Mouse Bradford has just arrived at Perkins Girls College. She has left behind the small town where she grew up, her father and her stepmother. Mouse is quickly adopted by her two senior roommates, the striking, sharp-witted Paulie and the charming and beautiful Tory. Mouse has lost her mother, Paulie lost the parents who gave her up for adoption and Tory is losing herself to fit her parents' expectations. They become inseparable. Paula, Tori and Mouse are determined to maintain their individuality against the backdrop of their private girls' school. When Paula and Tori are found to be lovers, Mouse is caught in the role of accomplice and confessor; she is left torn between two friends.