“You should practice today,” Ryan
tells his boyfriend, who lies on his bed curled into himself. Ryan
is back at the computer, and he’s waiting for just the right moment
to tell Dante what his mother said last night about State. It’s
because Dante’s own mom isn’t into his sports that Ryan’s agreed to
let him travel to Atlantic City with the skate club, despite the
wheelchair and the two days of therapy he’ll miss for the trip. She
only spoke with his father briefly about it—her mind was already
made up, a skater as good as Dante needs support and if his
parents don’t give it to him, then she has plenty to go around.
Especially now after the accident. Ryan suspects she misses sitting
on the sidelines cheering him on just about as much as he misses
being out there on the ice.
So
