All Trey’s father wants him to do is be nice to the homophobic class bully, his business partner's son. But that’s like trying to mix oil and gasoline: explosive. So Trey decides to run away, which is hard to do on a rainy, muddy, haunted night on the small island of Maui. Another kid in school, Chris, stood up for Trey against the bully and was badly beaten for his efforts. Which makes Trey wonder if Chris is gay, too, or just a brave ally. Trey doesn’t know, but there’s clearly something brewing between them. When Trey’s dad expects him to go to the bully’s birthday party, Trey sneaks off to go surfing instead. Hitchhiking to the beach, he meets up with an interesting old geezer, who just might be able to help him figure out what he’s going through. Will the forces on this fiery island break apart Trey and Chris? Or is there hope for something more than friendship between them buried under the Maui ash?

Spring Tide Love

He wondered if people knew about him anyway. There was this one kid, Trey; Chris had seen the way he looked at him (or sometimes didn’t look at him) in the locker room at school, especially after he’d stood up for him when Trey had just moved here. He couldn’t help but wonder, but he wasn’t willing to risk asking. Oh right, he thought, I just walk up to him, stark naked, share his shower, and say, Hey man, nice ass!Or Hey I’m gay, are you?and wait to see if he kills me. Sure thing. Not


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