When former tagger Eric hears a cute fellow student named Joel protesting to a woman that he's gay, Eric comes to his rescue and gives him a big kiss and hug in City College’s hallway.<br><br>Even though sparks fly between them, Eric doesn't expect any reward for saving the guy from being hit on in public, so he's surprised when undercover cop Joel asks him to become his pseudo-boyfriend.<br><br>How bad can it be for a former high school dropout, who's been to juvvie more times than class, to pretend he's a cop's lover?

A Kiss in Time

“You’re an undercover what?” I figured I was probably going to get the whole story piece by piece and would have to pry it out of him one word at a time.


“Narcotics.” Yup, I was right. Piece by piece it would be.


The gist of the story after I’d asked all my questions was there was a group selling drugs at the three City College campuses, North, South and East. Because the Light Rail now made it easier for students to take classes at all the campuses, it was easier for the dealers to move around.


The narcotics cops had been closing down parts of the group over the years, but when they closed one arm, another would spring up with the new semester. They were after the kingpin and thought he was someone close to the college, maybe a faculty or staff member.


Joel, or whoever he really was, had been taking classes for a couple of years and felt he was closing in on the number one guy.


I relayed the message from Ian and told him about the other one who’d stopped me after class.


Chapter 4