Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Living… in Atlanta. His next-door neighbor is Bianca Piper, a girl he used to be close to growing up. But they’ve gone their separate ways.
Profession… senior in high school and football team star. Wes is very popular, and he knows it.
Relationship Status… single. He was in a “strobe light relationship” with the most popular girl in school named Madison Morgan. They broke up and got back together more times than he can count. Wes says their relationship is over for good, but Madison hasn’t gotten that memo. Madison follows him around like a puppy dog.
Interests… football and Project Runway. He’s shooting for a football scholarship in college, but he needs to bump up his grades or else he’s going to end up off the football team. Despite his affinity with masculinity, Wes enjoys Project Runway and gives fashion advice to those who need it.
Challenge… passing his chemistry midterm. But his biggest project is doing a makeover for his neighbor Bianca who is a lot less popular than he is. Other people call her a “DUFF,” which stands for the Designated Ugly Fat Friend.
Personality… brutally honest, sympathetic, and cocky. Even though sometimes Wes’s straightforwardness can hurt, his truthfulness comes from a good place.
Get to Know him in...
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Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a 'DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF. And that's totally fine!
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Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper may not be the prettiest girl in her high school, but she has a loyal group of friends, biting wit, and a spot-on BS detector. She's also way too smart to fall for the charms of a man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush, who calls Bianca the Duff—the designated ugly fat friend—of her crew. But things aren't so great at home and Bianca, desperate for a distraction, ends up kissing Wesley. Worse, she likes it. Eager for escape, Bianca throws herself into a secret enemies-with-benefits relationship with him. Until it all goes horribly wrong. It turns out Wesley isn't such a bad listener, and his life is pretty screwed up, too. Suddenly Bianca realizes with absolute horror that she's falling for the guy she thought she hated more than anyone.
