It took Sully a moment to catch on and then when he did, he had a look on his face like he was running down the street, running toward the end of something, trying to catch up. “You can’t be Chicago,” Sully said. “Not my Chicago.” Balliol nodded. “I mean, I changed some facts. Like I said my real name was Robert cause I wanted to make sure your real one was Sullivan. And… I know it was probably not exactly right but… There it is.” “Bailey...” “You weren’t... telling me anything. And...

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“Listen to me, Bailey,” he said. “You need to turn your radar off. It’s working overtime.” “What radar?” “The ‘Sullivan Reardon is in Trouble’ radar. Look, you’re my best friend ever, and I love the way you always look after me. I didn’t even know you did it until recently.” Balliol opened his mouth. “No,” Sully said sternly. “You have to let me finish. “Listen, let me look after you this once, Just, relax. There is nothing wrong.” Balliol didn’t believe him, but he couldn’t do a...

MARK POWERS SHOOK HIS SLEEPING son by the shoulders and whispered, “Com on down, birthday boy.” Chris Powers yawned and knuckled his eyes. “Wha?” Frantically, Mark sang, “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Christopher! Happy birthday to you!” “Ah, dad,” Chris yawned, but he was chuckling. “Get up.” “What are you so excited about?” “Just get up,” Mark was pulling his son out of bed like he was the little boy. “I’m not even dressed.” Chris was i...

To celebrate the homestretch of White Life I have a series of surprises. The next episode will be sent up Friday evening, but this space is devoted to all the Questions you have about the characters, about their creator, about what's going on in the Eastforth and at Saint Vitus High School. Multiple questions are welcome. EVERYTHING will be answered... even if not to your satisfaction. Ask away!

“You just pay attention to the road and not the crowds,” Seth told him. They drove for a while, Addison paying so much attention to the road as they headed into his neighborhood, that he paid no attention to Seth, dropping what he dropped into his drink. It wasn’t anything serious, just a sort of.... help. EDGARALLENPOET: I have a confession to make. CHICAGO: Should I put on my Roman collar? EDGAR: No, I’m not sure that I want to be absolved. CHI: What’s up? ED:I am offici...

“I love Addison,” Balliol said, stiffening suddenly. “But not his routines. Every time someone tries to impersonate one particular gay person they do this long lisping cliché, and I don’t know any gay people, so I can’t say. But it seems wrong to lampoon a group of people just because you don’t get them. Or because they scare you. Which is is probably more the truth than anything.” Mason said: “Sully, I’m going to ask you something.” “What!” Sully jumped up. Mason cocked his head a...

“GUYS, CAN I SAY SOMETHING?” April had sneaked up on them along with Easter and Addison’s driver’s license. The sun even penetrated the cafeteria through the long ground level windows. Usually it was just fluorescent light in here, but now they could see the verdant evergreen bushes, the pea green leaves coming out on the trees. Sully was speaking, Mason turned from his contemplation of the trees and its accompanying desire to cut school and run away. “Say away,” said Mason. Th...

“No,” Sully said. “I don’t. I’m gay, and you’re gay—” “Don’t say that,” Chris was flustered. “It’s... Look, I’m going to college in a few months, and you’re going to be a senior and we have to move on. I’ve been hearing that a lot of people fall into this at this time of life. You have to understand that—” “You’re nuts.” ‘No, I’m not.” “I love you.” “Not really,” Chris tried to explain. “Yes,” Sully said. “Really. I love you.” “Don’t say that.” “I love you.” “Don’t tell ...

They had been going to the optional school mass for about a week. Every few weeks there was a school mass that all the kids had to attend, but there were also optional masses in the chapel, around lunchtimes, twice a week. Father Sanders was the priest there. Chris had never gone, though he’d been thinking about it. He knew his dad went to Mass during the week sometimes at Saint Patrick’s with Seth McKenna’s father. “You know, you don’t have to come if you don’t want to,” Matt told him. “I ...

“HOW LONG DO YOU THINK until it happens?” Mark said. Rick’s forehead was pressed against Mark and he murmured under the comforter, “Until what happens?” “Until they know. Until people know. Until...” Mark Powers pushed himself up from the warmth of the bed with its thick comforter, with Rick Howard’s heat. He sat up in Rick’s room and looked down at the other man. “All of my life I’ve never had any secrets, any real secrets from my friends, but I haven’t told them about us ye...

“It’s been a long time since it’s been just you and me,” Addison said that night in Mason’s room. “No Tommy. No Seth, no Balliol—who’s great by the way—but just us.” “Whaddo you think of Sullivan?” “That’s random,” Addison said. “Not that much, really. He’s okay. I suppose. But... He’ll never be with the four of us. “There are four of us?” “You, me, Tommy and now Balliol. It’s funny, because Seth really isn’t in our group. It’s like he’s my friend, and he’s your friend, but he’s no...

“You look preoccupied,” Sully said. “Well that’s not a bad word for it,” Balliol told him. “Preoccupied is, in fact, a very good word for it. Would you believe for one of the first times in my life I can’t think straight? I’ve thought of being a Hilton and when school’s all over just throwing up my hands and saying fuck it, spending lots of money, doing crazy things.” “You could.” “Me and Mason have already discussed it.” “You’re running off with Mason?” “Well, I could do that,” Ba...

“I don’t want to talk about it.” “It was about me,” Matt said, sipping the last of his juice box. “He didn’t start it,” Sully felt the need to defend his friend. “He just made a comment.” “One of you better tell me,” Matt said. Sully sighed. He looked at Chris. Chris made a motion and Sully said, “I just... He asked what was wrong with you? He noticed you were bad off. So I told him you... weren’t yourself and all. And he just said something...” Sully tried to make it funny. God he wi...

The first woe has passed… But there are two more to come. —Revelation 9.12 “I’M FEELING BETTER NOW,” Matt said, sitting up in the hospital bed and immediately crying out. “Yeah, you sound better,” Sully remarked. Matt Mercurio tried to smile at him and at Chris. “Thanks for coming, guys. Do you know I can leave tomorrow? I won’t be throwing the ball around for a while.” He tried to smile again. ...