Chapter 8
Monday morning comes too soon. Mike will be back today, Jacob knows it, but he’s not sure when. He can feel time rushing away from them as he and Avery hurry to dress. He puts on Avery’s jacket by mistake, laughing when he looks in the mirror and sees the word Senior emblazoned above the seal on his breast. He wishes he were a senior. Then they could move in together after graduation, go to the same college, get on with life. He feels that high school is just taking too much time away from him right now. Away from them.
Because they’re running late, he forgets about the ring on his finger. He’s kept it on all weekend long. He doesn’t even feel it anymore. Out in the hall Jacob thinks everyone’s staring at them. He hears low laughter, the word queer coughed discreetly behind the
