Purple Flowers; Or, How To Get Your Best Friend To Forgive You

Jay and Jonathan have been best friends since they attended the same preschool. They’re so close that some people who see the young men together think they’re a gay couple. It’s hilarious, according to Jonathan and Jay. Until, one day, in order to spare himself the mockery of his unbearable and somewhat homophobic workmates, Jay panics and says something really, really bad – a lie that could make Jonathan’s life very difficult. Jonathan is furious at this betrayal, and Jay realises that he will lose his lifelong best friend in mere days if he can’t find a way to apologise enough.
Featuring purple flowers, pink cocktails, nosy work-colleagues, and a brutally frank older sister, 'Purple Flowers; Or, How To Get Your Best Friend To Forgive You' is a short story set in present-day New Zealand.