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Prologue (short)

Jude

This is it, I'm going to do it. 

"Hey, Mom?"

"What's up?" She replied.

Well, there's no going back now. Here goes nothing.

"I have to tell you something."

"What is it, honey? You know you can tell me anything."

"I-" I start to say, my heart beating faster and faster every second, "I like guys."

She doesn't say a word, but I can tell that she's disappointed by the look on her face.

After a bit of silence, she finally says, "Pack your bags."

"What?"

"I want you out of this house by morning."

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I knock on Ryan's door, hoping he answers.

"Jude? Why are you here so late? Is everything okay?"

"I had nowhere else to go. I'll explain later. Please let me in, it's kinda cold."

"Oh, sorry."

He lets me in, and we walk to his living room.

"Well,  um," I started to explain, but then, I remembered.

I forgot to come out to him... how the hell did I forget something so important! 

Now what?

Eh, Screw it.

"First of all, I'm gay."

I could tell he was shocked at first. Then, his face shifted to a different look, one that I couldn't read. 

"Okay, Continue."

"I came out to my mom," I say, "and then, she-" I sigh, "she kicked me out."

Suddenly, I feel a pair of arms wrap around me. It's comforting, but it doesn't stop me from starting to cry.

"Ryan? It's a little late to have friends over, isn't it?" Ryan's mom says, not being able to see us at that moment.

"Oh, I'll just give you some space," she says after seeing us.

After she went back upstairs, there was a long period of silence. It wasn't awkward, surprisingly.

After a while, Ryan says, "As long as my mom's okay with it, you can stay here as long as you want."

"Really?" 

"Of course."

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