It's the summer before his senior year of college, and the last thing Jason Mizzoli wants to do is spend it with his parents. But when his mother books a month's stay at a family friendly resort, she won't let him talk his way out of going. Jason's determined not to enjoy himself ... until he sees sexy resort employee Travis. After a chance encounter over breakfast, Jason thinks Travis might be just as interested as he is in getting to know each other a little better. But hooking up is easier said and done. It isn't until Jason's mother signs him up for a stupid dance class that Jason learns what exactly it is Travis does at the resort. Now that they've found each other, finally, the summer stretches ahead of them with the promise of first love. There's only one little problem -- Jason isn't out to his parents. What will happen if -- and when -- they find out about Travis?

Endless Summer

Travis tells me to make myself at home while he showers—he’s still hot and sweaty from class. With a kiss, he pointed me to his room before heading for the bathroom. “Take a look around, if you want. I’ll be right back.”


I wait until I hear the rush of water in the shower before I glance inside his bedroom. The dresser is covered with paper—letters and magazines and receipts, change and jewelry, stuff he must’ve emptied from his pockets and dumped there. Above the dresser is a large mirror, around which pictures stick out from the frame. I move closer, looking them over. Travis mostly, and his friends—Karl and Jenny, some other staff members. I can tell by their clothing. A woman who could be his mom.


I want to know every person in these pictures, each name, what they mean to him. I want to know thispart of his life—not just the resort but everything, his home, his family, I want it all. I want to be in that life, even if we just met.


Chapter 13