Chris Powell

Chris, a main character in The Freshman, The Sophomore, The Junior and The Senior series, was a student at Hartfeld and a member of Hartfeld's football team "Knights." In Book 2, Chapter 14, he was elected as the student council president. He is also one of your love interests. He graduated in The Senior, Chapter 15. He is first seen in The Freshman, Book 1, Chapter 1.

Appearance
Chris has a muscular build, blue eyes, short brown hair, fair skin, and a bit of stubble. He usually wears a red or a white shirt.

In The Sophomore, his hair reached down to his neck with a few strands falling down to his face. He wears a green long-sleeved shirt.

In The Sophomore, you can give him a makeover in which he will either revert to his Freshman look, keep his Sophomore look, or adopt a new look. In this new look, his hair is slightly longer and swept back on top and skin-faded on the sides. He wears blue jeans and a red plaid button up beneath a tan knit sweater. He will keep the appearance you choose throughout The Junior and The Senior.

Personality
Chris is a nice guy who doesn't want any harm. Unfortunately, he is also pretty clumsy and impressionable because of his low self-confidence. Because of this, he unwittingly does imprudent things which hurt people he cares about.

Background
According to Chris, he fell in with the wrong crowd in high school, culminating with stealing a car. Before arriving at Hartfeld, he ended up with seven crimes in his criminal record. Thankfully, the football coach offered him the chance to join the team, which sparked his love for the sport.

The Freshman, Book 1
As Your Character arrives at Hartfeld, she bumps into Chris. Chris is on the football team and has a sports scholarship but initially only stays on the bench, unless someone is injured. However, after Darren, the star member of the team, gets injured, Chris takes his place. Unfortunately, this attracts the attention of the Kappa Phi Sigma sisters Becca and Madison. After she flirts relentlessly with him, Becca and Chris start dating. Chris doesn't seem very happy in this situation, especially if Your Character is present. Your roommates are also mad at him because he keeps on ditching them to hang out with Becca, even on Kaitlyn's birthday.

Later, Chris dumps Becca and asks you for forgiveness. He then becomes a potential date to the formal.

The Freshman, Book 2
In The Freshman, Book 2, if you went to the formal with him, you have the opportunity to kiss him. At the party, he tells you he feels very useless since football season is over. Your Character is able to calm him down and convince him to play a role in James's play. It is suggested that Becca still has a romantic interest in him at this point, since she seems jealous when you flirt or chat with him. Additionally, you and Becca compete for the role of Chris' love interest during auditions.

Book 1

 * Chapter 1: Welcome to Hartfeld University
 * Chapter 2: Rooftop Games
 * Chapter 3: The Assistant
 * Chapter 4: The All-Nighter
 * Chapter 5: Game Day
 * Chapter 6: Kappa House Party
 * Chapter 7: Rush Week
 * Chapter 8: On the Hunt (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 9: Sorority Ball, Part 1
 * Chapter 10: Sorority Ball, Part 2 (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 11: The Birthday Girl, Part 1
 * Chapter 12: The Birthday Girl, Part 2
 * Chapter 13: The Birthday Girl, Part 3
 * Chapter 15: The Professor's Daughter
 * Chapter 16: Last Call
 * Chapter 17: The Hartfeld Formal

Chris: Luxury Getaway

 * Chapter 1: Chris: Luxury Getaway

The Freshman: Snowed In

 * Chapter 1: Snowed In
 * Chapter 2: Snow Worries

Book 2

 * Chapter 1: Winter in Hartfeld
 * Chapter 2: Welcome Back Party
 * Chapter 3: Auditions
 * Chapter 4: Playing the Part
 * Chapter 5: Stage Kiss
 * Chapter 6: The Cast Party
 * Chapter 7: The Talk
 * Chapter 8: The Hospital
 * Chapter 9: Just Friends
 * Chapter 10: Ballot Boxing
 * Chapter 11: Visitors
 * Chapter 12: The Debate
 * Chapter 13: Swing Vote Sixties
 * Chapter 14: Inauguration Night
 * Chapter 15: Setting Sail

Book 3

 * Chapter 1: New Leaves
 * Chapter 2: A Place to Belong
 * Chapter 3: New Kid on the Block
 * Chapter 4: Budgetary Concerns
 * Chapter 5: Bad Reputation
 * Chapter 6: A Kappa Birthday
 * Chapter 7: Rebel With a Cause
 * Chapter 8: Misadventures in Babysitting (Determinant)
 * Chapter 9: Until We Meet Again (Determinant)
 * Chapter 10: Caught in the Middle
 * Chapter 11: Rock 'Roll' Hartfeld
 * Chapter 12: Flirting With Disaster
 * Chapter 13: California Dreaming (Determinant)
 * Chapter 14: Karma Chameleon
 * Chapter 15: Take a Chance on Me
 * Chapter 16: Never Gonna Give You Up
 * Chapter 17: Don't You (Forget About Me)

Book 4

 * Chapter 1: Rockin' Down the Highway (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 2: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
 * Chapter 3: Summer Wine
 * Chapter 4: Can't Buy Me Love
 * Chapter 5: Born to be Wild
 * Chapter 6: Hungry Like the Wolf
 * Chapter 7: Bad Moon Rising
 * Chapter 8: Stand By Me

The Freshman: Game of Love

 * Chapter 1: May the Best Couple Win (Determinant)
 * Chapter 2: Everyone's A Winner

The Freshman: Love Bites

 * Chapter 1: The Bite
 * Chapter 2: Blood Wanted

Book 1

 * Chapter 1: Semi-Charmed Life
 * Chapter 2: Carry Me Home
 * Chapter 3: Run-Around
 * Chapter 4: Bills, Bills, Bills
 * Chapter 5: Party Up
 * Chapter 6: Smells Like Teen Spirit
 * Chapter 7: Livin' La Vida Loca
 * Chapter 8: I Want It That Way
 * Chapter 9: Barbie Girls (Determinant)
 * Chapter 10: Animal Instincs
 * Chapter 11: Sabotage (Determinant)
 * Chapter 12: Get What You Give
 * Chapter 13: You Oughta Know
 * Chapter 14: Unbreak My Heart
 * Chapter 15: Bitter Sweet Symphony
 * Chapter 16: Baby One More Time
 * Chapter 17: It's The End of the World as We Know It

Book 2

 * Chapter 1: Hanging by a Moment
 * Chapter 2: Everything Will be Alright
 * Chapter 3: Independent Woman (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 4: Come Away With Me
 * Chapter 5: Take a Bow
 * Chapter 6: Daddy Wasn't There
 * Chapter 7: Try Again
 * Chapter 8: Family Affairs
 * Chapter 9: Bye Bye Bye
 * Chapter 10: Get the Party Started
 * Chapter 11: Beautiful Day
 * Chapter 12: Just Dance
 * Chapter 13: U Got it Bad
 * Chapter 14: Graduation (Friends Forever)
 * Chapter 15: Not Ready to Make Nice (Determinant)

The Sophomore: Hartfeld Horror Story

 * Chapter 2: I Know What You Did Last Quarter

Book 1

 * Chapter 1: Live While We're Young
 * Chapter 2: A Head Full of Dreams (Determinant)
 * Chapter 3: Shake it Off (Offscreen; Physical Appearance Determinant)
 * Chapter 4: We Can't Stop
 * Chapter 5: Somebody That I Used to Know (Determinant)
 * Chapter 6: Problem
 * Chapter 7: We Are Young
 * Chapter 9: Pray You Catch Me (Determinant)
 * Chapter 10: Set Fire to the Rain (Determinant)
 * Chapter 11: Sorry (Determinant)
 * Chapter 12: Rolling in the Deep
 * Chapter 13: Look What You Made Me Do

The Senior

 * Chapter 1: Don't Stop Me Now (Determinant)
 * Chapter 2: Year of the Cat
 * Chapter 3: Atomic Punk (Determinant)
 * Chapter 4: Mr. Blue Sky
 * Chapter 5: The Jungle Line (Determinant)
 * Chapter 7: Hooked on a Feeling (Determinant)
 * Chapter 8: Video Killed the Radio Star
 * Chapter 9: Rebel Rebel
 * Chapter 10: Imagine
 * Chapter 11: Go Your Own Way (Determinant)
 * Chapter 12: Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Determinant)
 * Chapter 13: London Calling (Determinant)
 * Chapter 14: Come And Get Your Love
 * Chapter 15: Changes

Your Character
Chris is the first person Your Character meets once she arrives at Hartfeld and a love interest for her. They turn out to be roommates. He seems very attracted to her but is still struggling over the recent break-up with his ex-girlfriend. In The Freshman, Book 2, they work on James' play together and she helps him with his campaign when he runs for student council president.

In The Sophomore, Book 1 and Book 2, Your Character is able to help him gain confidence about his new position as captain of the football team. In Book 2, Chapter 12, if his confidence is high enough, he will give her a Swartout-Walker award as his token of appreciation.

If Your Character has been dating Chris since the beginning of The Freshman series, in The Sophomore, the two of you celebrate your one year anniversary in Book 2, Chapter 4. In Chapter 15, if you are dating him, he will ask you if you want to move in together.

In The Junior, if you are dating him, you live in an apartment with Chris.

In The Senior, Chapter 15, if you are dating Chris, he will propose to you. If you chose to accept your job offer in London, he will move to England with you. If you reject the job offer in London, are single or are dating a different love interest, he will continue living out his dream of playing for The Nightingales.

Becca
In the first chapter of The Freshman, Book 1, Becca is rude to Your Character, which gives you a chance to see the little affection she has for Chris. They date for a while then Chris dumps her to pursue Your Character. By the time Becca moves into Vazquez's old house alongside Chris and the rest of your friends, the two have nearly forgotten that they were involved and live together without any romantic tension at all.

Nicole
Chris dated his ex, Nicole, for 3 years before coming to Hartfeld. He was very much in love with her, but she broke up with him when they headed to different colleges. In The Freshman, Book 1, Chris isn't over this loss and just wants to have some fun in his freshman year to forget about her.

Family
Chris's mom works in the clothing industry and his father, Frank, was a haul truck driver. He has a 10-year-old brother, Kyle, and an 8-year-old sister, AJ. He loves his family but has a hard time talking about his father, who abandoned them when he was ten years old.

In The Sophomore, Book 2, Chapter 6, Frank Powell appears and ask Chris to be his father again. Chris is unsure but eventually gives his father the chance to get to know him and his sister AJ. He cuts his father off completely once he learns that Frank is not ready to be a father at all.

Manny De La Cruz
In The Sophomore, Book 1, Chris and Manny are supposed to be roommates, but they don't get along well. Chris mentions that Manny has kicked him out several times out of their room so that Manny can hook up with his girlfriend. This leads to Chris moving in with Your Character and your friends. Despite Chris being the football captain, Manny holds a low opinion of Chris and is flustered when the latter threatens to bench both him and Zig for the first game of the season. His behavior leads to Chris having doubts about his own leadership skills. After you and Zig tell him about Manny's unwanted advances toward Zig, he finally sides with you and tries to have Manny removed from the football team.

Other Looks

 * -|The Freshman=

Trivia

 * He is shown on the covers of The Freshman, Book 1, The Freshman, Book 4, Chris: Luxury Getaway, The Freshman: Game of Love, and The Sophomore: Hartfeld Horror Story, as well as the former app icon for Choices along with Dave Reyes from Most Wanted and Kenna from The Crown & The Flame.
 * His look in the icon is different from his looks in the game. His eye color is green in the icon, but in the game, it's blue.
 * He bears a resemblance to actors Chris Pine, Robert Buckley, and Chace Crawford.
 * The name Christopher is of Greek origin and means "to bear/carry Christ".
 * The surname Powell is of Welsh origin and means "child of a eminent person".
 * His secret talent is flower arranging: He had several odd jobs in high school, including apprenticing for a florist.
 * Chris' ultimate fantasy is to rescue a girl from a burning building.
 * Ironically, his Halloween costume in Hartfeld Horror Story is a firefighter.
 * He is from Cherryfield, Maine.
 * In Helen Twombly's story in The Sophomore: Hartfeld Horror Story, he is renamed Chad and is portrayed as a stereotypical Jock. You can also play as him for one choice in Chapter 2.
 * He shares the same first name as Chris Winters, a character from the Red Carpet Diaries series. Dallas James' real first name is also Chris.
 * In Chapter 5 of The Freshman, Book 1, Zack refers to him for the first time as Captain America when talking about him with Your Character. As the series progresses, he simply calls him "Cap".
 * If you choose to go to the zoo with him, AJ, and Frank Powell in The Sophomore, Book 2, Chapter 8, it is revealed that Chris is scared of snakes ever since the snake pit scene of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
 * In Chapter 15 of The Sophomore, Book 2, if you are dating him or if you are single, he will be the one to get in the car with Tyler and Abbie.
 * If MC is dating James, Chris is neither seen nor credited to be present in the chapter. In this case, it is only revealed in The Junior, Chapter 1, that he was present.
 * Like Flynn O'Malley from Veil of Secrets, Chris is responsible for stealing a car before the start of their respective stories.
 * The only difference is that Flynn went to prison for six years, while Chris only got the offence and a criminal record but no jail time.
 * He is a certified skydiving instructor which was revealed in The Senior, Chapter 4.
 * He reveals to Your Character (if he's your love interest) in The Senior, Chapter 14, that he's not half bad at soccer.
 * In The Senior, Chapter 15, he receives a Bachelor degree in Science and graduates with a major in Political Science.

Memorable Quotes
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