Ryan and Avery by David Levithan EPUB & PDF

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• Author: David Levithan
• Language: English
• Genre: Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Dating & Sex 
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Snow Day
(the fifth date)
On the day of Avery and Ryan’s fifth date, it snows.
This is not out of the ordinary—it snows a lot in the towns where they
live. But this is the first snowfall, and that always occasions a certain
amount of surprise. Winter is no longer deniable, even though there are still
some leaves that refuse to abdicate from the trees. The days have already
been shortening, a minute or two of sunlight leaking away each evening,
but that isn’t as noticeable as the sudden shift to snow.

If Avery and Ryan lived in the same town, the snow wouldn’t have
much impact on their date. Their progress toward each other would be a
measure slower, a measure more thoughtful, but everything would go as
planned. As it happens, Ryan is driving to Avery. They might have met
midway, but for them there is nothing midway, nor is there anything, really,
within a fifty-mile radius. A pair of movie theaters. A few diners. A mall
that has seen better days. A Walmart where you were sure to bump into at
least three people you didn’t want to see while out on a date. Places you
could hang out, but you wouldn’t necessarily want to, at least not for a
special occasion. And at this point, for Avery and Ryan, each date is a
special occasion.

They met at a dance—a gay prom—the blue-haired boy (Ryan) and the
pink-haired boy (Avery) spotting one another and filling one another’s
minds with music and color, shyness and an inexplicable but powerful urge
to overcome shyness. It has progressed at a pace neither Ryan nor Avery
has any reference point for. Are they going fast? Slow? The speed limit?
Ryan has now met Avery’s parents; Avery has yet to meet Ryan’s parents,
but at least he knows the reason has nothing to do with him and everything
to do with the fact that Ryan’s parents aren’t quite ready for their bluehaired son to bring home a pink-haired boyfriend (or a boyfriend with any
other hair color, for that matter).

Avery’s parents have always been understanding—even before he
realized he was a boy and should be recognized by the world as a boy.
When he shared this truth with them, they didn’t dismiss it or try to
persuade him otherwise. And when Ryan appeared in Avery’s life, and
Avery let him appear in his parents’ lives as well, they were nothing short
of welcoming. Avery isn’t particularly surprised by this, even if it still feels
like he’s sharing a new chapter with them as it’s being written, and he’s a
little nervous about how they’ll read it. Ryan, meanwhile, is unfamiliar with
this level of acceptance. He doesn’t know how to act around anyone’s
parents, because his own are so negating.

Ryan does not check the weather forecast as he grabs his keys and
leaves his house. There might have been murmurs about snow at school, but
Ryan has learned to tune out all murmuring when he’s there; most murmurs
are nastier and less important than the weather report. When the first flakes
hit his windshield, it’s so gradual that it looks as if small, translucent spiders

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