When Frankie tries out for the school basketball team and fails to get selected, he rebels by starting to smoke in an effort to give himself a cool image. Busy tries to get closer to Frankie by using cigarettes as a common medium.

When Busy gets her first period very unexpectantly, she must rely on her father to help her out. Later on, she talks with her mom about this new development in her life and insists it's no big deal especially when Amanda hears of it. Amanda is completely excited and jealous, for she has not gotten her period yet. Busy continues to call it no big deal but it really is, especially when she has a conversation with her mom about womanhood and the beauties of motherhood.

Amanda goes on a diet because she wants to be a model.

When Busy and Amanda get caught spying on Chrissy's slumber party, they inadvertantly get invited into Chrissy's house. But when a group of boys from Junior High gatecrash the party, alcohol is consumed, and things start to get out of hand.

Amanda tries to win an essay contest, in which Busy is already spending the prize money. Chrissy decides to start a club and Amanda is the only other member. But things go awry when Chrissy influences Amanda to shoplift and then blackmails her into not saying anything after Chrissy steals the essay and enters it as her own.

Busy's mom announces she is having a baby. Busy objects to the good news, fearing that she will no longer have a bedroom all to herself, as it is planned that the baby will sleep in Busy's bedroom. Meanwhile, Amanda develops a crush for Justin, when he accidently knocks her over whilst driving his sister's car on a car park.

Busy develops a crush on her karate instructor, and Amanda declares her love for a rock star. Both girls must come to terms with reality when they discover that the rock star is a jerk and their karate instructor is gay.

Amanda is crushed when she spies Chrissy and Justin making out.

When Manny decides to take a trip, the Ramone Butcher Shop is short on staff. Busy suggests her friend Troy but upon discovering his race, Sam vetoes the idea. He finally comes around only to jump to conclusions when money goes missing.

Monkey Ears begins to experience puberty.

When Amanda and Busy both try out for a garage band called Neon Vomit, and Amanda is hurt when only Busy gets in.

Amanda decides to throw a party where she plans on having her first kiss with her crush, Justin. Busy becomes worried when she sees her parents fight and then her mother announces she will be visiting Busy's grandmother for a couple weeks. Busy keeps this from Amanda who when she finally figures it out and confronts Busy tells her to drop it and that it's no big deal. Amanda mistakenly mentions it to Troy the boy Busy has a crush on and Busy explodes at her best friend and refuses to attend the party. However, they make up later at the party when Busy calms down. The party is initially a dud until a game of spin the bottle livens things up. Amanda's first kiss is not what she thought it would be when she must kiss Monkey Ears! Busy runs out on her kiss with Troy but later shares a private kiss with him away from prying eyes, except for Amanda's who sees the whole moment.

While babysitting Amanda and Busy spy a sex book and their curiousity gets the best of them when they decide to look at it. So as not to get caught reading it, Amanda takes it home with her and has no idea what to do with it. She takes it to school with her for safekeeping with a plan to return it later but accidently loses it. Turns out Monkey Ears has taken it and is selling photocopies of the graphic pictures. When he is caught he fingers Amanda as the owner of the book and she gets in trouble too. This leads to a very in depth conversation with her mother about sex. Meanwhile, Busy questions her brothers about sex with interesting results.

Troy Edwards has a crush on Busy, and sends her a poem to express how he feels about her. Soon, Troy plucks up the courage to ask Busy out.While Troy prepares for the date by trying to shave, Busy allows Amanda to give her a facial and manicure. Unfortunately, neither Troy's or Busy's preparations go to plan. Having listened to brother Dom's advice, Busy dresses for the date in a more feminine style unaccustomed to her usual tom-boy image. Dressed in a short skirt and pink tights, Busy finds it both uncomfortable and difficult to compete with Troy at bowling. Half way through their game, Busy goes to the toilet to change back into her normal, more comfortable clothes. When she returns, Busy starts to relax, and finds herself beating Troy at bowling. Unable to cope with a girl beating him, Troy's male ego is beaten, and drifts into a mood. Later, Troy apologises to Busy.

Busy's family seek advice.

Amanda's father losses his job. Amanda decides that if she doesn't want to get teased at school by Chrissy anymore she needs to get the ""cool"" clothes. But they cost alot of money. Amanda decides to get a job.

Busy & Amanda win concert tickets.

Busy plays basketball with the ""guys.""

Amanda and her mom move out.

Amanda meets Danny Masters.

When Busy's boyfriend Troy tries to be more than just her good friend, Busy realizes that she wants to break up with him. Amanda tries to deal with the fact that her boyfriend Danny is going home to live with his mom in New York City. Busy's brother Manny breaks the news of his new live-in girlfriend Sheila to the family.

Amanda is very upset when her mother starts dating again and attempts to ruin her love life. After her mother catches on to her, Amanda is forced to deal with the fact that her parents are not getting back together and that they're moving on with their lives.

When Busy meets a great older guy named Peter who enjoys her music and wants to play with her, Busy is ecstatic. However, she's unsure of what to do when she learns Peter's dad abuses him and Peter asks her to not say anything. After a great deal of thought Busy does tell but Peter says they're not friends anymore.

Amanda struggles with popularity when she must tutor Krissy the most popular girl in school but soon learns that being popular doesn't really mean anything because everyone has their own problems.

Amanda worries that her natural curiousity really means she's perverted, after she deliberately spies on Busy's brother Dominick in the shower. Busy is on a mission to determine whether it was really Dom that she heard on the sex radio show confessing to his girlfriend's sexual fetish of sunglasses.

When Amanda becomes the first girl in her class to start wearing a bra, the reaction of her friends is not what she had anticipated.