Terrible Things ( Deeply being edited but hope you enjoy!)

Chapter 15

  " Hey Emery, can I talk to you?" Alex's eyes looked at me with nervousness, as if he had done something wrong. I was sitting at the lonesome table, being, you know, alone.

 I sighed. I couldn't be mean to Alex. It's not his fault that things went wrong with Michael and I. " Sure."

  It had been a few days since I last spoke to Michael. I had started to go back to the lonesome table at the lunch room and just not talk to him, or any of his friends. Well, except Alex. He had joined me, I guess just out of pity. I don't know if Michael told him what happened.

 " Great, okay." He sat down next to me and placed his tray on the table. For a while he was just seated there, picking at his food. I became annoyed. " What is it, Alex?" I grumbled.

  " Okay, okay, sorry. I'm just scared is all." He turned his body my way and held my hands. " Emery...." he began. " Emery Winston, you know, with all of my heart I care about you, right?"

 I stumbled for words. " Well.....Well of course I....Of course I do..."

 " Yeah." He released his right hand and ran it through his blonde hair. " It's just...I don't think things are working out....Uh..."

 " You're breaking up with me," I responded, a little to harshly. " Why, because of Michael? Did he tell you something? Huh?"

 " Oh no! No, that is not it at all. Emery, I..." He sighed. " I just don't like....you in that way...In fact, I sorta don't like any girls...in that type of way?"

  I was finding it harder to form words. " Wait," I said, " wait, so you're...."

  " Gay? Yes, Emery. I'm freaking gay. I tried to go out with you too...maybe see if it was just a thing, but it's not. I'm sorry."

  " Oh..." I have nothing against gay people, don't get me wrong. I love them, even have a Uncle that's gay. It's just that...well, when you're boyfriend tells you that they're gay, and that is the reason they're breaking up with you, well....It's kind of awkward. " I guess...Congratulations?"

  He laughed. " Well, you're taking this better than I thought you would."

  " I would certainly never try to stop someone based on their tastes in genders."

  " I know you wouldn't, and that's what I like about you." He started to pull away, biting his lip. " I just think others would think that it is bad, and maybe try to stop it."

 " You don't mean Michael and them?" I asked, startled.

  He shrugged. " I don't know about them. I mean my family. I just don;t think they'd be comfortable with that decision. I mean, are you?"

   " Oh Michael..." I whispered, drawing him into a hug. " Alex, that is not up for me to decide. I am not going to judge you on who you want to be, or what you want to do with your life. You be who you choose to be." We drew apart as the bell rang.

  " I guess you're right." He grabbed his books and flashed me a smile. I watched him walk away.

   I feel bad for people like Alex. What I mean is that, well, look at him. Just because he wants to be...well, gay, people take it badly. To me, I don't think it's okay to judge, even though I do it everyday. I don't think it's okay to lie, even though I do. It's just a thing of Human nature. We all do things that are wrong, but that doesn't mean that we should be fearful. Now, am I saying to do stuff anyways and not care? Absolutely not. You should definitely care about it. You just need to be better, or maybe try harder. Don't ever give up, and don't you dare ever think that you're not worth it. 

  As I thought these things, my phone buzzed. I looked at it and smiled as I stood to get to class. It was Alex.

  Hey, want to come to a pizza place tonight, with Michael, Carol, Jake, and I? It'll be fun, I promise.

   I texted back immediately, not even checking with my father. Sure.

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