Bear, Otter, and the Kid by T. J. Klune

Author:T. J. Klune [Klune, T. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay, Contemporary, Romance, GLBT, m/m romance, dreamspinner press, Novels, Childrens, TJ Klune
ISBN: 9781613720875
Google: ackv4h9a320C
Amazon: 1613720874
Goodreads: 12156759
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2011-08-11T16:00:00+00:00

And when it was, both of us were wide-eyed, and I felt sick and never wanted to do anything like that again. If this was what strengthened relationships, then I was fine with where ours was.

Bear, Otter, and the Kid | 211

It all started because of Creed.

“WHERE‟S the Kid?” Creed asked me as I walked into his house a couple of weeks after my conversation with Anna.

“He‟s hanging out with his friend Gage,” I told him. I closed the door behind me and immediately started listening for sounds of my boyfriend, wondering why he hadn‟t come thumping down the stairs yet.

“Gage?” Creed asked. “I thought his friend‟s name is Alex.” I rolled my eyes. “Apparently he made another one. I swear to God, they‟re popping up everywhere. I didn‟t know this many people went to his school.” Much like I was trying to work at everything else, I was making an attempt to let the Kid go do his own thing. He seemed to be shedding his former self like it was a dusty old skin that he‟d been wrapped up in for too long. I was doing my very best to try not to get in the way of his newfound affinity for anything and everything Kid-like. There were more overnights, more can-he-go-out-and-plays. I was worried and scared, but constantly told myself that I wasn‟t being fair to either of us. Besides, with him doing his own thing every now and then, it gave Otter and me some much-deserved alone time.

“That‟s cool,” Creed said. “You okay with it?”

I shrugged, half-listening to him, half-listening for Otter. “I think he‟s earned it. At least I know it‟s something he wants to be doing.” Creed nodded. “Well, that‟s good.” He paused, considering something in his head before he said it. He opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again.

I crossed my arms. “What?”

He grinned. “I may have to bow out of tonight. I kinda-sorta forgot that I‟d made plans.”

I raised an eyebrow at him. We‟d said we were going to barbecue tonight while the weather was good. It was late July, and it had been hot, hot for the first time since I could remember. The ocean was still cold as hell, but we could stand on the beach without worrying about freezing our asses off. But Creed leaving had its advantages. I hated to admit it at the time, but I was relieved at this turn of events, more so than I probably should have been. With Creed out of the house, it would leave Otter and me to do…

Otter and Bear things.

“Where you running off to?” I asked, trying to push the thought of 212 | TJ Klune

riding Otter until we both came out of my head.

He shrugged. “Just out… with some friends.”

“Who?”

“No one you know,” he said vaguely, averting his eyes.

I snorted. “What aren‟t you saying, Creed?” It looks like we’re both keeping secrets, I thought, not as amused at the prospect as I thought I‟d be.

He waved his arm in the air in that dismissive Creed sort of way.

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