Chapter 7: The Performance

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The game has started and I was backstage with Kevin. I started to shake and I got really nervous. I never thought that this would be the day that I saw my dad again. I was waiting and waiting for the time to fly by, but that didn't happen. It felt like two whole hours passed before I would perform but in reality ninety minutes have passed. Finally the break started and my name was announced. The light went out, I went on, the music begun and the spotlight was on me. I began singing and a tear came out of my eye before the transition to the different melody. After the transition I secretly wiped a tear away and started dancing and singing like everything was alright. Then the transition came to the last beat where I sung about my life. In the bridge I started to rap and when the song was finished the bridge came one more time and I rapped different lyrics and Kevin came up. When I was walking to Kevin and I tripped over my own shoe. He catched me and kissed me in front of the whole audience. When I was facing the audience I was blushing over the kiss he gave me. I then asked: "Daddy, can I be your son again?" He didn't know what to say and asked his wife. I think that because of her he said yes. The whole audience was cheering and clapping for my performance and because my dad said yes. The break was over and I had to go backstage again. Then the time flew by and the game was over. I went to the main hall where I finally saw my dad again and we gave each other a hug. He asked me if we could get dinner somewhere and we went to Cheers. I introduced him to Kevin and he introduced me to his new family and we talked about my life and about his life. It was fun. After dinner we went to his house and I got a house tour. After the tour I asked him what his thoughts were when he left me and mom all alone seven years ago. It was very difficult for him to explain and very difficult for me to understand what he exactly meant. He really loved seeing me again, but to see mom again was very difficult for him. He didn't know how she would react after a long time seeing him again. He told me that he finally understood how I felt when I told him I was gay.

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