Hair Color Theorem

Love Found within Darkness

The next day, I got into my history class, the period right before lunch. I saw the half guy and I could tell he was trying to hide in his jacket, but it wasn't working.

I stared right at him and mouthed the words "at lunch". I sat down and learned about government.

As everyone seemed to be falling asleep due to boredom, the bell rang for lunch, and I immediately turned to the guy. He took off running though, but he was definitely too slow for me, i caught up with him easily.

I took him and we walked outside the backdoor so we were out back of the school. I shoved him against the wall, and I grabbed his collar.

"Why did you spread around that I was gay!?" I yelled in his face.

"I just wanted a reaction, and your social media posts were very funny."

I slapped him across the face. He teared up, but he looked at me in the eyes still.

"You just didn't want me telling people that you were with Kaleb, so I exploited that."

I cursed under my breath, and he stared at me.

"I'm sorry, I won't do it again, just don't hurt me, please!!"

I was about to punch him in the face when the back doors flew open and out came Kaleb.

"Joey! Don't hurt him, he doesn't deserve it. I know you aren't harsh enough to beat up someone. You're the one of the most caring people I know. Now please, don't harm him for being stupid."

I hesitated, looking at his bright smile. I thought of the drawings we had created, I thought of the dreams I had of kissing Kaleb, of hugging Kaleb in the darkness. I thought of the memory board and all the good deeds we did. I thought of the good times we shared like going to the creek, camping out, getting ice cream, going to the graffiti bridge, being trapped in my house in a blizzard and dancing famously.

"Don't give up everything you have gained just for this violence," Kaleb stated.

I let go of the guy, and he sped off into the school. I hugged Kaleb and cried into his shoulder. He patted my back. I sniffled and sobbed and took deep breaths.

We made our way back inside and I sat against the wall and Kaleb sat next to me as well, still holding me close. I just cried and cried and cried.

I couldn't believe I was about to hurt that guy. I was disgusted with myself. Kaleb helped me stand up and we made our way to the cafeteria.

"How does some food sound?"

"Sounds pretty good..." I said, wiping my face and sniffling some more. Kaleb got my lunch for me and we sat down together in the cafeteria for the first time ever.

Kaleb handed me the food and I accepted it, thanking him. Kaleb was one of my best friends, and I would never give that away.

School ended and Kaleb and I walked home per usual. It was a great ending to a sad angry day. He dropped me off and I watched as he walked away and then I closed the door of my house, blocking my view of him.

I got a text late that night, as my phone vibrated on my desk. I picked it up and saw it was Kaleb. I opened up the text. It briefly said "I sent those texts from a random phone number that one day. I'm sorry, i've been feeling more lonely than ever and I guess I was desperate."

I froze up while sitting up in my bed. It was him the entire time. I actually believe someone had found out about us and my homosexuality was going to be blurbed out to the entire school. I freaked out before. I still didn't hate Kaleb, I understood where he was coming from.