The Problems With Being Gay At 13

Ch.3 -First Kisses [Girly Right?]-

September 18th, 2012

I’m FRIGGIN ANGRY!!! I thank my Mother for making what was supposed to be a fun day with my “friends” ruined by inviting Demetrius to come along with me. I was supposed to go to the movies but Mom, being herself, had to be all nice and friendly so she invited him without my consent like she does all the time. Anyway, when we got to the theater I was all nervous because of what my “friends” would have said or done. But it was weird. All of these girls were trying to get his attention; he just ignored them and continued to eat his gummy worms. It was funny because Adam was like…

“Dude, I would kill to have that many girls pay attention to me. You’re going to make a great addition to our little group.”

To Demetrius and all he did was smile. Then it hit me. Demetrius probably heard about my “friends” trying to find the new gay foreign guy, which was him, so he decided to stay under the radar of them because they didn’t know it was him. He’s smarter than he looks. During the movie I just had to ask him…

“Why did you ignore those girls when they were trying to get your attention?”

I didn’t expect an answer from him but yet again he surprised.

“Tyler…no need to be jealous. I’m gay.”

He probably saw my reaction because he laughed throwing a gummy worm at me. I think he’s flirting with me or he’s just like that all the time. I wouldn’t know anyway, but he just told me he was gay. That kinda scared me; I would never be able to say that to someone in confidence. Plus, he didn’t even hesitate. So apparently he isn’t afraid of telling people he’s gay, no one asked him so he didn’t answer. It’s weird; I’ve only seen him talk to me even though he answered me twice. Does he trust me or something? Or am I just worrying myself? When we said our goodbyes to my “friends” Demetrius finally asked me a question.

“Tyler, would you like to play the Call of Duty on my X-Box at my house?”

I was shocked because this was the first time he asked me something.

“Sure.”

“Good.”

Then we went on to our normal silence as we walked to his house. When we got there his parents were jumping for joy over the simple fact that Demetrius finally brought a friend over.

“Demetrius brought Tyler over, Danny!” Mr. Alexander yelled to his husband. “They’re having a little date.”

My eyes widened.

“Tyler, I’m teasing.” he reassured me.

I let out a sigh of relief.

“Thanks for telling me, Mr. Alexander.”

“Oh please, don’t be afraid to call me Alex. I hate formalities.”

“Okay.” I said shyly.

He began to pinch my cheeks. “You’re so cute I could just eat you up.”

That’s when (thankfully) Mr. Daniel came in. “Alex...let the poor boy go. Hi, Tyler.”

I waved to him.

“Can we please go play video games now?” Demetrius asked them.

Now their eyes widened.

“You’re finally talking to us? I thought you said and I quote, ‘I’m never speaking to you again. I hate you for making us move’. Why the sudden change of heart?” Mr. Daniel asked him.

He shrugged. “That was before I had friends here.”

“Well good! At least you have a friend to hang out with.”

“Yeah, we’re leaving now.” He grabbed my wrist and led me to his room.

His room was huge. There was a huge plasma screen TV with PlayStation 3, X-Box 360, and Wii. It was crazy. How much money did this guy have? He was chuckling to himself when he saw my reaction. As he put it... “Priceless”.

“You act like you’ve never seen a 13 year old boy’s bedroom.” He said.

Then I saw it. There were some many friggin things pertaining to technology it scared me. After I was done aweing we played the zombie level. Demetrius got passed a level I didn’t know existed. I always got stuck on the part where you were on the elevator. But that’s not what stood out. Somehow during the game we were talking about who was our first kiss? I lied and said some girl named Jennifer who moved away before he came here. But he admitted that he never kissed anyone before

He shrugged. “I never thought it was important up until now who I had actually kissed. But it does now since a lot of people at our school question us. And I don’t wanna lie about it, you know?”

I suddenly felt bad because I lied but I couldn’t say anything else.

“I just want it to be special. Not with a stranger, someone I know.” He looked over at me

“What? Like me?”

He shrugged. “Maybe. If you were cuter, Ty.”

That hurt a little bit, of course I had to defend myself. “What are you saying? That I’m not attractive enough?” I blame myself for falling into this trap.

“You are very...cute, Tyler, but not my type. Really.”

“So you’re saying you would never kiss me?”

“Tyler—“

“I get it. I’m too ugly.”

Then the unexpected happened. He fucking kissed me! Demetrius Henderson had just kissed the boy who was not out of the closet yet. His lips were warm and soft... I was melting in my shoes…it felt like heaven but he quickly stopped and returned to the game and acted like he didn’t just kiss me. That mofo kissed me and acted like nothing happened! After I went home I started pacing around and got yelled at; then I realized he was my first kiss and I was his first kiss. MOTHERFUCKER!!! I’ll get that dipshit back! Even if I liked it a lot.