For Keeps

In Kenosha, Wisconsin, Darcy, editor at her high school paper, and her steady boyfriend Stan are in their final year of high school and already have been accepted at good colleges; before Darcy goes to the University of Wisconsin to study journalism, she will go on a trip to Paris with her mother for her graduation present, while Stan will go to Caltech to study architecture. With the help of Darcy's best friend Lila, Darcy and Stan spend a weekend together, where they sleep together, and Darcy becomes pregnant. They announce the news at Thanksgiving, and neither Darcy's mother Donna, who was abandoned by her husband and brought up Darcy alone, nor Stan's Catholic Church parents are very supportive. Respectively, they urge the young couple to have an abortion or give up the baby for adoption. Darcy plans to have an abortion, but does not go through with it, much to Stan's relief.

Darcy, a editora do jornal da escola, e seu namorado Stan estão nos últimos meses do ensino médio e cheios de planos para o futuro, até que descobrem que Darcy está grávida e que terão de se adaptar a um novo estilo de vida. Eles se casam, mas equilibrar faculdade, maternidade e as contas não vai ser nada fácil.