My ass is full to the brim, with Ernie bottomed out against my better judgement. I give him half-answers between bullet points, trying to keep pace with both him and the lecture. The professor shoots us a look once or twice, but doesn’t call us out. Gay sex I rub my eyes, yawning again, and agree to his claim that the government does jack shit for the elderly. I don’t know Ernie’s dad. I wanna get something too,” he says with barely contained annoyance.“Yeah, go find a bed to finish your beauty sleep in,” Frank shoots, and I wonder where he gets all this energy from. It’s almost a scoff.“I need a smoke,” he mutters, already heading for the exit.I follow him out of the maze-like hallway and into a mostly empty space behind one of the outside units. Then we started arguing just like now, with your underwear around your ankles while the wimp scrambled to get his clothes and run away. Frank returns to his tray, muttering about the toast being cold. My shift feels a thousand miles away now.“I don’t know,” I say honestly. I told the nurse I wanted coffee and a donut, and she looked at me like I’d asked for a blunt.
