Chip doesn’t worry about bullies any more. High school is worlds different from junior high and, besides, most of the jocks are nice to him only because they’re hoping he puts in a good word for them with Jen. She’s still the prettiest girl in school—even at fifteen, she’s turning the heads of the senior boys. And she’s still Chip’s best friend. They’re inseparable. She was even the first person he came out to when he started the ninth grade, even before he told Shawna or his mom. He’d been so nervous about it, but he knew he had to tell her, just had to. There are no secrets between them. He remembers how nervous he was, sitting on the edge of her bed, holding his breath after the words came tumbling out in a rush. “Jen, I have something to tell you. I’m gay.”
Jen, being the awesome frie
