When a girl in Paula’s class is dumped by her boyfriend, everyone talks about her. So when Paula gets dumped, she is determined not to let anyone find out.
Paula Shelton sends her German pen pal Joachim photographs of herself and her best friend Sara. But when Joachim replies, Paula realises he thinks Sara is her. She decides not to tell him the truth in case he does not write again. But then Joachim says he is coming to meet Paula in person on a school trip. When Sara hears about the problem, she agrees to swap identities with Paula while Joachim visits.
Lynne wants to go out with Mike, who recently split up with her best friend Donna. Donna assures Lynne that she does not mind her going out with her ex. Secretly, though, Donna does mind, and she is trying to destroy the relationship.
Katie Simpson meets Clive on a holiday in Spain and wants to keep up with the romance after the holiday. But she is encountering difficulties in doing so, and things get even more complicated when a new boy next door asks Katie out.
Jenny Parker and Beth McPherson are best friends. Beth is always complaining about her brother Ben. So when Jenny falls for Ben, she keeps it a secret from Beth.
Lee is finding her sister Linzi is acting strangely. Then she finds Linzi is going boy mad.
Stacey and Lynne are best friends. They decide to go without boys after they have boyfriend trouble. The ban proves difficult to enforce when Stacey falls for Damion.
Clare and Emma are best friends who both fancy Robbie Jenkins. They do not want to fall out over him, so they try to be friendly rivals.
At Elmond Road Comp, Mandy Lott is called upon to sort out boyfriend problems because she is considered an expert on the matter, having five brothers.
Beverley Walton does not like new girl Shelley Taylor, but is friendly towards her because she fancies Shelley’s brother Steve.
