Chris Powell

Chris, a main character in The Freshman and The Sophomore series, is 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 is first seen in 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.

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. He fell in with the wrong crowd in high school and stole a car. Which makes him to have committed seven crimes in his criminal record. 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. He's in the football team and has a sports scholarship but only stays on the bench, unless someone is injured. However, after Darren, the star member of the team, got injured, Chris takes his place. Unfortunately, this attracts the attention of the Kappa Phi Sigma sisters Becca and Madison. After relentlessly flirting 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's possible that Becca still likes him because she's acting jealous when you flirt or chat with him, and auditions as the role that has a kiss scene with Chris, therefore, bringing you competition.

Your Character
Chris is the first person Your Character meets once she arrives at Hartfeld. Later they turn out to be roommates. He seems very attracted to her.

Becca
In the first chapter of Book 1, Becca was rude to Your Character which gave you a chance to see the little affection she has for Chris. They dated for awhile then Chris dumped her because he realized that she wasn't the right one for his heart.

Nicole
Chris had been dating 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. Chris isn't over this loss and just wants to have some fun in his freshman year to forget about this.

Family
Chris's mom works in the clothing industry and his father was a haul truck driver. He has a 10 year old brother, Kyle and an 8 year old sister, Jo.

Trivia

 * He is shown on the cover of The Freshman, Book 1, The Freshman, Book 4, Chris: Luxury Getaway, The Freshman: Game of Love, and The Sophomore: Hartfeld Horror Story.
 * He bears a resemblance to actors Chris Pine, Robert Buckley and Chace Crawford.
 * His secret talent is flower arranging.
 * He is the first character that you meet in The Freshman.
 * Chris' ultimate fantasy is to rescue a girl from a burning building.
 * Ironically, his Halloween costume in Hartfeld Horror Story is a firefighter.
 * In The Sophomore: Hartfeld Horror Story, he is renamed Chad and is portrayed as a stereotypical Jock.
 * He shares the same first name as Chris Winters a character from the Red Carpet Diaries book.
 * If Your Character has been dating Chris since the beginning of The Freshman Series, in Book 2 Chapter 4 of The Sophomore, the two of you celebrate your one year anniversary.