liz agrees but only if she
will forbid Jill from dating Greg. Tess, as an assistant at
the flower shop, obviously disapproves of this idea. Greg and Jill,
though very upset and confused, respect their mothers’ wishes,
until Jill learns her mother’s secret—that while preaching
chastity she lived an unchaste lifestyle as a teenager. Jill
determines to do all the things her mother has told her not to do
and she sneaks out to meet Greg at the prom. Greg and Jill
plan to go to a hotel and have sex after the prom, but Monica tries
to stop them. However, they don’t listen to Monica and go to
the hotel. The next morning, Greg drops Jill off at her house
and leaves. As Jill climbs to her bedroom window, she falls
and is unconscious. Later in the hospital, a distraught Greg
tells the mothers that he and Jill spent the night together and Liz
becomes upset. Greg can’t believe that his mother is more
concerned about his sex life than about his girlfriend whose life
hangs in the balance. Tess and Monica appear at the hospital,
reveal themselves as angels and ask the mothers, for the sake of
their children, to resolve their differences and make peace.
The mothers decide to give one another a second chance and give
their blessing to Greg and Jill’s relationship. Andrew
reveals that Jill will recover and the families rejoice in the news.
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