“I can’t believe I didn’t know.Fucking suburbs, we’re so sheltered there.. .” “Huh?”“There’s a neighborhood! Right around the corner from here, a gay neighborhood! They call it the village. How’d we miss it all this time?”“Cuz we’re antisocial losers?”“Exactly! But no more. We have to go, we have to go to- day! How do I look? There are bars and coffee shops and... and... others!”“Other what?”“Other gay people! We might be able to go dancing, maybe they won’t care that we’re sixteen. Can we go? I... know we’re supposed to go to the gallery, but... please? We can walk from here! Oh, my God, I’m so nervous, I’m going to have a heart attack!”And so begins your lifelong traipsing up and down Church Street by the side of Bernadette.Bernadette learns to flirt. You don’t. Instead, you bargain for time: girl bars for her at night, galleries and art stores for you during the day.At the Chamber Gallery one day, you stand in front of a painting for so long that Bernadette gets bored and begs to meet up with you later.“Sure, go,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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