If I had to rate them based on what you said here:
it would be between Ricky and Cay, and the second place would be Vinnie and the third would be Destiny. I thank @TheTigerWriter for helping me develop this idea, and I will write it at some point in the future, but I’m not sure how this will get completed within the time constraints of the Wattys. It’s just not moving along as fast as I want it to.
Cay’s is a story of self-discovery:
Cay Mora has had enough of his mediocre life.
Ever since he divorced his wife, Mara, he’s wanted to get away and start somewhere fresh. Taking all his belongings, he decides to go to Southern Texas for a fresh start with his cousin Jey, and partner Tony, showing up to his party unexpectedly.
In the meantime, he goes on a chaotic journey with Cousin Jey in order to get his life back together.
And the Ricky and Mateo story is one about growing up. It’s a continutation of this:
Ricky and Mateo are both slacking in school and in danger of failing their most feared subjects. After a revelation in a diner, they join forces to pass the school year.
Despite their friends, family, and peers’ disapproval, the duo band together to create their own study group at Mateo’s Dad’s diner, Electric Tacos.
With tension building throughout the school year, hidden secrets and burning romances arise along with the room’s temperature as the duo fight to survive the school year in one piece.
Join them on this hormonal rollercoaster as they come of age in Angel Falls.
(P.S, Don’t worry: plenty of extortion and other nefarious deals will break up the typical monotony of our cheesy high school romance.)
Those are the top two ideas at the moment. Cay doesn’t have as much plot as Ricky and Mateo, but I think that Cay might be a more entertaining character than Ricky and Mateo.
