Chapter Eight (Kyle) Summary

Before Kyle left Nelson's house the other day, he had taken a copy of Honcho magazine, gay pornography. After he returns home from tutoring Jason, he lies in bed and flips through the pages. He longs to tell his parents that he's just spent the afternoon with the boy he loves, but he knows he can tell them nothing. Looking at the magazine, he masturbates and quickly falls asleep. The next morning, he wakes up with his mother standing over his bed. She's holding his copy of Honcho in her hands. She looks absolutely horrified, but stops him from explaining. She wants to talk about this later. Kyle spends the entire day at school obsessing over how he will explain this to his parents. He's terrified that they will reject him, and Nelson, who is supposed to be his...