The Background Kind Of Guy

Chapter Twenty

I had to walk to school since Dave left without me.

As I walked Jamie's blue truck pulled over, she looked at me with a serious look.

"Jump in." She demanded

Without a word, I did as she said.

We started to drive off.
We sat there silently.

I looked closely at her expression. She had looked both confused and angry.

"J-Jamie? Are you m-mad at me?" I asked

"What does it look like?" She sighed as she parked the car in the school parking lot.

Her Bonnie eyes stared hard at me, I then had noticed, she looks as if she's been...Crying.

"So...y-you are?"

"Of course I am...Tony I didn't know that you were gay...why didn't you tell me?" She asked

"Jamie...I-I wasn't the one who posted that. I'm not gay...Zack; he stole my phone while I was at gym class...He did the whole thing all because Audrey broke up with him."

"What?...Oh." She gave a slight smile.

Seeming to be a bit uncomfortable as if she were hiding something.

"I gusse I don't have to tell you..." She sighed

"What were you gonna tell me?" I asked

"You won't like me, you'll break up with me if I tell you." She bit her lip.

"Jamie, I'll always love you just the way you are." I grabbed her hand. She smiled.

"I'm...I'm...Bi, Bisexual."

I looked at her surprised but not to surprised.

"I-I didn't know..."

"Yeah, well there's the truth...I'm sorr-"

"No, don't be sorry. Never be sorry Jamie, you're a wonderful girl, I will always be proud to stand by your side."

A tear slipped down from her eyes.

"I know, it's just...after the post...People kept saying I was Trans, that I was really a boy not a girl, the girls at school all kicked me out of the girls locker room and bathroom, treating me like I'm carrying some disease...Telling me to change with the boys, the boys looked at me disgusted, I feel lonely...I mean, I know I look like my father but...Really, how immature...Why can't I just live my life without being pushed or teased you know?"
Her eyes went glossy.

"I know, I'm really sorry Jamie, it's all my fault."

"No, it's not...It's that stupid assholes fault."

"I just don't know how to stop this mess." I looked out of the window, watching people walk into the school building.

"You have to stand up infront of the whole school and speak you're words out." Jamie said

"What, like a movie? Do you think that even works in real life?"

"Let's figure it out."

"I-I don't know."

"C'mon Tony, you gotta stand up for yourself eventually...If the whole world was against you What would you do?"

"Run..."

Jamie smiled "No, you gotta fight, never run...if you run, they'll just keep coming for you and it will never end."

I nodded

"We better go before the bell rings, I know how upset you get when you're late for your classes."

We both then went our separate ways.