Zeno

At sixteen, Zeno Anderson is on the cusp of graduation. He's anxious to leave for college in Illinois come fall, but his cautious parents have their doubts about letting him out of the nest before he's eighteen. Zeno worries he's doing more to hurt than help himself on that front.

The thing is, Zeno has a tendency to run from problems, and he's a bit confused in his social life. After a terrible misunderstanding, he's been avoiding best friend, Marvus, for months now, only to find himself semi-crushing on Jemma, who seems to be catching feelings of her own. When something serious happens to Zeno at Jemma's unsupervised party, threatening their friendship, Zeno doesn't do himself any favors by not letting his parents in on it.

Then, there's tall, handsome Dalvin Drake, wide receiver on the football team. Zeno is surprised to discover, as his crush on Jemma wanes, his feelings for dreamy Dalvin fast-track from buddy zone to full-on flirt. With two friendships already on the rocks, Zeno doesn't want to risk losing Dalvin. Yeah, but the thing is, Dalvin's suddenly dropping hints that he's into Zeno too.

Life is so complicated. What exactly is a fella supposed to do with all this?