Mouse Bradford has just arrived at Perkins Girls College, leaving behind her father, stepmother and the small town where she grew up. Her two senior roommates, the striking, sharp-witted Pauline and the charming and beautiful Tory, quickly adopt Mouse who has lost her mother. When Pauline and Tory are found to be lovers, Mouse is caught up in the role of accomplice and confessor; and is left torn between her two friends.