Max Evans and Liz Parker are two sixteen teenagers, students of West Roswell High. They only know each other because they are lab partners in the biology class. However, fate brings them together where they become friends, then fall in love.
It all begins with the shooting in the Crashdown Cafe. Liz is working as a waitress at her parents' bussiness. When a gun shot hits her, Max runs to her and...heals her. He is clearly 'not from around here' and Liz discovers his, Michael and Isabel's secret. They are aliens. First, reluctant to tell their feelings, they finally find love in each other and simply become inseparables. Maria, Liz's best friend calls them 'soulmates'. But Max finds out his destiny and other obstacles will cross the path of the two lovers. Will their love survive through everything ?