Characters
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Ricky Bofante/Baxter
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 14
- Orientation:
- Straight
Ricky is an outcast in every order imaginable. He has the entire population of his school convinced that he is gay, but is indeed strait. He has been abused since the tender age of five and has finally had enough of it. He hates everyone except for Danny, Brad, and his little sister Aggie. He starts to develop a crush on Lily.
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Naomi Roth
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 14
- Orientation:
- Bisexual
Naomi is Brad's best friend besides Ricky and Danny. She listens to him when he is having troubles trying to get Danny to notice him. She secretly has a crush on Morgan, but would rather die than admit it.
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Danny De Luca
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 14
- Orientation:
- Homosexual
Danny has been Ricky's best friend since they met in a boarding school for juvenile delinquents when they were seven. He has an abusive, alcoholic father; and his mother abandoned him when he was six. He has a large crush on Brad, ad a small one on Ricky that he is fighting to get over for the sake of their friendship.
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Tucker Kaufman
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 14
- Orientation:
- Straight
Tucker is one of the newer additions to the town. He moved from New York after his dad was charged with a DUI. Only weeks after moving, his father was jailed because he beat Tucker so severely that he had to have surgery to try and fix a shattered rib. He never met his mother, and therefore uses woman as a way to take revenge against her.
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Aggie Bofante
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 4
Aggie (full name: Margaret) is Ricky's little sister. She is the last thing that is keeping him sane and without her he would lose it.
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Brad Marshall
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 14
- Orientation:
- Bisexual
Brad has been good friends with Ricky for as long as either one of them can remember. They used to be in an inseparable trio with lily, but when Ricky was sent to boarding school the trio fell apart. Lily became popular and Brad was left in the dust. When Ricky returned from his school, he brought Danny. The two were never as close as they had been; but Ricky brought back a love interest for him so all was forgiven.
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Lily Bauer
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 14
- Orientation:
- Straight
Lily is the queen of her middle school. She pretends to be uncaring when someone taunts her old friends, but secretly it tears her up inside. She hates how she abandoned them, and seeks to help them whenever she can in ways that they won't find out. She never understood why Ricky grew to hate her so much; and it bothers her because she never quite got over the feelings she had for them when she was younger.
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Morgan Pletner
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 14
- Orientation:
- Straight
Morgan has been Danny's neighbor since they were small children. Him, Ricky, and Brad all attended the same school when they were smaller. Issues with the law had Ricky kicked out when he was at the age of seven, and Morgan went to public school. He remained close friends with Brad. When Ricky and Danny returned, Morgan soon became friends with them as well. As his popularity grew, he hid his friendship with them more and more until it disappeared completely.