Plot

The intelligent Annabelle starts in an elite Catholic girls' boarding high school after being expelled from the previous 2 schools. She's open about being lesbian. She's attracted to her teacher, Simone.

Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly between her and her teacher, Simone Bradley. Annabelle pursues Simone relentlessly until Simone must make a choice between following her heart and doing what's right.—kwedgwood@hotmail.com

Annabelle Tillman (Erin Kelly), the daughter of a senator, is sent to an all-girls Catholic boarding school after being expelled from two of her previous schools. Simone Bradley (Diane Gaidry), a poetry teacher at the school, is in charge of her dormitory. Annabelle shares the dormitory with an amiable classmate, Kristen (Michelle Horn). She also shares a room with Katherine, who tends to bully people, and Colins (Laura Breckenridge), a student with a nervous disposition.

Simone is a dependable and respectable teacher who occasionally bends the rules out of concern for her students. Her personal life is synonymous with abiding by the conventions of society and religion. Annabelle is her antiagent with unrestrained behavior, unconventional choices and outright defiance for authority.

Annabelle receives a stern rebuke from the principal, Mother Immaculata (Ilene Graff), for audaciously flaunting her Buddhist prayer beads. Simone is given the responsibility of controlling her. At first, Simone requests that the principal move Annabelle to another dormitory but soon notices her maturity and sensitivity and convinces her to comply with the school regulations. In the process Annabelle falls in love with Simone.

Simone resists Annabelle's delicate overtures until they are left alone at the school during spring break. Simone drives Annabelle to her beach house where Annabelle discovers painful personal details about Simone's past. Annabelle holds Simone tightly in her arms as Simone breaks down. A deep emotional connection is established between the two.

Simone fights a hard battle with herself but is eventually overpowered by Annabelle's relentless pursuit. At the annual school dance, Annabelle goes up on stage with her guitar and sings a song for Simone. Simone, who is confused, runs outside, but Annabelle catches up with her. They kiss and return to Simone's room where the two of them make love.

The next morning, Mother Immaculata walks in on them getting dressed and demands to see Simone in her office immediately. On being questioned if she did the right thing, Simone admits that she loves Annabelle and that they indeed had sex last night. Just then, government officials show up and arrest Simone just as she is leaving the office for having sexual relations with a minor (having been called by Mother Immaculata). Annabelle places her most prized possession the Buddhist prayer beads in Simone's hands as the police take her away.

Annabelle retreats to her room where she tearfully looks at her pictures taken by Simone at the beach house while Simone is driven away in the backseat of a police car. The movie ends with Annabelle saying the following quote: "For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks the work for which all other work is but preparation."