HT100 Challenge #78: Sum-sum-summertime: Not That Different
Not That Different
When Toby thinks about childhood summers, he remembers trips to the Hamptons; private tennis lessons; red lobster at the country club; trying to ogle pretty girls in bikinis without getting caught; sneaking sips from his father’s liquor cabinet at the beach house...
When Chris thinks about childhood summers, he remembers sunning himself on the roof of his apartment building; seeing movies without a ticket; eating hot dogs from street vendors; kissing pretty girls on couches in friends’ basements; sneaking looks at the other boys in the locker room at the Y…
But now summers are just days on a calendar - gray walls, recycled air, no hint of sun - same as every other fucking day. For both of them.
When Toby thinks about childhood summers, he remembers trips to the Hamptons; private tennis lessons; red lobster at the country club; trying to ogle pretty girls in bikinis without getting caught; sneaking sips from his father’s liquor cabinet at the beach house...
When Chris thinks about childhood summers, he remembers sunning himself on the roof of his apartment building; seeing movies without a ticket; eating hot dogs from street vendors; kissing pretty girls on couches in friends’ basements; sneaking looks at the other boys in the locker room at the Y…
But now summers are just days on a calendar - gray walls, recycled air, no hint of sun - same as every other fucking day. For both of them.