I'm sick of being called Junior. Sure, I'm William Nicholas Martens, Jr., but I just want to go by Nick. I'm sick of my boyfriend mismatching his socks on purpose. And I'm sick of being in the closet.<br><br>All this changes when my band Taking Back Nick lands a record deal. My friends Casey, Kennedy, Levi, and I are about to make it big. In one night I come out to my parents and break up with my boyfriend. And then the hard part starts. Casey is my oldest friend, and I move in with him after my breakup. But things ... start to happen.<br><br>We skyrocket to fame, but Casey finds himself in the middle of some serious addiction issues. Combined with him showing me so much affection, I start to worry there's more going on than just the stress of success. Will Casey be able to overcome his addictions and find happiness? More importantly, will that happiness be with me?

Porch Light

We also got on the local news during the morning show. Turns out their morning anchor was a fan. Well, she was super into Casey. I was glad we were leaving to begin the press elsewhere.


We went to Nashville for another month while we played gigs and did more interviews and such. I was nervous about going back, but I also didn’t text Tony to let him know we were back in his city. Things were going well with Casey.


Well, I mean, things were still going nowhere. We didn’t talk about that drunken night, so I assumed he wanted to pretend it never happened. Which hurt. But I also kept reminding myself of his sobbing body the next morning. He had been pushed to do something with me he clearly didn’t want to do, so I didn’t want to push him anymore.


Chapter 33