Life's not easy when your mum's nuts, your uncle is becoming your aunt, and one of your crushes could -- and probably would -- break your face if he found out how you felt about him. That's Tab's life, though, malevolent gods and all. His text-flirting with Demi, the brother of his best friend, is going nowhere: Demi already has a boyfriend and anyway, who dates their best friend's twin? But then, the pining after Nick is going nowhere either, because Nick probably likes gay-bashing on Friday nights for fun. He's gorgeous, but he's dangerous, and Tab knows better than that. So what's a bit of harmless flirting, when one is taken and the other is straight? It's just a bit of fun. That is until Demi is suddenly single, and Nick is not looking as straight and scary as he was before.

The Suicidal Peanut

DDJones0209: Weird kitty. K. Thin, bit lanky i guess, brown hair that he keeps cut short in the back but grows out 2 much to the front, blue eyes. long nose.


Tab sketched absently. Maxi had said he looked shifty, and he dumped funny, sweet people by text so he was obviously a tool, so Tab started with a long coat and a skinny frame. A bat with its wings drawn, but in the manky, damp way, not the cool Batman way. And he exaggerated the nose. Russell had a thin face, too, all pointy like. Like a weasel or a ferret or something. And floppy hair that made him look weak and slippery and sly.


Tab sketched hastily. He drew shadows under squinty eyes—too close together, naturally, for the shifty look—and a tight mouth. Because only a tight prick would dump Demi, and especially by text, and…


Chapter 30