Boy Meets Boy Chapter 8 Summary

Painting Music

  • Paul and Noah walk to Noah's house together after school.
  • Noah tells Paul it's the fourth house he's lived in in the last ten years.
  • When they arrive, Noah's sister Claudia tells Noah he missed a call from their mom. 
  • Noah introduces Paul, and Claudia tells Paul not to hurt Noah like Pitt did.
  • This is how Paul finds out Noah has an ex-boyfriend named Pitt, and that Noah hasn't forgotten about being hurt.
  • They have a smoothie then go upstairs to Noah's room, which is like a crazy Willy Wonka wonderland.
  • The ceiling is painted a million colors, Noah's music collection hangs from a swing, the window shades are made out of bubble gum wrappers, and there are Matchbox cars glued all over the walls.
  • Best of all, there's a secret door to the closet, and a trap door in the closet, and a rope ladder to the attic.
  • Paul asks if they're going to Narnia, but they're actually going to the room where Noah paints music.
  • Paul's nervous because Noah wants him to paint music too… and the last time he painted, it was a paint-by-numbers.
  • Noah puts on some Chet Baker, and they start painting. 
  • Paul can't stop watching Noah, because who could stop watching a cute boy paint music?
  • When the music is over, Noah wants to see what Paul painted, but Paul's not satisfied. 
  • Noah helps by taking his hand and guiding his brush; when the music ends, they don't stop holding hands.
  • Paul looks at Noah's painting, and it's a dancer.
  • They go back to painting music, and Paul thinks about his swaths of color meeting Noah's dancer in the middle of the room.