Two Boys

by

Rocco Paperiello






Table of Contents

Prologue

Part I -- Beginnings

Chapter 1 -- Why Does God Hate Me?
Chapter 2 -- The First Meeting of Best Friends
Chapter 3 -- How Come a White-boy?
Chapter 4 -- Today I Got Put Into a Trash Can
Chapter 5 -- Secrets
Chapter 6 -- The Strange Kid at School, Non-Catholics, & a Birthday
Chapter 7 -- A Lot of White People
Chapter 8 -- The Single Most Embarrassing Moment in the History of Mankind
Chapter 9 -- I Know You Boy, What's Up? . . . and More Secrets
Chapter 10 -- Rockets, Horses, Singers, and Other (un)Important Things
Chapter 11 -- Thanksgiving (Including Being Thankful We Didn't Burn Down a Forest)
Chapter 12 -- Christmas Holidays
Chapter 13 -- Who Am I ?
Chapter 14 -- Jade's Mama Dies
Chapter 15 -- I Was Wrong
Chapter 16 -- Revealing Secrets
Chapter 17 -- Joey
Chapter 18 -- The Funeral
Chapter 19 -- Getting Back To Near Normal
Chapter 20 -- Let's Keep Things Compartmentalized
Chapter 21 -- I'm Starting to Wonder About a Lot of Things
Chapter 22 -- An Offer You Can't Refuse
Chapter 23 -- The World Ain't Fair
Chapter 24 -- The Plan
Chapter 25 -- Sometimes Parents Aren't Fair Either
Chapter 26 -- A Lot of Things Get Better
Chapter 27 -- A Good Start to a Good Summer
Chapter 28 -- Camporee and Other Stuff
Chapter 29 -- Baseball, Critter, But Most of All a Promise
Chapter 30 -- More of Critter, and an Editorial or Two
Chapter 31 -- Rocco Never Gave Mind to the Swim Part of Sink or Swim
Chapter 32a -- Summer Camp
Chapter 32b -- Summer Camp (continued)



Part II -- Discoveries

Chapter 33 -- School Restarts and Finding Help
Chapter 34 -- The Book and Other Stuff
Chapter 35 -- Just Talking About the Past Summer
Chapter 36 -- A Girlfriend ?
Chapter 37 -- Disagreements
Chapter 38a -- How Come ? (part a)
Chapter 38b -- How Come ? (part b)
Chapter 39a -- Some Complications (part a)
Chapter 39b -- Some Complications (part b)
Chapter 40 -- The First Crisis
Chapter 41 -- Watching a Championship Game and A Second Crisis
Chapter 42 -- Implementing the Plan
Chapter 43 -- New Things
Chapter 44 -- How Do You Define Girlfriend ?
Chapter 45a -- Things Are A Changin'
Chapter 45b -- Things Are NOT A Changin'
Chapter 46 -- How Come I Feel Like I Lost ?
Chapter 47 -- When Did I Become a Shrink?
Chapter 48 -- More Sex Talk (or "I've Already Given Up Too Many Dreams")
Chapter 49 -- Complications
Chapter 50 -- My Pet Dinosaur
Chapter 51 -- Even More Complications (or "A Couple Different Natural Laws")
Chapter 52 -- Worries, A Big Bang, & Some Worries Resolved
Chapter 53 -- At Least I Got in My Own Licks
Chapter 54a -- Mom and Mama (part a)
Chapter 54b -- Mom and Mama (part b)
Chapter 55 -- Consuelo and Dan (or "Experiences in Heart Failure")
Chapter 56a -- Some Surprises
Chapter 56b -- More Surprises
Chapter 57 -- Good News and Bad News
Chapter 58 -- A Duck, a Window, and an Untimely Chirp
Chapter 59a -- Dan's Story (part a)
Chapter 59b -- Dan's Story (part b)
Chapter 60 -- Life as Usual (or "OK, Unusual for Most People, but Life as Usual for Me")
Chapter 61 -- Trouble in Paradise
Chapter 62a -- More Trouble in Paradise (part a)
Chapter 62b -- More Trouble in Paradise (part b)
Chapter 63 -- Much More Trouble in Paradise
Chapter 64-- A Life Changing Decision



Part III -- Confrontation and Resolve

Chapter 65 -- The Best Laid Plans . . .
Chapter 66 -- A Dreadful Decision
Chapter 67 -- Resolution
Chapter 68 -- Things Get Back to Normal (Well As Normal As They Can Get)
                           Cloudburst

Chapter 69a -- A Little Rain Must Fall (part a)

                           Cloudburst

Chapter 69b -- A Little Rain Must Fall (part b)

                           Cloudburst

Chapter 69c -- A Little Rain Must Fall (part c)

Chapter 70 -- Things Settle Down
Chapter 71 -- Trains and Horses and Other Trips
Chapter 72a -- Interlude (part a)
Chapter 72b -- Interlude (part b)
Chapter 73 -- Trials and Trials
Chapter 74 -- Catholics are Weird, and Catholic Schools Are Even Weirder
Chapter 75a -- The Start of the Good High School Years (part a)
Cpapter 75b -- The Start of the Good High School Years (part b)
Chapter 76 -- Big Changes and Big Decisions
Chapter 77 -- A Beautiful Christmas
Chapter 78 -- A Couple Great Ideas
Chapter 79 -- More of White-boy's Wild Ideas
                           Only Sometimes
Chapter 80 -- "The Pen is    Mightier than the Sword."
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Chapter 81 -- Some Concerns and Some Decisions
Chapter 82 -- Creative Writing Is Sometimes Creative
Chapter 83 -- Dreams and a Few Problems
Chapter 84a -- School, Work, and Plans (and Tears) (part a)
Chapter 84b -- School, Work, and Plans (and Tears) (part b)
Chapter 85 -- Significant Purpose



PART IV -- Graduation and College

Chapter 86 -- Marriage !
Chapter 87a -- Crises (Worldwide and Otherwise)
Chapter 87b -- Crises (Stolen Ideas)
Chapter 88a -- Real Plans (part a)
Chapter 88b -- Real Plans (part b)
Chapter 89 -- Religion Knows Nothing of Freedom
Chapter 90 -- Explosion
Chapter 91a -- Surprises (part a)
Chapter 91b -- Surprises (part b)
Chapter 92 -- A Juxtaposition of Events
Chapter 86a -- "I Have a Dream" [MARTIN LUTHER KING, August 28, 1963]
Chapter 93b -- "I Have a Dream" [MARTIN LUTHER KING, August 28, 1963]
Chapter 94 -- Denouement
Chapter 95 -- Adventures in Learning
Chapter 96 -- Friends Old and New
Chapter 97a -- A Love Story (part a)
Chapter 97b -- A Love Story (part b)
Chapter 98a -- Home is Where the Heart Is, But Where's My Heart (part a)
Chapter 98b -- Home is Where the Heart Is, But Where's My Heart (part b)
Chapter 98c -- Home is Where the Heart Is, But Where's My Heart (part c)
Chapter 99 -- Jerry Price
Chapter 100 - A Glorious Summer
Chapter 101 -- Captivation
Chapter 102-- Back Home and Revelations
Chapter 103-- Dreams Can Exist



EPILOGUE: 5 years later



Copyright 2006 by Rocco Paperiello

roccopaperiello@yahoo.com