Not that Rush minded. It gave him the perfect excuse to stop dating. The girls thought he was pining over his girl and considered it romantic, and the guys just shrugged, telling each other they’d never be so dumb as to let a girl do that to them. After a time they were all so used to seeing Rush dateless, that no one questioned it. He questioned it, though. He was certain his interest in gay s*x had just been a passing fancy, but he’d noticed for some time—even before he’d come to Pulaski and Jasper—that he’d had no real interest in any of the coeds he saw on either campus. He shook his head. You’ve got a lot on your plate, buddy. It makes sense that dating isn’t at the top of your list of things that must be done. When he’d gotten horny, he’d simply jerked off. It was less messy. He g