WIP: Pumped – Chapter 13
Chapter 13 PERCY “Breathe,” Butch reminds me in that deep, encouraging voice of his. “I know it’s a lot, but you can do it. Bear down and keep breathing.” My body quakes and I can feel the beads of sweat forming,...
Chapter 13 PERCY “Breathe,” Butch reminds me in that deep, encouraging voice of his. “I know it’s a lot, but you can do it. Bear down and keep breathing.” My body quakes and I can feel the beads of sweat forming,...
Chapter 25 PERCY I’m not surprised to find Public School— the most popular bar just off campus— packed on a Friday night. The fact that everyone just spent the week turning in essays or taking midterm exams only makes it rowdier inside....
Chapter 23 BUTCH I pull my phone out of my pocket to double check the info I got from Juno. We exchanged numbers when they let me in to surprise Percy last week, and we’ve been texting here and there. They’re cool as hell,...
Chapter 12 PERCY I’m warmer than I expected. Hot even. In a half-asleep haze I try to shrug the sleeping bag off of me so I can cool off, but it tightens around me. Oh, shit. My eyes fly open and I immediately squint against the morning light that’s barely blunted by the tent....
Chapter 21 PERCY Pizza, beer, and an action movie might not be the first date I would have planned— and I’m still not totally sure if this even qualifies as a date— but it’s more fun than I expected. Then again, everything with Butch is more fun than I would have expected....