Summary

Chapter 6 is titled “Side B.” Aaron repeatedly apologizes to Thomas. Aaron is able to buy beer because there is no one at work to check his ID, and he takes some to Thomas's house after work. Thomas asks the identity of Aaron's celebrity crushes and reveals his own. Aaron pushes Thomas to learn some defensive moves until Thomas knocks Aaron down and pins him. Aaron challenges Thomas to decide what kind of tattoo he would get. Thomas says he would never really get a tattoo, but he allows Aaron to use a marker to draw a man holding a movie slate (Thomas has considered trying to become a movie director). Aaron is aware of the scar on his own wrist and feels that “if I had as much hope in life back then as I do now, (the scar) would've never...