Chapter 23
September rolled around faster than Jim or Brian had wanted. Brian had been in a downward spiral like a fighter plane in flames, and the stress of being a freshman in college added to his emotional burden. Most people in San Jose were white, with a strong peppering of Asians, Mexicans, and blacks, which reflected in the students at San Jose Community College. In high school, kids had their cliques, with not a ton of racial incidents, but enough to go around. He hoped college would be free of them.
But being gay could prove a hazard.
The initial day of school went easy and fast with no negative issues, but by the end of the first week, word had gotten around from others he’d known from high school, triggering sporadic incidents that included an array of comments, subtly and op
