Brooklyn, Burning by Steve Brezenoff

Author:Steve Brezenoff [Brezenoff, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBT, Juvenile Fiction, Love & Romance, Music, Contemporary
Publisher: Lerner Books
Published: 2011-09-29T07:00:00+00:00

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We walked around Greenpoint for a bit and ended up heading east and south into Williamsburg.

“Want to watch a movie?” you asked as we made our way down Bedford. It was filthy with hipsters, as always: trucker hats, fur collars, ridiculous tea dresses, oversize sunglasses—never sincere, and I wondered what they were so afraid of.

“I’m not so into movies,” I said. “Besides, where?”

“At the video store, down near North Fifth.”

I squinted at you. “How do you know about that store?”

You smiled at me and gave me a little shove and giggle. “I haven’t been in your little clutches every minute, you know.”

“Just about!”

“But still not. And I like movies, so I found it. Here.”

We went in. It was dark, darker than the street after midnight. The only light seemed to come from the TV set hanging low over the glass counter at the back. A gorgeous girl was sitting on a high stool, considering the TV and nibbling a strawberry shoelace. I grabbed your hand.

“I can’t see a thing.”

You led me toward the counter and said, “Hi, Lill.”

She smiled at you, it seemed sincerely, and turned back to the screen. A dark-haired boy—sick-looking—was hacking at another boy’s hair with a dull switch blade. I knew at once it was The Outsiders. It’s a terrible movie, really, but I remember watching it in ninth-grade English and marveling at how in love the two lead actors seemed: awkwardly and happily, but neither seemed to know it completely. I watched your face as the light from the TV flicked over it, and your lips parted just a little.

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