Dancing Lessons by R. Cooper

Author:R. Cooper [Cooper, R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63476-773-6
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-01-19T16:00:00+00:00

HIS PARENTS liked it too. They commented on it almost the first moment he pulled into the driveway. He got tons of questions about the area and how he was doing, peppered with concern about Davi, who hadn’t been down to see everyone very much.

His father didn’t like that Chico only had part-time work. His mother was excited to find out he’d been sewing, although she was less than enthusiastic about the fact that he wasn’t getting paid for it.

This led to an explanation about Davi wanting him to meet people, with a carefully glossed over account of Chico’s first weeks there and the reasons Davi had been determined to make him a part of the world again.

They didn’t mention John, not once, which was perhaps the biggest indicator of how they felt about him. When Chico had dated someone during his time at community college and it ended because Kevin had transferred to a four-year school several hours away, his parents had literally mentioned Kevin every time he’d seen them for at least six months.

The first day down, whenever his parents weren’t all over him, he spent time with one of his nieces. Camille, he was tickled to learn, had started taking a tap class. She was staying the night so her parents could have time to themselves, but instead of sleeping in the little beds the kids used, she curled up on the floor with Chico and fell asleep with her hand over his face.

She kicked him twice and kept trying to smother him in her sleep, but it felt good to have her there. He liked the separation and distance of being up north, but he’d missed his family too. And it was always nice to hand Camille off to his sister when Camille began to insist Chico watch the same pony video with her for the seventh time. When he asked what kind of costume Camille wore to dance class and if she was going to be in any recitals, his sister marveled at him before telling him regretfully they were supposed to buy their costumes.

His mother consented to being dragged to the fabric store for curtain material. Much like Mrs. Winters, Chico’s mom was excellent at feigning reluctance for something before she dove headfirst into it. She insisted on buying him fabric for curtains, and also something thick but pretty to line all his coats for the “terrible mountain winters” she thought he was going to go through. She asked polite questions about tutus although he could tell she wasn’t certain what to make of Chico’s interest in them.

Down an aisle lined with every shade of embroidery thread in the world, she turned to meet his eye.

“And men?” His mother managed to sound uncomfortable and interested in the subject at the same time. She never changed.

Chico busied himself with different shades of pink and didn’t look back at her. “Something I’m currently not able to talk about.” But he ran his thumbnail along his bottom lip.

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