LGBTQ+ (A LGBTQ+ STORY)

CHAPTER 4: GRADUATION

JUNE 2017

This was it, it was graduation. At home, i was getting dressed when my mom entered the room.

"hey Mason, i wanted to say sorry about the times i made fun of you for being gay, i was, still getting used to my son being different, but this is it, graduation, how do u feel" she said entering my room

"mom, ill be fine, i get to be with the man i truly love, i didn't care about high school, I'm glad I get to be with my friends till the end [puts tie on] I'll make sure i keep in touch with u guys" i said finishing putting my tie on

"Mason, u look so handsome she said turning me around and hugging me

"we'll meet you there, just save us a seat" she said kissing my forehead

"dont worry mom i will [hugs back] i'm gonna miss u guys after graduation" i replied comforting my mom

"its so crazy to see my baby boy all grown up" she replied crying before i left and drove to my school and parked my car, with my other friend waiting for me.

"yo, Mason, u ready for this" asked Carter as i walked to him and kissed him

"yes i am" i said 

I still couldn't believe this was it, graduation. After finding my seat, me and the others sat in their seats, but theirs were located somewhere else. A young lookin handsome man came by and sat next to me.

"you know i didnt come here to see freaks, i only came to see actual people graduate" he said looking away

I was gonna ask him the hell he meant but the principal stepped up to the mic blocking my response to the man

"welcome, families to senior graduation, the class of 2017 [people starts clapping], I'm sure you're all excited to see these wonderful seniors graduate, these students have had quite a good life being students here, i am quite thankful for having them be role models at this school, i wanted to say thank you all for being great students and great people, but to kick off the senior graduation class of 2017, lets have Avery talk" said the principal as he waits for Avery to step up to the mic and when she did she began talking

"hello, um, my name is Avery, I'm a 2017 senior, and apart of the graduation class of 2017, i wanted to say thank you teachers for helping me through the last 4 years of high school, and thank you to my friends and family for being there for me [i smiled and waved to her], and i wanted to say thank you to my girlfriend Mary, for being there for me, and i am damn to be thankful to graduate from this wonderful place and say goodbye to the people i wont be able to see again [starts crying], so thank you for this special moment for me" says avery crying

it was my turn to start my graduation speech and i got up and went to the mic

"hello my name is Mason, and i am happy to be a senior and to be happy as a student. i am happy that i had teachers and my family to be here with me to graduate, when i was 10 i came out as gay and i started dating someone i loved and his name is Carter, at first my parents didnt support me, i knew they were still getting used to me being gay but i am still happy they are my parents, i wanted to say thank u to my friends, teachers, counselors and parents that have helped me through these 4 fantastic years of high school, i... in the past i had so many people make fun of me and my friends for being lgbtq and men even sexually harassed 2 of my friends, Mary and Avery, there was nothing i could do, but now, with us here at graduation, we could finally let go of the past and enter our future, so thank u guys for this moment" i said stepping away from the mic

{AFTER GRADUATION}

I started packing up boxes with my mom and dad

"please keep in touch with us Mason, u know we will miss you" she said

"mom i know [hugs] I'll miss you both" i said

both my mom and dad tried so hard not to cry.

after i got into my car with my boxes in the trunk i looked out my passenger side window and saw my parents waving me bye, and i stepped on the gas and drove away from my house and i started crying. it would be 6 years for me to see my family again. I took a deep breath and keep driving as i heard the clinking and clanking of my boxes in my trunk. upon arriving to my college, i parked my car, i looked around before stepping inside

"hey good afternoon, you must be Mason" said the lady at the front desk

"i am" i said

i signed my name and found my dorm. it wasn't the same not being with my family, or my friends or anything. i sat on my bed.

"high school is over now, i don't have to deal with homophobic people anymore" i said before crying

"if only Carter was here" i said

i took a deep breath and closed my eyes and started dreaming about me and Carter were together again. i took out my phone and called my friends and carter, they said their colleges were awesome. 

"guys, tomorrow, lets meet up again, and hang out, and be friends once again" i said
Is it Time?
(this is the final chapter to this lgbtq+, sadly its being discontinued because i won't be able to focus on this book much because of school and other stories, but thank you for being wonderful readers)