My Summers With Benny by Caitlin Ricci

Author:Caitlin Ricci [Ricci, Caitlin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, Gay, GLBT, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781487406042
Publisher: Devine Destinies
Published: 2016-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

That night, at close to midnight, I saw that Benny was still up. His lights were on in his room, which faced my bedroom window, and his window was open. I slid mine open, too. “Hey!” I called over to him, despite the neighbors that were probably trying to sleep.

He came over to the window and waved to me. “Hey. You’re here like way early. I saw you pull in. You okay?”

I shrugged and leaned out of my window toward him. “I’m not great, but I’m doing better than I was this afternoon. I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow. I promise. Why are you still up?”

“Not feeling one hundred percent. It’s like I’ve got the flu or something. Aunt Emma’s taking me to the doctor tomorrow.”

Even from ten feet away I could hear the worry in his voice, despite the smile he was trying to lie to me with. “I don’t want you to be sick.”

He laughed. “I don’t want to be sick either, but that’s where I’m at. Maybe you could come over tomorrow afternoon when I get back from the appointment?”

I nodded and wished that I could have gone over to see him right then, but I wasn’t allowed out this late. “Yeah. For sure. I’ll bring you some chicken soup or something.” Though, I really wasn’t sure if we had any in the house.

Benny smiled at me and it was a real one this time, not a lie like his previous one had been. “I’ll let you know when I’m back. And I’m glad you’re here early. Means we get more weeks together before we have to say goodbye again.”

“Exactly! Night?” I always hated saying goodbye to him. Even if it was just for the night like this time was.

“Night.” He closed his window and gave me a wave before I saw him walk away from where I could see into his room. I went to bed shortly after, but I didn’t fall asleep right away. I was too worried about Benny being sick to do much more than toss and turn all night.

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