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, um, we broke up. I mean, I don’t even know if we were officially dating. We aren’t going to see each other anymore.”


“Oh. I’m sorry to hear that.” But, oddly, Casey didn’t look sorry at all. He looked out the window and smiled. He was probably just happy to be out of rehab.


Things began to slowly fall into place for Casey and the rest of us. We went back to recording a few days after he got out, and he was on the ball. We finished a whole song the first day. It looked like we were going to be done with our second album soon.


Omar tentatively began booking us dates for appearances on TV shows, this time adding in Canada. We were going international! I mean, Canada’s not that far, but still.


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