Page 189 of I Can't Even Think Straight

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or our lonely enemy.

Our gay agenda is well underway.

Mwahahaha!” I evil-villain laugh.

Matt laughs obligingly at me being silly,

the way boyfriends kinda know they have to.

“If it were up to me,” Matt says suggestively,

“I’d do it for you forever, but it’s not up to me.

TJ said you have to wrap your own hands.”

“You just wanna impress TJ,” I tease.

“I’ve never seen you so keen to impress

any other adult the way you try so hard

to impress that man.” I roll my eyes playfully.

“Remember, I’ve seen you on best behavior

around my mum, your parents, and at church,

but with TJ it’s on a whole other level.”

“I respect him, that’s all,” Matt says coyly.

“Respect? Is that what we’re calling it?” I joke.

“Yes! Because that’s all it is!” Matt insists.

“I don’t get jealous of The Author’s after-school workshops.

I don’t get jealous that you let Vass look at your notebook.”

Vass is the best friend

I could ever wish for.

Matt is the boyfriend

I’ve always dreamed of.

“You sound a little bit jealous,” I joke.

I make a pinching gesture

with my thumb and index finger

in front of my face.

Obi’s face flashes in my memory.

I need to leave Obi in the past.

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