When Everything Is Blue by Laura Lascarso

Author:Laura Lascarso [Lascarso, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64080-144-8
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00

Crack Really Puts Things in Perspective

IT TAKES forever to get to the DMV, and then there’s a line. A loooong line, and the people who work here are slow as hell and don’t seem to mind stretching out the process. I guess they get paid either way. First there’s paperwork. Then the written test. More paperwork. Then it’s another hour of waiting for the driving test, and I’m jacked up on soda and candy from the vending machine, my only source of nutrition, when the woman behind the counter finally calls my name.

“You can pull your car around back,” she says.

“My what?”

“Your car. You need to have a car in order to take your driving test.”

“I thought you guys provided the car.”

She sighs like I’m the world’s biggest idiot. “No, sweetheart, we don’t provide the car. You have to bring your own.” She glances down at her clipboard and then, perhaps noticing I’m on the verge of tears, shows a sliver of humanity. “I’ll file your paperwork. Come back next week with your own car and we’ll finish it then.”

“Are you open tomorrow?” I whine. It’s nearing closing time, so even if I managed to get my mom’s car, by the time I got back, it’ll be too late.

“Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Make an appointment next time and it will go faster.”

I moan, still trying to keep it together, then exit the DMV in a huff. I’m sticky from the ride and grimy from sitting on my ass in the DMV all day. My emotions are running amok when I imagine all the people who must have by now seen my mug performing fellatio on Asshole Dave and the last thing I want to do is go home and face my raging sister making this all about her again. And Chris. I don’t want to have to explain that picture to him.

Knowing Chris, he’s probably got our apartment cased, waiting to ambush me. Or maybe it’s the opposite and he never wants to talk to me again after today. Even though he won’t admit it, some part of Chris likes being a cool kid, and this was definitely not cool. The thought of him abandoning me is too depressing to even contemplate.

I hop on my board and head for the beach, thinking it’s the last place I can run and hide.

When I get there an hour or so later, the sun is at my back and there’s a damp chill in the air. There are a few guys out surfing, but I’m not in the mood to beg for a board.

My stomach growls because all I’ve eaten today is cake, a candy bar, and chips. I recognize one of the beach bums, Lieutenant Sean Knox, picking through the trashcans that line the beach access. Sean’s one of the guys who will reliably buy us beer if we give him a cut, and I decide to spend the last of my birthday money from my mom on getting totally shit-faced.

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