Franklin U 2

Blaise There are a few things I know for sure: I'm gay, I want to do costume design for film and television, and a supportive family is what other people have. Oh… and fate's not my biggest fan. That's fine, though-who needs fate? I've got friends I love, a welcoming community, and a plan. Graduate college? Check. Build up my portfolio? Whenever I can. Impress industry pros? Done. Save the money for my dream internship? Working on it. All I've gotta do is stick with the plan, and that internship is mine next year. And then Jordan Marks walks into my life, and my plan turns into a loose guideline. Suddenly I'm learning about baseball and giving away shifts at work so I can watch him play. My goals are the same, but maybe there's room in them for the world's sweetest athlete. Jordan I'm pretty sure the gods of baseball don't care if I wear a suit on game day, but Franklin U and Coach do, so when mine rips, replacing it is an urgent mission. That's how I meet Blaise Warner and my "I guess I could be bi" musings become full-blown "I wanna learn to handle a bat" demands. Blaise is smart, talented, and has goals… and he's more than happy to teach me a new batting style. But as we go from casual to more, the things I never mentioned-like my dads' connections in the entertainment industry-become heavy secrets. Plus, while our friends know we're dating, nobody else does. That's not fair to Blaise, but do I really want to be the latest queer college ball player? I don't get a chance to figure it all out before things fall apart, and now we both have to decide what our real priorities are.

Chase Soria Every budding actor knows acting is a difficult gig. There will be grueling auditions and punishing rejections. If you're lucky, there'll be roles that pay the bills and even roles that won't. Roles we don't believe in. But that's what acting is, acting as if we do believe in them. So, when the semester's production project is announced and I'm cast as one of the leads, I'm ecstatic. A lot of responsibility, a lot of work, but I'm up for it. Even when I find out what my role is and who my partner is. Amos, the brooding James Dean wannabe, is my on-screen boyfriend. Which is great, except for the fact he hates me. I can do this. It's just acting. Nothing more. Amos Beddington The 90s are back, apparently. 90210 and Friends, but with a reality TV spin, which means cameras following us around as if they're capturing the everyday lives of Franklin U students. Me, but not me. Me, with no more than a character description, no script or screenplay. Method acting, being the character 24/7, not just when the cameras are rolling. With a campus boyfriend. Method acting is immersive and intense, and it can be confusing if the lines begin to blur. I mean, I've dreamed of being with the irritatingly gorgeous and annoyingly popular Chase Soria, and now I have to be his on-screen boyfriend? I'm a good actor, sure. But how can I be convincing when I'm not sure I can even convince myself?

EMMETT My twin brother and I have gotten ourselves into a lot of messes growing up. We would constantly switch places to escape consequences while protecting each other at every cost. But sleeping with Ben's professor is a whole new level of mess, because there's something Jonah doesn't know. He might have been Ben's professor last semester, but the person he was lecturing wasn't Ben. It was me. JONAH From the moment I meet Emmett, I know he looks familiar but I can't pinpoint where from. It's not until I see his twin brother in the quad that I put two and two together. Dating the sibling of one of my ex-students isn't a huge problem for me, but I can't help thinking the twins are hiding something. The more time I spend with Emmett, the more I fall for him, but as my insecurity grows, so does my worry that I'm being played. When my heart and my gut tell me two different things, I don't know which to trust. My gut tells me to cut and run, but my heart won't let me. Even though I've been telling myself to hold back, it's too late. I'm already in too deep.