The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd

He explodes and tells them that they're miserable attitudes have been affecting him more than they realize/care. They become upset over his changed attitude over the past weeks and threaten to make his last month home unpleasant. His parents wake him up the next morning and drag him in for a talk. When she gets home, she calls him a 'faggot' like her sister does.

Before they get to her house, they talk about her parents' marital problems and she becomes angry at Dade's remarks. He brings her to his room and lets her smoke a little weed before bringing her home. Distressed at being lonely, she bursts into tears and he tries to comfort her. However, he shoots down the thought when he tells her that he is gay. She becomes eager at the prospect of having a friend and possibility of being a couple. She apologizes again for what happened at the party and Dade accepts it. The next morning, while sitting by the pool, Dade is visited by Fessica. While in the parking lot of a convenience store, he breaks down into tears with Lucy comforting him. However, he is coldly rebuffed and leaves with Lucy. While watching the patrons, Dade spots Pablo and, at the encouragement of Lucy, goes to speak to him. While the receptionist knows that they are underaged, she lets them in. One night, Lucy invites him out to Cherry's, a gay bar hidden away in town. He points him to the right direction and develops a crush on the stranger. While outside, he is approached by a young man who asks him for directions to the party. Fessica takes his actions as him hitting on her and tries to make a move on him, causing him to leave the party. When he notices that she had too much to drink, he brings her to her bed so that she could sleep it off.

At the party, he's ignored by most of the guests, except for Jessica's awkward sister Francesca (nicknamed 'Fessica'). He decides to go to the party rather than stay home. She angrily accuses him of being on his father's side and keeping things from her before storming off. At the same time, Peggy finds out about the affair and confronts Dade about his knowledge about it. A few days before the end of the school year, Dade 'is invited' to a house party thrown by popular girl, Jessica Montana. He asks Dade to keep it a secret from his mother, a request that infuriates Dade. During dinner with his father, he finds out that Ned is having an affair with a woman from his poetry class. When he goes to school, he is harassed by Pablo's friends and girlfriend, who believe that he is gay. At the beginning of the book, Dade tells Pablo that he loves him after they have sex, which causes Pablo to slap him until he takes it back.

The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd