Merle’s 29 friends:
- Clara Meadows
- Duncan Wu
- Wilma Wright
- Gunner Hampton
- Toni Reed
- Gerardo Bailey
- Jonah Ortega
- Jaylin Cortez
- Lee Christian
- Cade Knight
- Kai Parrish
- Brennan Holmes
- Brock Kim
- Dante Hughes
- Diane Houston
- Cameron Lin
- Pam Sosa
- Donovan Wall
- Morgan Hart
- Giovanni Yoder
- Dawn Holloway
- Deandre Perkins
- Reva Mendez
- Pedro Kennedy
- Audrey Gillespie
- Xavier Fischer
- Kayla Morrison
- Cristian Hardy
- Cora Reed