The Kiss of Life

He's Gone

"Where is he," I ask Adam's parents when I see them in the front office.

The look of disgust is clear in his dad's face. His mom doesn't even look me in the eyes. "I don't believe that is any of your concern, son."

"You can't just send him away," I tell him, "We did nothing wrong and you can't just punish him like this."

"What I do with my son is my business. Did you ever stop to think that he chose to leave?"

"He wouldn't do that. You're lying," I accuse. He wouldn't choose to leave after everything thay has happened between us.

"I have no reason to lie boy," he says harshly, "Now I believe you have class to run to."

I start to walk out of the office feeling defeated before I turn to face him. "You can't keep him from me forever, you know."

With those parting words I head to class. Adam's gone and I don't know where he went. He said his parents wouldn't tell him where they were sending him. They just put him on a train and sent him on his way. But what if his dad was telling the truth and Adam was the one lying.

No, I couldn't think that way. Adam wouldn't leave me after he told me he loved me. Would he?

"Watch out fruitcake!" A boy sneers after bumping into me

"I'm sorry," i quickly apologize and go around him. I've been getting bullied nonstop since the kiss.

"Are you gonna kiss me too," he continues, "I hope your happy with yourself. Your only friend is gone because you couldnt keep it in your pants."

Of course it wasn't true that it was my fault, but it still hurt hearing it. A part of me felt like it was my fault. Like I said, Adam was loved and I was not.

Normally I keep my head down and ignore the taunts and the teasing but i couldn't keep my silence anymore.

"That's rich coming from the guy that sleeps with every thing with legs and a pulse," I blurt out. Okay maybe I shouldn't have said that but it was too late to take it back.

"Maybe you have a problem with your identity so you have to target the ones that know who they are. I'm proud of who I am so say what you want but at the end of the day you'll still be unhappy."

So what if I'm gay, I'm not hurting anybody. I love my best friend. Nothing in my life has ever been clearer than that.

With a new determination, I realize I need to find Adam. I need to know the truth. I need to know that I'm not alone in my feelings. So I make a plan to look for him.