Dustin has a decent life, all things considered. He’s an overnight manager for his hometown grocery store, knows several languages, and doesn’t have much drama to deal with. Then one summer night there’s a new delivery guy who happens to be a blast from Dustin’s past.<br><br>Zach is an old high school crush of Dustin’s who has gotten better with age. Now all Dustin can see about himself is how he still lives with his parents and couldn’t get a man like Zach in his wildest dreams. He silently laments to his co-manager Moira through American Sign Language, but she won’t let him give up just yet. Even though Dustin has trouble believing her, will this opportunity wind up as a failed delivery?

Sign Here, Please

Once she came back from returning the jack, Moira wasted no time asking, “Alright, what is the deal with you two?”


“Nothing. Like I said, I had a crush on him in high school.”


“Let me guess; he was Mr. Popular, captain of the football team, dated the entire cheerleading squad, and you were the shy, quiet, nerdy kid that he never gave a second glance?”


Dustin pulled out his box cutter and carefully sliced open the plastic. “Actually, no. He was running back and only had the one girlfriend for the last two years at school. I wasn’t much of a nerd, I was…doughy, and puberty didn’t treat me well. He and I were in honors chem together, so we were in the same study group once and he was pretty nice to me. But yeah, beyond that we ran in different social circles. I mostly drooled over him from afar.”


“So you don’t know if he’s really straight?” Moira asked with an impish grin.


Chapter 3