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Calling Calling Calling Me by Natasha Washington
Publisher: Natasha Washington
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Subgenre: Contemporary Queer Romance/New Adult
Tropes/Themes: college romance, first time, fish out of water
Direct Link: https://www.natashawashington.com/books/
Book Synopsis: Patrick Mahoney has one goal in mind: get out of his native Fresno and find freedom in the rainbow and glitter-painted streets of San Francisco. As a college freshman, he’s sure he’ll finally have the chance to be himself, away from the judgmental eyes of his conservative hometown.
Josh Dirda’s never wanted to be tied down before, preferring the emotional ease of the one night stand. But when Patrick moves into the apartment that Josh shares with three friends, Josh is caught up in Patrick’s sly wit and quietly creative spirit. As Patrick’s self-appointed tour guide, Josh can be Patrick’s introduction to the city he loves. But after a drunken Halloween hook-up crosses lines, Patrick and Josh must reckon with their true feelings—and decide whether they can let go of the ghosts that haunt them.
Excerpt of Calling Calling Calling Me
“Whoa, whoa, whoa.”
Patrick woke up with a start to the sound of his bedroom door banging open, a shaft of light cutting across the floor and hitting him right between the eyes.
“This is not my room,” Josh said, sounding almost certain. “But I—I came back to—dammit.”
“Josh?” Patrick croaked. The room was swimming. He’d heard it was possible to wake up more drunk than he’d been when he fell asleep, but he’d never experienced this before.
Basically, Patrick had never been drunk, period. Unless he counted that one time he had a few too many glasses of dessert wine at Christmas, which he really didn’t.
“Patrick,” Josh said, and sat down heavily on Patrick’s bed. “What’s up, man? You left early. I heard—Freddy said you left.”
“I did,” Patrick said. “I was really tired.”
“You gotta work past that, though,” Josh said, tilting his head to one side and widening his eyes. “I didn’t even see you dance.”
Patrick closed his eyes against the surreality of this moment. “You don’t need to see me dance.”
“But I do, dude. You’ve seen me dance. It’s only fair.”
“You should probably go to bed,” Patrick said. “I mean—in your bed. In the other room. Your room.”
“I—yes,” Josh said. “Yes, I—give me a minute, though. Everything’s a little…crumpled. Um. Fuzzy. Weird.”
Even through his haze of alcohol and exhaustion, Josh was still impossibly adorable. He was covered in a thin sheen of sweat and his hair was all tousled and wild, and he was biting his lip and squinting like he was trying so hard to figure out—
“Your room is next door,” Patrick said. “I can take you there if you’d like.”
Josh nodded. “Right. Okay. But first—I had a question.”
Patrick’s heart flipped.
I want to ask you a lot of things.
“Yeah?” Patrick asked.
“Back in Fresno,” Josh said, “where you grew up, was it—like, was it hard? Being different there?”
That was not the question Patrick expected Josh to ask, and it was far too incisive for Josh’s currently intoxicated state. He swallowed.
“Yeah,” Patrick said, voice soft. “It was really hard.”
You have no idea, he wanted to say. You have no idea how hard it was.
Josh looked at him with blurry eyes.
“It’s going to be easier now,” Josh said. “I know it.”
Patrick wanted to believe him. He wanted to believe him completely and entirely and so much it hurt.
“I just wanted you to know that,” Josh said, and rose to his feet, shaky and slow.
“Are you going to be able to—”
“Pancakes,” Josh stated, spinning on his heel at the door and jabbing one finger in Patrick’s general direction. “In the morning, I will make apology pancakes, and they will rule.”
Then he turned and shuffled off, closing the door behind him before Patrick had a chance to reply.
About Natasha Washington:
Natasha Washington lives in Philadelphia, where she writes queer love stories in both YA (as Sonia Belasco) and romance. She has spent much of her professional life working with young people as a mentor, tutor, or therapist. When not writing, she is likely cooking, taking long, meandering walks, or listening to dance music or 90s hip-hop.
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