Riley believes in love and finding a soul mate. She is in love with her boyfriend, Jacob, despite his annoying habits of being late, smoking, and not getting along with her twin brother, Randy. He is her soul mate and they will be together forever.... or so she thought. On the night of her sixteenth birthday, Riley discovers that her boyfriend, who she thought was the greatest guy in the world, has been cheating on her. She breaks up with him and is able to convince herself that she can live without him. But with Jacob still wanting her in his life, she is unable to tell if she is truly over him. She is able to forget about her ex by having to help her friends, her brother distracting her from the recurring "happy" memories of her and her ex, and by meeting a new guy that could be described only as story book perfect. Even with all the wonderful things that are happening to her, does she still think that Jacob deserves a second chance? The L Word is about a teenage girl discovering if forgiving and forgetting is true or if moving on is the only way to forget your first love.