The door slammed, louder than it should have been, and I stood there with my lips bruised, my body hot, and my mind spinning. The man I had a crush on for the longest time had just kissed me…..claimed me and revealed that he had always being gay. And just my luck he is too scared, too controlled by his father, to admit it.
Uhhhhhhh! Can’t life give me a f*****g break? Just once. That’s all I ask.
My legs felt weak as I stumbled back against the table, pressing a hand to my chest like I could hold myself together. I remembered the first time I came out, back in high school. My father had waved it off, thinking it was a phase, a joke, something I would grow out of.
My mother had dragged me to church, thinking prayer would fix it. Kids had made fun of me, whispered about me and tried to c
