Start the Day Lying and End With the Truth

“C’mon, Eddie,” he says, “you gotta tell me what the beef was between you and that guy. I know it’s juicy, you were being so weird.” Buck has a gleeful look in his eye that says he’s not letting it go this time, and Eddie is historically weak to Buck’s needling. Better to get out in front of it, than be worn down until he blurts out something even more embarrassing.“Well,” Eddie says, stalling for time to get his thoughts together, “there was definitely no beef.” Buck looks a little disappointed at that. “We, uh — well, we actually hooked up? A couple times?” Eddie’s not sure why, but he can only make it come out like a question.Or: Eddie kissed a boy in high school and runs into him 15 years later in a movie theater. Buck has been trying to find the best time to come out to Eddie, but Eddie beats him to the punch.