‘Come on, it’s not like you. It sounds horrible. And what happened afterwards?’
‘This guy I was in love with moved. I just saw him recently on f*******: with his boyfriend. I mean really boyfriend. It didn’t even occur to me at the time that the reason he was not falling for me was that he was gay. The sophomore, luckily, lived at the other end of town, so I never saw him any more. He’s not even worth mentioning,’ Linda gestured, and I was just staring first, and then burst out in laughter.
‘Linda, I’m sorry. Really,’ I apologized. ‘I’m trying to stay serious, but this story sucks. You were like a loser. I can’t even believe that I happened to you.’
This made her laugh too, and went on. ‘You can’t? If you saw my photos from that time, you could imagine. During the summer break after eig
