He gets the names of two of them, and goes to find Julian, who he beats up until Julian’s father stops him. Dante’s parents disclose that they also know that Dante is in love with Ari.Īfter leaving the hospital, Ari gets in the car and drives to the drugstore where Dante works, where he forces Daniel (who ends up being the boy Dante was with) to tell him who attacked Dante. Quintana then shares the full story, which is that an old woman called the police after Dante was caught kissing another boy by a group of older boys who proceeded to beat Dante up. Quintana asks him if he’ll continue being Dante’s friend considering everything, to which Ari insists that he will always be Dante’s friend, no matter what. Sam reasserts that he loves Dante no matter what.Īri goes home to drop off Legs, tells his parents what happened, then heads straight to the hospital to see Dante. Sam is upset that Dante didn’t tell him, but Ari assures him that Dante was just nervous. Ari confesses that Dante told him before they left for Chicago, and Sam reflects that he thinks that he always knew, because of the way that Dante looks at Ari sometimes. Sam asks Ari how well he knows Dante, which causes Ari to realize that Dante’s parents have figured out he’s gay. He walks to Dante’s house to pick up Legs, only to be told by Dante’s dad that Dante is in the hospital, after being beaten up pretty badly the evening before. When he wakes up, he wants to touch himself, but takes a cold shower instead.Īri gets a bad feeling in his stomach all of a sudden. He goes to sleep and dreams about kissing someone. He thinks that he might have a darkness inside him. He thinks about how all of these things confuse him, especially. By the time they get back, the rain is pouring down, and Ari starts thinking again-this time about things like sex and kissing and masturbation and Dante and about their relationship to each other. His mother asks him if rain reminds him of the accident, but he says it only does sometimes. On the way back to El Paso, Ari dozes, and he finds the drive back mostly peaceful.
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