Returning to school for spring semester, Ben is determined to put his relationship with Rafe behind him and concentrate on his grades, but instead finds himself fighting feelings for two very different people while trying to figure out his true self.

Three high school seniors, a jock with a girlfriend and an alcoholic father, a closeted gay, and a flamboyant gay rights advocate, struggle with family issues, gay bashers, first sex, and conflicting feelings about each other.

Told in a series of blank verse poems, two boys Van (called Vanilla) and Hunter tell of their relationship which began before they were teenagers, but floundered in high school, mostly because Hunter thinks they should be having sex and Vanilla is not so sure.

A collection of short stories about homosexuality by such authors as Bruce Coville, M.E. Kerr, William Sleator, and Jane Yolen.