Ariel ("A") hated her name, and she didn't fit in at high school. Parentless, her grandmother, Lucy, raised her. A convinced Lucy to date Claudia, but disaster struck when Claudia's ex spirited her daughter to TX, leaving only Ben, her son. A and Lucy supported Claudia & Ben, found them a lawyer, and become their lovers. A intervened in an attempted rape, thwarted by the store clerk, a retired marine. After their junior prom, Ben was kidnapped, with A to the rescue.
Fabian is a former professional boxer whose hobbies are quick sexual conquests and brutal winner-take-all fistfights on the beach. Lissa is a beautiful young girl trying to escape the barrio by going to college. They fall for each other hard, but the odds are stacked against them.