After their heart-to-heart talk three days earlier, Tom and Dennis’ budding friendship was once again showing signs of strain. For Tom, the tension was twofold. Firstly, knowing how deep Booker’s feelings were for him, he did not want to lead him on by behaving too friendly. Secondly—and most disturbingly—he was struggling to understand the complexity of his own feelings. Although he did not know why, Booker had awakened something inside him, something he had not felt for a very long time… full-blown infatuation. He desperately tried to push the unwanted thoughts to the deepest recesses of his mind, but his feelings were becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, and there was no denying the obvious; every aspect of Dennis Booker captivated him. It would not have been a bad thing, except he had never met a male who had the ability to beguile him, and the whole experience was extremely unsettling. Much to his dismay, he found himself frequently questioning the depth of his feelings, all of which cast serious doubt on the validity of his heterosexuality. He could not help but wonder if his initial hostility was because unbeknownst to him, he had felt an attraction to the …show more content…
Much to his and Dennis' amazement, the Pledge Master had paid them very little attention during the final two days of hazing. Surprisingly, he also moved away from humiliating Horshack, much to the frail pledge’s relief. Instead, the callous senior had focused most of his efforts on the remaining pledges, the four strapping young men who had up until then had pretty much flown under the radar. He had put them through vigorous and often painful activities, all of which they had conquered with little or no