Gaydar

Rock Bottom

"Mason Lux, I found him in the bathroom." I hear an unfamiliar voice say. I try to open my eyes, but I fail and refuse to attempt to open them again. "He was just laying there unconscious by the sink and mirror." As soon as the voice says this, I instantly recall the events.

"Damn bitches." I finally get out, and suddenly I hear the male voice stop talking. He most likely noticed be mutter that.

"M-Mason? Are you okay?" I hear the male voice ask me and I shake my head side to side.

"No! Everything is awful." I mumble, and I wonder who it is I'm angrily mumbling to.

"I'm sorry, is it because of the rumors?" The boy asks, well obviously he, along with everyone else, knows about my struggle before I can explain it.

I finally start opening my eyes with the determination to see who this guy is that I'm talking to. What catches my eye first is the red wells that remind me of the nurse's office. It doesn't take me long to realize that's where I am. Finally I move my eyes to the boy who's been speaking to me. When I look at him, his face doesn't ring any bells. "Who are you?" I ask, not to be rude...but well, it was rude what can I say?

"Oh sorry I forgot to say. My name is Ben, and I'm the one who found you on the floor. We've never met before, but I've seen you a lot, since you're a GEM. Or wait, are you three not friends anymore, are the GEM's gone?" The boy asks, he doesn't seem very confident or social. Looks wise, he isn't that bad. He has rather nice dark curly locks and caramel skin that remind me of Noah. Although, he is much thinner than him, and has large glasses that hinder his appearance.

"Yeah our group is gone, it's hard to explain everything. I just got hit with so many things, I don't know what to think." I put my hand on my forehead, which I think I may have hit on the sink when I passed out.

"Y-You shouldn't touch it, it was bleeding." He conforms my statement, and I quickly move my hand. "I'm sorry that you're going through hell right now. I know how that can feel. Sometimes you just need to get through the terrible day to get to a better one." He tries to be comforting, but it's not working, although I appreciate his effort.

"Thanks, but I don't know if this is going to go away very quickly. For one, I'm not even sure what's going on anymore." I breathe out a heavy sigh. It makes absolutely no sense! Ugh! I'm so stressed right now, I just want to curl up in a ball and cry. "Caspian and I didn't do anything together. Although because everyone believes whatever that lying bitch Emily said, my life is being ruined. I lost my boyfriend of three days, and my best friend of three weeks." I bury my face into my hands. That sounded less impressive out loud than it did in my head.

"I-I'm sorry." I'm sure this boy doesn't know what to say to me. I mean I don't know him and hear I am complaining like we're friends. "I don't mean to pry, but did you talk to Caspian yet?"

"I-I haven't." I admit. You know, I just realized I haven't talked to him at all and he's the person I should be talking to. Even if we're fighting, I feel like he would make me feel better. He always does...which is why is sucks to be alone. All I have left is Gabby, and she's not exactly the one you want to lean on.

I think I should talk to Caspian like he suggested. It's weird how a total stranger who finds you in the bathroom unconscious knows how to handle your situation better than you.

"I think it would be good to talk to him, even if it might be hard. I mean you both are in a similar situation." Ben offers me good advice, but then starts to contradict himself.

"Except he's not being called a gay predator," I sulk.

"Screw them, they don't know anything. Those people will believe anything, especially when it's someone gay. They jump to throw labels like predator, because it makes them feel like they can be homophobic whenever they want."