Teen-Age Love #5

Beth arrives at Grange University dazzled by Gary Forbes, the star athlete she's admired from afar, but accepts a movie date with Roger, the steady boy-next-door she's known for years—mainly as a way to get close to Gary at the upcoming frat dance. After Gary sweeps her off her feet with charm and attention, Beth discovers that beneath his polished exterior lies a self-centered egotist who treats her as just another conquest, forcing her to see Roger's quiet devotion in an entirely new light.

Madge has loved Hal since childhood, but when a New York booking agent discovers her talent in a local theater production, ambition pulls her away from their quiet life together and toward the glittering promise of Broadway. In the rush of attention and a new romance, Madge struggles to hold onto what she left behind while chasing the stardom she's always dreamed of.

A proud mother glows as she shows off her handsome young man around town, reveling in the admiring glances they draw together—until a chance meeting with his university roommates reveals a twist that reframes everything she thought she knew about their relationship.

A small-town girl named Della watches helplessly as Rick, the boy she's loved since childhood, leaves Springdale for New York when his father opens a medical practice there. When Della's own father is invited to present his scientific work in New York the following year, she finally gets the chance to see Rick again—but his new life among sophisticated city crowds makes her wonder if she'll ever truly belong in his world. As old feelings resurface and misunderstandings threaten to keep them apart, both discover what it really takes to bridge the distance between them.

Selma has secretly harbored feelings for her coworker Charles for a year, convinced he'll never notice her—so when an office gift exchange rolls around, she anonymously buys him an expensive tie, hoping he'll never discover her identity or her heart. But when the gifts are drawn, a playful setup by their coworkers reveals that Charles had bought a gift for Selma too, and suddenly both realize they've been unknowingly on the same page all along.

Mona has planned a safe future with her steady fiancé Danny, but when she encounters Mark Denning—a brilliant, passionate artist—at a gallery, she falls for him completely and begins spending stolen time in his company. When Mark declares his love and asks her to marry him, Mona's fear of the world's cruelty to unconventional dreamers makes her demand he abandon his art for an ordinary job, forcing Mark to challenge her to overcome her own cowardice.