The Blue-Haired Boy by Courtney C. Stevens

Author:Courtney C. Stevens
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

NO one notices my bare chest, which says something disturbing about the acceptable standards for bus travel. It’s only a plain white T-shirt, but I don’t have any to spare, so I decide to wait out the Kool-Aid hair session before I put it back on. Gerry makes sure I don’t freeze by offering me a flannel button-up from the bottom of her bag. It’s not hers. Two of her would fit in here.

“Lewis’s?” I ask as I slip it on.

“Not exactly. We found it at Goodwill. Keep it. It looks better on you than on either of us.”

Cold. Hot. Cold. Hot. We transition through each other’s moods as if we’ve been doing this for years. If Gerry’s skin were transparent, I could read the story written in her blood. It’s under the surface, but I can’t quite see it through the scales she’s layered over the pain. Maybe it’s a Lennox trait to hide the truth. If so, maybe I’m not a real Lennox, since I gave up my dragon to Gerry in the first five minutes. What’s her dragon? For all her talk, I’m not sure it’s Lewis. She misses her girlfriend, but that’s not all.

“Postcard?” she reminds me. “You have time before we wash that out.”

After I roll my eyes, I take the card and the pen.

Dear Ben,

Today I got on a bus with Gerry. Don’t worry, I’m going back home. Just out for a day drive. Gerry has green hair, a great smile, and happens to be a girl. We’re getting off in Huntsville.

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