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kind of token gesture like,
I looked at you and you didn’t stop me, so I’m allowed to go on.
    â€œSo, Adam’s talking and talking—I don’t even know about what—and he’s, like, leaning back in the water, kind of floating as he goes on. And we’re all staring at him, kind of laughing, but trying to act like we’re
really
interested in what he’s saying, when what we’re all staring at are his boxers, which are, like, billowing up from the water jets, and his fucking schlong and balls”—Colin leaned over to try to catch his breath—“like, hanging out, all wafting back and forth in the water!”
    The entire lunch group exploded. Adam could tell that this time Alice’s laugh wasn’t fake.
    â€œFinally, we just had to tell him,” finished Colin.
    Adam tried to cover his red face with his hands and laugh a little too, like he didn’t give a shit, like, you know, it was funny to him too or whatever. The worst part hadn’t even been his exposed dick. It was what he’d been saying when it happened. Some stupid joke about his mom that had gone on way too long because he thought everyone was super into it, the way they were all staring at him so intently. The moment they all cracked up, right before they told him about his boxers, he thought they were laughing at the climax of his joke. He remembered how cocky and pleased with himself he’d felt for those few seconds.
    â€œIs there gonna be a hot tub at the cabin in Tahoe?” Andrea interjected into everyone’s laughter.
    â€œYeah, what are you gonna hook us up with, Stephen?” asked Fletcher. The group was staying at Stephen’s parents’ cabin for the first two weeks of summer.
    â€œFuck yeah, there’s a hot tub,” said Stephen. He draped his arm around Stephanie so his hand rested limply on her breast. “But my folks only want two in at a time. After that crap when my brother’s friend went unconscious. So it’s couples taking turns. It’s better that way, anyway.” Stephen grinned and his hand grazed back and forth across Stephanie’s tit. Adam swore he could see her nipple getting hard. She giggled and squirmed in closer to Stephen.
    â€œSo, my car’s got room for three more,” said Colin. “The rest of y’all fools have to ride up with Stephen’s parents.” Colin was the only one with his own car.
    â€œNo problem,” said Fletcher, “the Explorer’s sweet. Alice and I call back. Got those TV screens on the car seats and everything.” Fletcher and Stephen knuckle-bumped. “Better than your piece of shit.” Fletcher laughed at Colin.
    â€œAt least I can call her my own, bitch,” said Colin. “So who’s with me? Brad, you taking Sandy or Jennifer?”
    â€œSandy,” said Brad with an expression like,
Duh.
And he and Colin shared a grin that meant:
The girl that puts out is the girl who comes to Tahoe.
Sandy went to Bishop O’Dowd High, and Jennifer went to Berkeley High. Brad had managed to pick both of them up just by walking down the street and saying “hi.”
    Adam was getting nervous. Everyone was coupled up. When the trip was first planned, it had been assumed he and Kelsey would be a couple. But after yesterday, he wasn’t sure. Well, whatever, they were a couple by default anyway, right?
    â€œOK,” said Colin, “so you and Sandy ride with me and Andrea.” Brad shrugged. The chillest person on the earth.
    â€œI guess we gotta ride separate.” Adam smiled at Kelsey. There were two seats left, one in Stephen’s parents’ car and one in Colin’s.
    â€œActually, Stephen, I wanted to ask if it would be OK if I brought Matt up with us?”
    Matt. Kelsey’s ex-boyfriend.
What the fuck? She was supposed to hate him.
Suddenly, as if on some kind of magical cue, Matt appeared on his skateboard next to the