While at first their friendship is based on zines, dysfuntional families, and dreams of escape, soon both John and Marisol begin to shed their protective shells. It's no wonder John writes articles like "Interview with the Stepfather" and "Memoirs from Hell." The only release he finds is in homemade zines like the amazing Escape Velocity by Marisol, a self-proclaimed "Puerto Rican Cuban Yankee Lesbian." Haning around the Boston Tower Records for the new issue of Escape Velocity, John meets Marisol and a hard love is born. There are sandwiches and snacks if they want, but if not, they're welcome to come out dancing with everyone.Since his parents' divorce, John's mother hasn't touched him, her new fiancé wants them to move away, and his father would rather be anywhere than at Friday night dinner with his son.
He meets up with Marisol and tells her about the letters. John makes it to the bus barely before it leaves.At first he wasn't going to, but now he doesn't care he wants them to know how he feels. He leaves the letter he wrote to her and mails the other one to his dad.John doesn't mention that she's never really looking at him. John's mom admits he's right and wonders how her son got to be so smart when she wasn't looking.He tells his mom to stop letting his dad affect her relationship-she's only worried because Dad turned out to be a liar.She wants to know if John likes him and trusts him, but honestly, John just doesn't give the guy all that much thought. He knows he could have told his mom where he was going, but he doesn't want to-he wants to pretend he's running away with Marisol forever.On Friday, John tells his mom that he's taking the train to see his dad for the weekend.
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