Andy Squared by Jennifer Lavoie

Author:Jennifer Lavoie [Lavoie, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Gay, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781602827431
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2012-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

With Christmas just around the corner, students crammed for tests and tried to finish projects before the break. Every day after school, Andrew, along with his sister and their two friends, went to Ryder’s place to study. Sarah and Charlie had been spending time together without the presence of their mutual friends, and when Charlie asked her to the Winter Semi-Formal, she said yes. When Sarah relayed the information to Andrea, she added that he’d asked her to dinner before the dance and she’d said yes to that as well.

It was finally official. They were dating.

Andrew couldn’t have been happier. His best friend wasn’t harassing his new friend—no, boyfriend—anymore. He had no reason to. As for his relationship with Ryder, they’d been officially, exclusively—if secretly—dating for over a month. For their first-month anniversary, which Ryder insisted on celebrating even though Andrew felt foolish, they went to a movie and had dinner at a modest, family-owned restaurant just outside of town. Even though they couldn’t do anything as audacious as hold hands in the bright restaurant, they both felt happy and that was enough.

Sometimes Andrew wondered what it would be like if he told his sister. How would she react if she knew about him? How would his parents react? Or Gram and Pop? At least he knew Andrea treated Josh Grayson well enough, and he was the one student in their school who everyone knew was gay. Though he’d never admitted it, he’d also never denied it. Maybe Andrew could tell Josh. Maybe Josh wouldn’t tell anyone, Andrew thought…and then changed his mind instantly. No. Not until he knew for sure Josh was gay. Andrew had never treated Josh poorly, but it’s not like he helped him either. Josh could use the information against him, and Andrew wasn’t willing to risk it.

The Winter Semi-Formal took place the Saturday before Christmas vacation. The cafeteria had already been decorated for it, and students were getting excited. Nearly the entire student body bought tickets. Andrea had gotten a date with Michael, one of the soccer players from Andrew’s team. Ryder had talked to Andrew about going to the dance, but Andrew flat-out refused to go with him. That wasn’t something he could do, and, after his initial disappointment, Ryder agreed. But he still wanted to go, so they found their own dates and agreed to meet at a restaurant before.

Ryder had his pick of girls but settled on a quiet junior, Melissa Jenkins. He had met her in art class, and she had thin-framed glasses that sat on a button nose and hid hazel eyes. Her mousy brown hair hung straight to her shoulders. Overall, she was pretty cute, Andrew figured, though he’d had a difficult time deciding which girls were cute and which weren’t since he had started dating Ryder. No one registered on his radar anymore.

Andrew’s date was another senior, Karina Hill, from the girl’s track team and his first-period history class. He’d known her since the sixth grade and thought she would be fun.

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