The First Time Club

Four girls seeking adventure decide to create The First Time Club. They meet at midnight on the first night of every month to share the things they have done for the first time and to look for new things to do that none of them has ever done before. To make their secret club official, they decide to pledge their loyalty in blood. Using a dirty razor, the girls slice their fingers and rub their blood together. They repeat this blood ritual every month at their meeting. Marie is the most rebellious of the group. She is the first to experiment with cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, etc. Alison is the most timid. Eventually, Marie and Alison become sexually active—one of them wants to while the other is pressured by Joel repeatedly saying, "You would if you loved me." When Joel winds up in the hospital with AIDS, the girls are shocked and scared. Have they contracted the HIV virus? Meanwhile, the girls continue to be bonded in friendship and adventure—and blood.