Samantha Summers finally got what she'd been secretly dreaming of since she came to Grover Beach. She was kissed by Tony Mitchell. But already the next instant, he cops out and leaves her drowning in unrequited passion. An exhausting game of nearness and distance begins and threatens to drive Samantha crazy. If this wasn't bad enough, chaos breaks loose in her current home. Things go missing, her cousin Chloe behaves more like a bitch than ever, mistrust grows in the family, and Sam is supposed to be responsible for all of it. But how could she when she did nothing wrong? And what can Tony do to fix it all?