Pride High by Jay Bell

Author:Jay Bell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: coming of age, queer, young love, high school, gay romance, 90s, mm romance, new adult, lgbt romance, lgbtq romance
Publisher: Jay Bell

CHAPTER 21

October 10th, 1992

Cameron was buzzing when they left the Silver Screen Cinema and slowly began the walk home. The night had been a massive success so far, although he hoped it would end a certain way. That had everything to do with Anthony’s pink lips, which were always slightly downturned until he smiled. How good it would be to kiss them! He was sure that he’d be allowed. Cameron wasn’t insecure about his appearance, but he’d never felt as attractive as he did tonight, and that had everything to do with the way Anthony looked at him.

He did plenty of staring himself. Anthony’s emerald-green eyes were filled with an emotional depth that Cameron yearned to dive into. His figure was slender, the skin of his hands remarkably soft. Cameron wanted to press those palms to his mouth before placing them elsewhere on his body. The increasing magnetism involved more than just his physical appearance. Anthony had a wild streak, from the punky style to his unusual taste in music, that Cameron didn’t possess. He felt so normal by comparison, and yet for some reason, Anthony seemed just as intrigued by him. Although there were some quirks of Cameron’s personality that he wasn’t ready to reveal quite yet. They were walking down a residential street when they passed a pile of trash on the curb. Along with a dozen black trash bags, someone had disposed of unwanted furniture, including a broken chair, a dinged-up lamp… and a nightstand. That was what caught Cameron’s eye. He rubbernecked as they passed and did his best to move on mentally, but he couldn’t resist.

“Just a second,” he said, doubling back.

The nightstand was an elongated cube with a drawer that had been tossed aside and a cabinet door that was barely hanging on by a single hinge. Thick paint covered most of its surfaces, along with frantic crayon scribbles. Cameron did his best to inspect the nightstand from a distance. The drawer especially, which was upside-down and trapped between two trash bags, but at least he was able to see bare wood on its underside. The orange streetlights made it hard to be certain, but he thought he detected red undertones.

“Uh,” he said, glancing over at Anthony, who seemed puzzled by his behavior. “I just need to check something real quick.”

Cameron waded into the trash, feeling especially classy when a group of drunk college kids walked by and laughed. He forgot about them as soon as he was close enough to grab the drawer. He turned it over in the light. Sure enough, the wood had the right tint.

“This is great!” he exclaimed, looking at Anthony in his excitement.

“Yeah,” his date said playfully. “Why’d we bother with dinner and a movie? We could’ve spent the whole night here!”

Cameron returned with the drawer in hand. “This is mahogany,” he explained, angling it so Anthony could see. “Notice how the grain is swirly? And the dark lines against the reddish hue?”

“Huh,” Anthony responded, clearly confused by his enthusiasm.

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