I Am J by Cris Beam

Author:Cris Beam [BEAM, CRIS]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780316122320
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2011-02-28T23:00:00+00:00

On the way home, they decided Carolina would talk to Manny, but she warned J it would take some time. J told her about the hotel and the shelter and his new school, except he left out the part that it was a place exclusively for queer kids. He said it was a magnet school downtown, and Carolina seemed pleased enough. He felt oddly superficial as they talked, as if he and his mother were polite strangers and his runaway weekend was some kind of vacation. I’m so exhausted, he thought beneath the stream of chatter. And, I can’t believe she knows I’m trans. She really knows.

“Maybe you could stay with Melissa for a while, just until your dad gets through this,” Carolina suggested. She said she was worried Manny would tear into J for this one, maybe even want to send him to Puerto Rico to live with his abuela for a while. She argued that she didn’t know how Manny would react, but she knew she needed some space to explain it slowly.

“Mami, Melissa lives in a studio apartment,” J said. Leave it to his mother to jump into the practical details of sleeping arrangements. Mami is three steps ahead, Pops is three steps behind, and I just need a long nap.

“It would only be for a week or two,” Carolina said. “I don’t want you staying in a shelter. You’re not homeless.”

“But Melissa doesn’t know”—J paused—“about me. Not exactly.”

“She doesn’t?” Carolina was surprised. “Well, then, you tell Melissa, and I’ll tell your father. We each have a job to do.”

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