Ricky by O'Reilly Terry

Author:O'Reilly, Terry [O'Reilly, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Queerteen Press
Published: 2012-05-11T04:00:00+00:00

“David Felder?” the office secretary called out.

Dave got up and came to her desk. Several students who were in the peer tutoring program had been called to the office to get their assignments for this elective class.

“David, your tutoring partner is Ricardo Bolleggio. You will be helping him with practical math, year one.”

Dave took the paper with Ricky’s name on it. Wow, he thought in surprise. What are the chances?

Later that day in choir, Dave took his seat and waited for Ricky to arrive and take his.

“Hi, Ricky. It looks like I'm going to be your tutor.”

Dave smiled.

Ricky on the other hand looked as if someone had smacked him with a baseball bat. “Ah…yeah they told me…that’s good.”

“What’s wrong?” Dave hadn’t expected this reaction. He and Ricky had been having a good time in choir the past week. They’d talked and laughed and generally enjoyed each other’s company.

“Ah nothin’. I just…nothing.”

“Well, I think it’s cool,” Dave said, giving him a warm smile.

Ricky sighed and seemed to be somewhat reassured. He smiled, too, albeit weakly.

Peer tutoring took place in a large study hall. Each pair of students was assigned a table. The class was under the direction of whichever teacher had a free hour at that time. This hour it was the muscular, handsome wrestling coach, Marty Swartz.

Dave arrived on time and sat waiting for Ricky to come in. He watched the coach as he arranged papers on the front desk. Dave wondered if wrestling might not be a better sports choice for him than basketball.

The bell rang. No Ricky.

Swartz took attendance. He called, “Bolleggio,” without looking up. "Bolleggio?” he repeated a second time and this time he raised his head, but not in the direction of the table where Ricky was supposed to be sitting.

Dave put his head down and uttered a muffled “Here.”

The coach marked Ricky’s name off on the attendance list and went on.

Dave spent the rest of the hour working oh his own homework and worrying about why Ricky hadn’t shown up.

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