A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross country with the help of a girl they meet to compete in the ultimate video game championship.

Frustrated by her unsuccessful blind dates, Samantha stumbles into a photo exhibition, sees and likes the photographer, and writes him an email. But the email is intercepted by the photographer's son, who uses his father's identity to arrange a date for his widower father, because he doesn't like his father's blonde manager and fears that she could become his stepmother. Still under his father's name, the son asks out Samantha. When she arrives, of course the identity theft is uncovered, and an embarrassed Samantha turns and tries to go home. But their fate might still hold some unexpected twists and turns.

When Ruby Baker's parents are killed in a car accident, she and her brother, Rhett, must travel to Malibu, to live with Terrence and Erin Glass, their former neighbors. At first, all seems well. Ruby is making new friends at school and Rhett is getting more video games and flashy toys than he's ever had in his life. When Ruby speaks to her family's estate lawyer, he tells her that her parents have left Rhett and her $4 million. Suddenly, Ruby begins to notice odd behavior from Terry and Erin.