Polk & Brianna

“He had a good heart, but the wrong ideas.”
Polk Van Der Meyr, 24, wants a life. But finding time for one between working as a stockboy, a mechanic, and an amateur MMA fighter would pose enough of a problem without his ink scaring everyone off. So, when he finally gets a chance at one, despite his mouth and anti-miscegenation tattoos, he hopes he can find a way to keep from screwing it up–or at least make up for it with his killer Boston Creme pie.

“To those who knew me well, you never knew me at all.”
Brianna Hawpe, 22, feels entitled–as she should. Ever since she saw the Nutcracker as a child, she’s spent every waking moment thinking, wishing, striving for the chance to join the Joffrey Ballet Company of Chicago. But no matter how much practice and time she puts toward her dance, she finds her confidence shaken by a boy who should have been beneath her and her own temptation.