Chapter 4Lunch went very well. Jay felt more in his element than he did at the gym, so it was easy to just talk to Stephen about everything. It didn’t feel like any topic was off-limits, and they let the conversation drift wherever it wanted to go, from the slightly surreal to the downright personal. Stephen explained that he’d always known he was gay, that both of his parents were gay but had married each other anyway and had two kids. He talked about the strangeness of his parents’ home life and how much of a relief it was when they finally decided to be honest about their feelings and divorce. Stephen talked about his favorite topics in school, his least favorite movies—he claimed you learned more about a person by what they didn’t like—and the summer he spent following the New Pornogra
