Anna, a soon-to-be secondary school graduate, plans to go traveling for a year before attending university, much to the displeasure of her father Tony. Her friends are dealing with their own issues: her best friend John is secretly in love with her, Chris is struggling with a class assignment, and Steph is trying to get her social justice reporting past the tyrannical vice principal Mr. Savage ("Break Away"). Nick, Anna's macho ex-boyfriend, is also making her life difficult ("Hollywood Ending"). The night of the school Christmas show, in which Chris's girlfriend Lisa is performing ("It's That Time of Year"), Anna and John are working in the local bowling alley and Chris and Steph have gone to film for Steph's story. During this time, a zombie infection starts spreading and Lisa, Tony, Savage, and Chris's grandmother are stranded in the school. Anna and John bond over her post-graduation plans on their ways home from work.