Summary

In Chapter 17, “Friday Nights,” Rosario and Patty shared a bottle of wine on Fridays. Andy would spend these nights with Jeremy. They would drink his parents’ alcohol and have sex in the basement. After months of such visits, Jeremy’s mother discovered them naked in bed together one morning. She demanded that Jeremy end the relationship and stop talking to Andy. She gave Andy a ride home. In the car, she told him he was sick, but her son was not (186).

Over the months following, the young couple struggled to find ways to see one another. Andy began abandoning Simone and skipping class to see Jeremy. Then Jeremy began withdrawing from Andy. Andy confronted him in the school lot one day. The boys confessed their deep feelings for one another. Jeremy feared being without Andy, and thus tried withdrawing. He did not want...