It is Elizabeth Jones' (Rebecca Williams) 17th birthday and she and her mother Marie (Jane Kaczmarek) and cousin Kelli Dunley (Carliegh Beverly) are baking and decorating Elizabeth's birthday cake and planning her party. When LeAnn (Kim Dickens), Marie's sister and Kelli's mother arrives late because of work, Elizabeth's boyfriend Mark Stenwyck (Nick Thurston) shows up, even after Marie tells Elizabeth the party was family only and was to wait until after the party to see Mark, LeAnn admits it was her fault for being late. Elizabeth leaves with Mark to see a movie and Kelli goes home to study for a test with her friend Vicki and their friends Austin and Cody. After Vicki and Cody leave Kelli's house, Austin stays behind as he was starting to fall for Kelli and they share a kiss. When LeAnn arrives home from work and catches Kelli performing a sexual act with Austin, she arranges for Kelli to stay at Marie's home when she is working that weekend. Meanwhile, as Mark and Elizabeth get back to Elizabeth's house, he wants to get a room the following night but Elizabeth has a scary movie night with her friends Amy and Lainie at Amy's house.