It seems like fate has arrived when Cher is swept off her feet by Sonny in the local ice-cream parlor. Unfortunately, he is 20 years old and in college, and Cher hasn't told him that she is just 16.
Murray and Sean play a round of golf with Josh and become hooked on the sport. Dee becomes upset when she realises that Murray's obsession means that she is being ignored. Cher comes up with a plan.
Drivers Ed has started at school and Mel takes Cher on her first driving lesson. It turns out disastrously and Cher loses confidence. Soon everybody in the class has their licence except Cher. It takes a tragedy to inspire Cher.
Cher and Dee are inspired to make stylish muff purses for their hands. Before long everybody at school wants one so Cher starts up a business making them. However, after selling them at a show the reality of running a business sets in.
Everybody is preparing for the MTV dance party coming up but Cher is dateless, until a new boy joins the class. Cher arranges to meet in the modern dance class and they hit it off. He seems too good to be true, so what is his flaw?
The class is randomly broken up into pairs for a project on a particularly country. Cher is drawn to work on Canada with the class geek and social outcast, Felice. Cher learns a lot about friendships during the exercise.
Oddrey was expelled from her previous school and has just transfered to Bronson Alcott High. After a bad encounter, Cher tries to befriend her. However, no matter what she tries to do, Cher only seems to make matters worse.
Mr Hall becomes ill and Cher is infatuated with his substitute. She decides that she needs to become more mature in order to attract his attention. But Cher finds this difficult to do after she is put on a budget by her father.
It's the end of high school and the group are going separate ways. Dionne is particularly upset that Murray is going away to Africa and so she decides to get back with him. They end up spending the night together.
When Cher is criticised by Mr. Hall as not living up to her potential, he suggests that she do some volunteer work to broaden her outlook. Cher and Dee end up beautifying a city park, which becomes a much bigger project than she expected.