Happy Endings and Black Roses
Everybody already knew I was gay. Everyone except my parents. I am not very sneaky so I don't try to use an online dating site. I cant use a phone to call a boyfriend if I had one. So when Valentines Day comes around I always lash out at people. Well Valentines Day doesn't come for at least another month. I walk down the hall and people already start to avoid me. Some grip their shoulders because usually when someone says the words happy Valentines Day on Valentines, I punch them really hard. No where actually painful. The day is close to an end. The sixth period bell rings and I dash to my next class. I walk into the seventh grade science lab and take my notebook out of my bag. Its a little humid in the room and dew starts to collect on my tan fox fur. I ask to be excused to use the restroom when Alex the semi-new coyote walks in. He looks at me and I blush. He sits himself right next to me and I start the sweating cycle all over again. Hes never sit next to me before and there is an open seat next to what is probably a hot female cougar to a straight guy.
"Today..." The teacher starts. "We will be working with food coloration..."
I get up to get beakers and he collects the dropper and coloring. After class is over and i'm at home, I fall on my bed and sigh a deep sigh. Alex is truly perfect. He seems nice and he looks good with his white and violet fur. I feel my phone vibrate and check to see who it is. My best friend is texting me. Her name is Ashlyn, she is a wolf with pure white fur She looks nice and all I guess. She wants to meet me at the mall, so I put on my oh-so fashionable dark red skinny jeans and light yellow three quarter sleeved shirt. I wait outside until Ashlyn and her mom pull up in the road.
"Hey Toby." Her mom greets.
I jump in their van and we speed down the Boise highway. Boise is the beautiful capital of Idaho. Its a city that is still blooming and doesn't even have one sky scraper. Ashlyns mom drops us off at the mall and we go through it like a black Friday mob. Our last stop is Hot Topic. We check out clothes and other merchandise. Ashlyn goes in the dressing room and I sit on the bench outside of the store. Then the most unbelievable, super crazy thing happens. Alex sits right there next to me for the second time today. I try to hide my face, but it is no good. He grabs my paw and after a while I have my first boyfriend. <3
One month later...
Its Valentines Day, well night. The day was amazing, me and Alex held paws all through the halls. I made us both matching bracelets to wear as my gift to him and he homemade me a box of chocolates. As a bonus I even got my first kiss. After school we made out behind the building. I'm still not asleep. I'm in my bed. I'm not wearing anything at all, and I'm Skyping Alex. He's also not wearing anything.
"I wuvs you" He says.
"I wuvs you too" I reply.
Then OMG worst case scenario happens. My parents walk in. I exit out of the tab and quickly cover myself with the sheets. However its useless since they already saw me.
" So who were you talking to." My mom starts.
"I know exactly what he was doing." My dad says. "He was talking to his gay boyfriend."
"Its not like you know me, or him!" I shout. "You never did! I've known I was gay since I was twelve, I'm fourteen! I did try to drop hints but you never asked me once if I was gay!
Me and my parents shout at each other for a long time until the eventually leave me alone. I cry for a long time. around twelve I sneak out of the house. I go all the way to the city park. I'm looking until I find a good place. I walk over to the swing set and open my bag. I pull out a long black belt and tie it to the top of the swing set. Struggling I try to stand on the seat of the swing. The belt is around my neck now and I am preparing to walk off. Then I drop, but I'm not choking. Alex is lifting me. I can tell by the look on his face its not an easy task. Two other people untie the belt from my neck and swing. Alex sets me down and catches his breath.
"How did you know I would be here." I ask.
"I was coming over to your house to see why you dropped our chat, and I saw you leave the house so I followed you."
"My parents found out..." I begin my eyes getting watery.
"Don't you ever try to take your life again." He says sternly. "Your my fox. My gay fox. I love you."
"I love you too." I say tears coming out now.
I cry in his fur for about ten minutes. I later find out that the other two people are his friends that saw him following me while leaving a party. They go home and Alex walks me home. My parents hug me and go on and on how they were bending over backwards to find me (but they didn't leave the house!?). Alex starts to tell them what happened and I go take a shower. When I get out Alex is still there. My parents hug me some more and tell me that they except that i'm gay. They thank Alex and me and him step out on the porch. He kisses me goodbye and then he's gone. I go back inside and fall asleep on the couch. In the morning I get ready for school and eat some cereal and toast. I go outside and find Alex waiting outside on the porch. We take off together holding paws as we go, my parents holding each other watching us go.
"No matter gay, straight or bi. Lesbian, transgendered life. I'm on the right track baby I was born to survive." -Lady Gaga
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