Susan loves Joey from afar as he dates one girl after another and breaks their hearts. When she finally gets her chance with Joey she then finds that she isn't sure of his love.; A girl reads letters from her late mother, written years earlier telling how she married her fiance in spite of the fact that she had a fatal illness so that they could have a year of happiness together, and a child.; Abby is determined to concentrate on her job as a teacher and not to fall in love with Tod, the new teacher hired to help her.; Ann leaves behind her dreams of stardom on the stage when she finds love more important than the endless fighting for fame.; Candy and Jeff live together in poverty, each one making secret sacrifices so that the other one will be happy, until they find that they both would rather change their lives for the better.