Two weeks after his coming out party at the restaurant, Ted drove to campus and parked in the student lot behind Kenny’s dorm. He’d tried texting, emailing, and phoning Kenny as Randy had suggested, but got no response. His last resort was to face Kenny, cold turkey, in person. He wasn’t sure what he would say but he knew he had to try. He went up to Kenny’s dorm room and knocked on the door. A young man with acne opened it.
“Hi, er…is Kenny here?” Ted asked.
“No,” came the reply.
“Do you know where I can find him? It’s kind of important.”
“He went to the library.”
“Okay, thanks,” Ted said and turned to leave.
“You’re Ted aren’t you?”
Ted turned back to face Kenny’s roommate. “Yes, I am.”
“He doesn’t want to see you. He told me that if you ever showed up here to tell you that.”
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