Divine9 Stories

How much can a couple really overcome with all the obstacles thrown at them?

Freshman year was supposed to change their lives-just not like this. It's 2016. A year of protests, politics, and growing divides across the country. For Francine and Andrea, two Black freshmen stepping onto a predominantly white campus, it's supposed to be a new beginning-dorm life, new friendships, late nights, and the endless possibilities of college. Then they meet Maya. Charismatic, complicated, and unforgettable, she becomes the link between their worlds. They face the highs and lows of campus life-Greek events, cultural clashes, messy relationships, police run-ins, and the unspoken boundaries that shape who belongs and who doesn't. But as the tension of the outside world seeps into campus walls, those lines grow sharper. Mixed Up Maya isn't just about her death. It's about what it means to come of age in a time of division-when college is both freedom and confinement, friendship and betrayal, love and loss. In 2016, the world was already on fire. College just added gasoline.