no guarantees is about a young african-american male who tries to overcome everyday stresses and problems while attending college. one of his major problems is that he is in love with a young lady [shirl] who happens to be one of his best friends, and she happens to have a steady boyfriend. despite this fact, horne has finally convinced her to go out on a “real” date with him. the date starts out rocky, but ends with horne passionately kissing her. he is excited and happy about what happened on the date, however, the events that follow the date do not go as well as he anticipated, and his excitement and happiness turn to uncertainty and disappointment. while horne is constantly riding an emotional roller coaster with shirl, he tries to have fun and keep perspective on things by kicking it with his boys: stevall, a twenty something virgin; corey, a player who prides himself on being able to juice money out of women; fred, an always hungry geek who is desperate for love; tim, a loud talking, skinny, want to be mack daddy. they all keep him on his toes as he discovers that in life and love nothing is guaranteed.