Exiled to Iowa. Send Help. And Couture by Chris O'Guinn

Author:Chris O'Guinn [O'Guinn, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Gay & Lesbian, Literature & Fiction, Gay, Self-Help, Relationships, Love & Romance, Teen & Young Adult, Health; Fitness & Dieting, Genre Fiction, Humorous, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781450713047
Amazon: B003M5IQ88
Publisher: Lightbane Publications
Published: 2010-05-11T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Things were very busy for me. Between the club, the job, my homework and spending every moment I could with Austin, my schedule was packed. The number of responsible things I was doing had my parents completely floored. There was already talk about plans to send Shawn back to L.A., which was very exciting and terribly depressing all at once.

The odd thing was that it was not as necessary anymore. Shawn was getting play in practices, a fact that pleased him greatly but he had no explanation for. Noah, the team’s regular center, did not seem to be pleased to find himself on the bench. Since he did not seem to have an injury, I assumed he had been naughty in some basketballish way.

Austin and I had a blast at the carnival. We rode rides that should have been condemned, ate ourselves sick and had some crazy fortune teller read our palms. The old crone told me I was destined to reach a crossroads in my life very soon and that if I chose the correct road, I would find love and happiness, but the wrong choice would bring bad things. Austin was told that his past was smothering his future, whatever that meant.

Fundraising for the club was actually going very well. We did a car wash and then a bake sale, which helped a lot. Jack hooked me up with a hundred-dollar store gift card that I raffled off for some serious cash.

I was quite surprised by how hard Billy worked for us, and I had no idea what to make of it unless it was to impress Becca. If that was his goal, though, it did not work very well, since she remained cold towards him.

By the time the four week mark rolled around, we had enough in our coffers to actually put on a real production.

We changed the venue for the meetings to the now-unused music room. It was larger and more comfortable. To inaugurate the move, I brought in my karaoke machine and challenged my group to show us all what they had. They laughingly threw my challenge back in my face, so I was the first to go.

My rendition of Starsailor’s “Some Of Us” garnered much applause.

Shawna sang Taylor Swift’s “Fifteen” with incredible poise and pitch. She had quite a nice voice, something I had suspected from our little performance in The Grab Bag but was happy to have confirmed. Not to be outdone, Jackie belted out Destiny Child’s “I’m A Survivor,” her voice rising and falling with enviable control.

There were other notable performances. Becca actually did a really good take on Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats.” Billy shocked me to my very core by taking up the mike and belting out “Feel Good Drag” by Anberlin. I wasn’t sure which surprised me more; his volunteering to go up there or the fact that he did it well.

It was very disturbing.

The final performance was the most astonishing of all. Austin climbed on stage and took the microphone with quiet dignity.

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