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Chapter 19

“Let me finish.”

I’d been eating steadily and hadn’t even acted like I wanted to speak, but I nodded anyway. So far the story was mostly the same as the one Guy had told me. Now my sympathy for the young Max had bled into a degree of liking I’d never felt for anyone else. I wanted to get up, sit next to him, and put my arms around him in a hug.

Instead I just nodded.

“Long story short. I’m gay. I’m attracted to you, but I’ve never done this before. I’ve got no clue what to do. Not one damn clue. Do I ask you out? Where do we go? What do we do? It’s like I’m in junior high again. So far all I seem to do is piss you off. I’m sure I look like the biggest ass in the world. I just…” He stopped and sighed. “I just want you to like me as much as I do you. Only I don’t know how.”

Oh my God, I’d totally misread the entire thing. I opened my mouth to reassure him, but Max held up a hand and plowed ahead.