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Throughout Highschool me and my friend Alex would skate after school everyday. We would push each other to get better and better everyday and we became great friends because of it. It was like our daily routine.
Towards the end of senior year Alex started working out a couple times a week after school instead of skating with me.
He tried to get me to work out with him but I wasn't that into it. Even though me and Alex didn't skate as much we were still great friends. Alex and I hung out everyday.
I tried to get him to skate but he wouldn't do it just like I wouldn't work out. To enjoy what we both wanted to do he would work out in his garage with his garage door open and I would skate in front of his house.
We continued to do this everyday. Alex got buffer because of it and I was getting better at skating because of it.
Over the summer is when I realized I was gay. I started to enjoy looking at pictures of shirtless buff men. At first I tried to stop the gay thoughts but I soon came to terms with them since I knew they wouldn't stop.
I tried not to look at Alex in the same way but it was hard. He would often work out with his shirt off and it was always very hard not to look at his sweaty body, but I was able to control myself. That's when things started to change.
Alex got a girlfriend named Sarah. She was a very nice girl and I could see why Alex liked her. They started going to parties together, getting drunk, and taking pills.
I don't think Sarah was that type of girl so I'm pretty sure Alex smoothed talked her into taking them with him. Eventually one night Alex and Sarah lost their virginity to each other.
Alex would often bragg to me how good it felt and stuff like that and I would get jealous, but I would keep those emotions inside to protect our friendship.
Seeing them so happy together often made me sad. I wanted that happiness too. Eventually Sarah noticed that I was upset about something. I wouldn't tell them what I was sad about, I was acting like nothing was wrong.
Since my eighteenth birthday was last week and I didn't do anything they made me go with them to a party to cheer me up.
When we got to the party I saw a couple people I knew and a couple upperclassmen that I thought were hot from my school. One of them being Andy Lodero.
He was about everything I found attractive. He was tall with a full beard, big chest, and hairy legs. He was liked by everyone in the school because he was the schools football teams quarter back.
Also he was one of the nicest guys around. I was so caught up in checking him out when I looked up Alex and Sarah disappeared into the crowd so I was like a lost puppy.
I found where the beer was and just hung around there. Everybody was caught up in the party. Some seemed drunk out of there minds and others seemed high as a kite.
I was drinking my second beer when a girl that I recognized from my school came up to me.
"Hey, I'm Janette." she said to me a little slurred.
"What's up, I'm Mark." I said to her.
"Wanna come sit with me and my friends? You look lonely."
I hesitated at first then I thought what the heck and said,
"Sure."
She grabbed my hand and pulled me into the crowd of people. We kept walking through the crowd until we made it to the living room. There was a small group sitting and standing around the couch.
"Hey guys this is Mark, he's gonna chill with us."
Janette said to her friends. One of the guys in the group said to me,
"You smoke?"
"Yea." I lied.
"Here hit this"
I luckily just saw how he hit it so I mimicked his actions. When I inhaled my lungs were immediately on fire and I was coughing my lungs out.
The small group began laughing at me and told me I just hit spice. I didn't know what that was but I didn't like the sound of it so I quickly got up and theft the group.
I couldn't stop coughing and my eyes began tearing. I tripped through a doorway and fell onto the grass in the back yard. I gripped the grass as I continued to cough my lungs out.
"Mark what happened? Here drink this." Alex's voice said.
I looked up and was looking in his eyes. I took the drink from his hand and quickly took a chug. It was water. Finally I was able to breath, but I couldn't think or stand straight.
"C'mon, I'll take you home buddy." he said,
On our way to his car I don't know what went through my head but I said,
"I've - I've always thought you were so hot."
Suddenly we stopped walking and he said,
"What did you just say?"
I looked up at him in the eye and said,
"I'm gay" slurred.
Alex didn't say anything so I continued,
"Your the first person I've told. I trust you-"
I was cut off by Alex's fist colliding with my nose. I fell to the floor gripping my nose crying silently.
"Stay the fuck away from me you fucking faggot!" Alex yelled and stormed off.
When he said that some people around the party caught on to what was going on. They pulled out there phones taking videos and pictures of me spiced out, crying on the floor with a bloody nose.
People were calling me a faggot and throwing there drinks at me laughing loudly.
I just sat there and continued to cry high out of my mind. Somebody pulled me up to my feet and helped me walk away from the party.
I was to high and busy crying to care. I was leaned up against a car and heard keys shuffling then i heard the keys hit the floor.
"Darn!"
I heard and recognized the voice to be Sarah's. She picked up the keys and opened her car.
"C'mon Mark get in." she said.
Once I was in the car I laid my head back and immediately fell asleep. I woke up in the middle of the night really disoriented. I stood up to walk to the restroom but walked straight into a wall.
"Ow, what the fuck.."
I realized I wasn't in my house and the whole night came rushing back to me. My life is over I thought. Everyone must know already what happened at that party. I pulled out my phone and checked instagram.
I had so many notifications, the most I've ever had at one time. People commenting horrible things about me on videos of me at the party.
I just turned my screen off and put my face in my hands. I started to cry. I guess my sniffling woke up Sarah in the next room because she sat down next to me and put her arm around me.
"It's ok Mark. Don't let all those dumb kids get to you."
I looked Sarah in the eye.
"Thanks Sarah, I really appreciate it..."
I said sounding horrible. We sat there for a little longer until I said,
"I should go, I don't want my parents to worry."
"Are you sure? You could spend the night if you want."
"No Ill walk home. Thank you Sarah. I really appreciate you being so nice to me, bye."
With that I walked out of her house and started walking to mine. It was about 6 blocks away. The whole walk I was thinking how being outed was gonna effect my life. All the outcomes were not good.
When I got to my house it was 4:47 am. I quietly walked into my house hoping to not wake my parents. I didn't.
I got to my room quietly and looked at the posts online again for a little while. I turned off my phone and went to sleep.
I woke up around 2:00pm. Thank god it was Saturday. I was dreading going back to school so much. It was gonna be horrible, no doubt. I'm just really trying not to think about any of it right now. I got up and took a shower.
I put on some fresh clothes and got ready to go skate. I hadn't skated in a couple of days so I was feeling good. Well at least my body was, of course except for my nose. I was planning on going to a little deserted ghetto skate park.
There was a couple people that are always there and I'm really cool with them. I want to talk to someone as if my life hasn't been shattered. I walked downstairs to the kitchen and my mom was making breakfast.
"Morning Mark. Want some breakfast?"
"Yes please."
She served me a plate of eggs, sausage, and bacon. Thank God it seemed like she didn't know what happened. If she didn't know my dad didn't know.
I don't know why I was thinking they would know, I'm just paranoid. My mom tells my dad everything, vice versa. I started eating when my dad walked into the kitchen.
"Morning honey."
He said to my Mom and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Morning Mark. What time did you get back last night?" He said sitting at the table.
"Around 12." I said probably a little to quick.
"Really? Then what was all that noise in the morning around 4?" He said with raised eyebrows.
I knew I was caught already so I just told him.
"I was at a party and got home late."
My dad looked at me sternly,
"well don't do it again."
"Yes sir."
I ate my breakfast with my parents while they talked to each other. When I finished I put my plate in the sink, said by and walked out the house.
So I started skating towards the park. To get there I had to pass by Alex's house. Passing by I could see his garage door open and his workout equipment but no Alex.
I got to the park about 10 minutes later and saw that there were a couple locals. I skated up to them to say what's up.
"Yo, what's up?"
None of them looked at me except one.
"Why the fuck are you talking to us you fucking faggot?"
I just looked at them shocked for second.
"Are you fucking deaf!?"
He said and stood up.
"No, no my bad."
I said and got on board and skated away. Best to just avoid any beating I can. After that happened I didn't feel like skating anymore so I headed home sad again.
Passing by Alex's house I saw him working out but he was facing the other way so I was sure he couldn't see me. Then I noticed the mirror and that's when he turned and saw me.
"Hey!" He yelled.
I turned from him and skated home as fast as I could. I didn't know what Alex wanted but how he reacted the night before made me not want to know.
When Monday came around I desperately did not want to go to school. There's was no way I could avoid it though, so I went.
Through out the day I got nothing but stares and insults from the other students. Not one person made an effort to talk to me. I just ignored everyone and did my work to get the day done.
When the last bell of the day rang for us to leave I quickly got up to leave. I headed for my bus not looking at anyone just focused on going home.
I had my headphones on so I could drown out all the other students. When I was walking through my schools courtyard to get to the buses someone grabbed my shoulder turned me around and punched me in the face. I fell to the floor holding my nose in pain. I looked up and it was Alex.