Somewhere Under a Rainbow

I sat at lunch next to Mary, listening to her ramble on about her break up with Pete. The two had been going out for almost a year now. No body ever thought they would break up, or that Mary would be the one to end it. But here I was, listening to the love of my life talk about something so sad as if it was a good thing.
"I told him, 'Pete I don't love you anymore, I'm in love with someone else.' You have no idea how mad he was, I mean! Doesn't he want me to be happy? He would always go on and on about how only my happiness mattered." I snatched up that part of her speech and froze. Who was she in love with? Of course it wasn't me, I loved her so much but never had the guts to tell her. Sure I had told her I liked girls, and that I had a crush on one. But I never told her who my crush was, or what they looked like.
"Well who do you like now?" I asked quietly. I let my long black hair cover my face as a blushed uncontrollably. Please say me, please say me! I wanted to beg her to go out with me, to just kiss me right there in the lunch room.
"Oh it's a secret Dolly," she smiled kindly and whipped her head away. Weird, she never broke eye contact first. Then I melted under the name she called me, Dolly. My nickname given to me in tenth grade, when I 'came out'. Everybody knew I was a lesbian, it was hard not to know. I didn't change around other girls and I always used the word 'hot' to complement girls.
She called me Dolly because I was like a little Barbie doll. I had prefect, in her option, black hair, bright blue eyes, and a 'prefect' figure. I guess I am 'pretty', but I just want Mary to notice me. At least she complements me when I where a dress.
"Dolly?" Mary shook me. I looked up and blink, I had done it again. Sometimes, more like a lot, I go off in thought and zone out.
"Yeah," I said quietly. I looked her in the eyes and she blushed.
"I asked if you would tell me your crush," she said shakily. I breathed in a lot of air, should I tell her? Or should I keep it to myself.
"Oh come on Dolly, tell us!" Hunter yelled from across the table. I glared at him and shook my head.
"Maybe another time," I whispered. I wouldn't dare look Mary in the eyes. I had told Hunter of course, and Hunter probably knew Mary's crush. Everybody in our little group told Hunter their crush.
"Your a sissy Dolly," DJ laughed at me. God DJ could be annoying. He was the only heterosexual in our group of friends, and he liked to point that out a lot.
"I think I have a crush on a guy," Jacob whispered to himself. We all looked at him, especially Hunter. Mary said Jacob was a hot guy, and so did Hunter. Because both of them are bi I just believe them.
"Oh, what guy?" Hunter said poking him in the arm. We all laughed as Jacob shot his glaze across the room to the football players, then back to us.
"You have a thing for football players Jac?" DJ teased. We all scanned the football players, Hunter and Mary say their really hot too. I guess they are good looking? I could never really tell which guys were hot, only which girls were.
"Guys, don't tease me, come on." Jacob made eye contact with Gus, the team captain, and he blushed.
"It's Gus!" I shouted loudly. A few of the football players looked at me and I smiled and waved back. Almost everybody knew I was gay by now, I had 'come out' about two years ago. The football players just turned around and went back to eating.
"Hey Dolly," DJ snapped at me. I turned around toward him, he was staring at me with this weird look.
"What?" I asked. That look, it was so weird.
"Have you ever thought you might be bi?" He asked me. I just glared back at him and growled.
"No! Get your mind out of the gutter! I'm not gonna make out with you so you can win a bet." God, sometimes DJ was just weird. In sixth grade he had hugged me for a bet, a five dollar bet! I know it doesn't seem like much but back then hugs were like making out is now.
"But! Thomson and Craig are gonna pay me one hundred bucks if I make out with you!" He said. I just rolled my eyes at him.
"This much just because I'm a lesbian?" I asked.
"Well yeah," he said, "wait! Have you even kissed a girl before?!" Now all my friends had their eyes on me, I froze up. Well of course not, I hadn't even kissed a guy either. I was the only senior who still hadn't had their first kiss.
"Dude! Your seventeen almost eighteen! What are you going to do in collage?" Hunter asked me. He seemed very surprised by the idea of me never kissing anyone. Even Hunter had kissed someone. He had dated the only gay guy on the football team, Mark 'Sunny' Jonhson. They had dated for about a year until Mark dumped Hunter for a guy in ninth grade. That all happened back in eleventh grade, and Hunter hadn't dated anyone since.
"Guys fine, I'll ask my crush out soon." I gave in. I had plans to do it tonight anyway. I had been thinking, Mary is bi, what if I'm her crush? It's so unlikely but it's worth a try, right?
"Oh!" Mary gasped. She seemed very upset or excited, I couldn't tell, by this. I saw her pull out her phone and text a number labeled Dolly ❤️. I thought that was cute, she is really my best friend. A second later a text popped up on my phone.

Can I have a ride home, we need 2 talk

Normally something like this Mary could say to me right here at lunch. It must be important, maybe even about her crush. As much as I hoped her crush was me it was totally unlikely. She was probably crushing on some hot guy in her math class, or a quiet artist. I texted her back though,

Sure. Can u talk @ lunch, like now?

I sent back. This was childish, we were right next to each other. I looked her in the eyes and she shook her head. No.
"What are you two love bugs texting about?" We both blushed at that comment from Hunter. He smiled at me and winked, what did that mean?
"We aren't Love Bugs!" Mary snapped at him. He just winked at her and smiled. He had something planned, I just didn't know what it was yet.
"Ugh, lunch is almost over anyway." I growled. I grabbed my lunch and walked over to the trash. As I was dumbing my lunch into the can Mary walked up to me. She hugged me then ran away. I just stood there like an idiot and blushed.

"So Dolly, tell me your crush," Mary integrated me in the car. I felt like throwing her out the window, even though I loved her. I felt myself grow hot and wet, sweat running down my face. I forced on the road as the wheel began more and more stinky.
"You go first," I finally managed to peep out. I saw her smile out of the conner of my eye. I just kept driving, hoping uselessly that it was me.
"Okay," Mary breathed, "wow, this is hard. Well, I hope the way you treat me wouldn't  change, but, but I like you." I almost ran the car off the road. Me! Me? She likes me?!
"I guess the way I treat you will change," I breathed. I saw her frown and a tear ran down her cheek, "Mary Tucker, will you go out with me?" I let it out and smiled. I saw her blush  and I blushed in return.
"Is this a joke?" She asked quietly. I pulled the car into a patch of tress by the park, and unbuckled myself. I crawled over to her seat and sat next to her. What was I doing? Heck I didn't know!
"I've had a huge crush on you since grade ten." I said. And I ran my hand down her arm, and grabbed her right hand.
"R-really?" She asked. I could feel her shaking, but I wasn't shaking. Some how I had changed from the shy one, and she had become the shy one.
"I'm being honest man," I said. I looked at her beautiful blonde hair and hazelnut eyes. She was prefect, not me, "I love you so much."
And she fainted into my arms.

I guess you can't blame her. I would have done that if she had grabbed me and told me she loved me. I held her there, in that little park a few miles from my house until she came to. When she blinked her eyes open she blushed to see me holding her.
"So, about your question," she whispered shyly. I jut smiled and hugged her, "it's a yes." She hugged me back. We were hugging for only about thirty seconds before the moment was ruined.
"Ha, gayy!" Somebody called from outside the car window. I jumped and turned around to see Hunter smiling at me through the driver side window. I made a rude gesture at him and turned back to Mary.
"Who is it?" She asked faintly. Her eyes had become wide and their centers full.
"Just Hunter," I said. I ran my fingers through her hair and hugged her again.
"I'll bring you home okay?" I asked as I climbed back into my seat. She smiled and nodded, pulling her hair behind her ears shyly.
"Let's go on a d-date tomorrow," she stammered, "I know the prefect place."
"Where?" I said as I started the car back up.
"Under a rainbow," she smiled as we drove off into the sunset.