-Small Town Crush- {LGBTQ+}

Chapter 1: When You know.

Hi, your probably wondering who I am. Well, I'll tell you.
My name's Lillitha, lily for short.
I grew up in a small town called, Land Port.

Now, contrary to what you may be thinking... Land Port has absolutely, positively nothing whatsoever to do with water. In fact, it's about 5 hours to the nearest beach, give or take depending if you stop to see all the mountains everyone raves about.
I, seeing as I grew up here. HAVE ZERO USE FOR LOOKING AT MOUNTAINS.
Phew, ok I may have gotten a little out of hand there, but I've spent all my life here looking at the same mountains day in and day out.

Seeing as I've spent most of the 16 years I've been alive here, except for a vacation here and there, I know all the ins and outs of this place.
Good places to eat, what movie theatre to go to and what nights to go for the cheapest seats, etc.

But one of my biggest secrets...... I'm Bi....
As in Bisexual, meaning I can love a girl just as much as I can a guy.
This may not come as a shock to some people, but for others they don't fair so well with the news.
My friends however, were fine with it. Some didn't believe me at first but eventually after a week or two, came to terms with the fact I wasn't lying and had a crush on approximately 3-5 girls at a time plus all the cute guys in town.
But all that said, I'm not exactly your average 'Instagram Model'
I'm 5'7", size anywhere from a 14-18, I have glasses (which are some of my prized possessions,) and I'm an artist; specifically painting with acrylics, marker illustration, fiber arts, pretty much a jack of all traits.

With all that said, why don't we start with my past?
My family has never been extremely wealthy, but we've always had enough to get by, that being said we made up for what we didn't have in money and the finer things in life, with love.
I've seen pain, happiness, grief and all of the above in my life. From a young age I learned that life isn't going to be all roses and daisies, and skipping down the yellow brick road with friends and family in hand.
It was going to be a series of ups and downs, but as long as I let my body and mind take me where I needed to go, I would be ok.
I never in a million years thought I'd have to come out to my family, I'd always seen stories about how teens would come out in these huge outrageously awesome ways, and I wondered what was so hard about it.
And oh boy did I find out!
Especially growing up in a Semi-religious family?
That was fun, I came out to about three or four of my best and closest friends first and ask how I was supposed to come out to my parents... needless to say they had nothing. Well? I take that back they had a little something, such as "Lily, your gonna be fine. They're gonna love you no matter what, if they're mad for a week, two weeks, a month, even a year, they'll be fine. It's gonna be ok."
That still doesn't tell me how I'm supposed to come out, just say "hey, yo... uh so yeah, I like the dudes, and the dud-ets..... so yeah... thanks for giving birth to me." Like, no?
Long story short I ended up crying (because of all the stress I was under,) and saying I was like one of my other friends that was bi and that I didn't know how to say it. Oh, and did I forget to mention this was in the middle of a restaurant?
So maybe my coming out story wasn't glamorous, but who's is? It's always awkward, I mean your telling the people you care about; I.e. friends and family, what you prefer sexually.... that's gonna be awkward, but their response often feels like it takes an eternity regardless of what they end up saying or doing.

Speaking of friends, there is;

Alex, a 14 year old boy who is, well, special.
He, much like I, has anxiety and special coping mechanisms.

Age: 16
Name: Alex Reed
Sexuality: As straight as it gets
Siblings: Liam Reed
Parents: Leslie and Emma Reed
Hobbies: Magic The Gathering, Outdoors activities, Spending time with friends and family, etc.

Liam, Alex's 21 year old brother.
He, just like Alex, loves the outdoors and spending time with friends and family. As well as riding dirt bikes with Alex and their friends.

Age: 21
Name: Liam Reed
Sexuality: also very, very straight.
Siblings: Alex Reed
Parents: Leslie and Emma Reed
Hobbies: Magic The Gathering, Riding dirt bikes, The outdoors, etc.

Lora, a best friend since the age of about 5 when we met in dance class, 8 years of friendship later I still can't get rid of her.

Age: 14
Name: Lora Collins
Sexuality: "I'm not interested in anyone, people are stupid."
Siblings: Only child
Parents: Victoria and Brian Collins
Hobbies: knitting, crocheting, theatre, music, etc.

Ciara, best friend of 6 years since meeting at a Girl Scouts meeting in 2015, her and her cousin Samantha, Sam for short, being two of my closest friends, and considering that they were born 4 and a half months apart, they were and still are together 24/7... well, sometimes.

Age: 14
Name: Ciara Howard
Sexuality: "Ain't nobody got time for that."
Siblings: Lee Howard
Parents: Carla Howard and James Parsons (they're not exactly together, we'll get to that later)
Hobbies: Painting and drawing, hanging out with friends, having chaotic energy, etc.

Samantha or Sam, best friend of 6 years, since meetings at an old group we used to go to, she has a weird and quirky personality and loves marvel.
We get each other in ways others don't, not just humor wise but kind of on a mental and emotional stand point too.

Age: 15
Name: Samantha West
Sexuality: "Ass is ass to me."
Siblings: Only child
Parents: Lesly Howard and Garret West
Hobbies: writing, drawing, watching marvel, listening to music, and hanging out with friends.

That was a lot of information all at once lol, but you get the gist.

Chapter 1: When You Know.
Date finished: 02/04/2020
Word count: 1082