Out of the Tunnel by Patrick Jones

Author:Patrick Jones
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

“We’re in.” I handed Shane the money. Dylan stood behind me, in but not in.

“Great,” Orlando said to the crowd. He rarely spoke to me directly for some reason.

“But, Shane, won’t Christina be angry—” I started.

Shane’s laugher cut me off. “Like I told you at camp, that’s not how we roll now.”

“That’s your old man’s way of doing things,” Devon said.

“We’ll modernize the tradition for the twenty-first century,” Shane said, although as he spoke, he seemed distracted by the Troy football fans flocking toward the carnival. The starting ends and backs sat in Shane’s pickup, high above everyone. They all looked up to us: the Big Six.

“So, we’ll break up into three squads of two people and look for girls,” Shane explained.

“The younger the better,” Terry said. “They’re easy to convince.”

“I’m not good at talking to girls,” I said, “let along convincing them to flash people at—”

Everybody laughed but me and Dylan. “Brian, don’t you get it. That’s old school.”

“Then what are we convincing them to do?” Dylan asked. I sensed fear in his voice.

“Brian, you, and me,” Shane said.

“I’d go with Orlando,” Devon said. “But two black guys together in Troy would scare these nice white country folks. DD, you’re my blocker off the field too. Let’s go meet some ladies.”

“Let’s meet back here at ten,” Shane said. Lots of nods and grunts, just like a huddle. “Okay, let’s go find some honeys for the pole of love.”

“Pole?”

Once again, Shane replied to my question with a laugh, a grin, but no answer.

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