Chapter 19 In bed, Billy elbowed him in the stomach, and Xavier grunted, then opened his eyes. What time was it? How could he be this thirsty and still be alive? He tried moving from under Billy’s weight, but Billy was lying half across his chest, with his leg wrapped around him. “Oh, man,” Xavier groaned, gently pushing Billy off. Billy mumbled a few words and flipped to his side, twisting himself into the itchy brown fleece blanket, obviously not ready to wake up. Xavier sat and then slowly put his feet on the floor. He realized he was naked. He never slept naked. Wait—had they had s*x last night? Had they finally gone all the way? He looked over at Billy, and hesitating, carefully lifted the blanket off Billy’s waist. He immediately dropped it. Billy was naked too. And he had such

