It's Not The Same - Philip Hamilton

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It was Friday night. Theodosia and Meghan were supposed to be coming over in about 20 minutes. I was already dressed, and Angie was getting ready. She walked into my room. "I'm ready." "Your outfits cute." "Thanks, I can't wait." "Me neither." We hear knocking. "I think that's them let's go answer it." We go downstairs to answer the door, and it's Theodosia and Meghan. "Hey guys! Ready to go?" They ask us. "Yeah. Wait, are we gonna use fake IDs?" Angie asks. "Well, yes." Theodosia replies.

"Oh, I've never used a fake ID before." "I'm using my mom's ID from when she was alive." Theo replies. "What happened to your mom?" Philip asks. "She died of stomach cancer when I was 11. It's just been me and my dad for years." "That's terrible!" Angie exclaims. "I'm okay though. I do miss her though." "I miss my parents too." Angie sighed, and I hug her. We all decide to get into Theo's pickup truck. We all talk about our lives. Meghan still lives with both her parents, and they're supportive. "Is your dad supportive, Theo?" Angie asks her. "Yeah. My mom was too. I came out to her a couple of days before she died. I wasn't ready, but I knew I had to do it before she died. They both promised they'd try to understand." I kind of felt bad. I didn't even know I was pansexual before my parents died.

"I don't remember much about my parents. Angie remembers even less. Most of the things I know about my parents are from my aunts, Angelica and Peggy. Aunt Angelica told me she loved my father too, but let my mom have him instead. That's just one thing that I always found interesting." I would do that for Angie too, I'd choose her happiness over mine anytime.

Theodosia hands me a fake ID. It doesn't look like me, but I assume it'll work. All of the fake IDs work, and we get into the bar. For some reason, all of my friends are here. "Oh, I had no idea you guys would be here too." "Yeah, we came." Georges says. "Hey, I kind of like your cousin JJ. But the thing is, I haven't actually come out to my parents." "What? You haven't?" Theodosia says. "You could just bring a boy home and see what happens." Susan said, giggling. She's already kind of tipsy. "I'm just kidding though." Georges laughed. "No, that's actually a great idea. Can it be JJ?" "Oh, sure. You'll have to ask him out though. He broke up with his boyfriend of 3 years before we came here though." "Okay, thanks Philip." We got our drinks and talked for a bit while we drank. "Let's dance!" Meghan said, and dragged me out to the middle of the room. We both danced for a couple of songs, and soon Angie and Theo joined us. We were all having a really great time. "Thank you so much for inviting me here." Meghan said. Then, she kissed me. I don't even hesitate to kiss her back. I pinned her up against the wall and kept kissing her.

We kept kissing for a while before we heard yelling. Angie and Theo were being harassed by some boy that I recognized from school. George Eacker. "Come on fags, kiss!" The refused yet again, but they already were covered in bruises, and he punched Angie in the stomach. I ran up to him and punched him. "What the fuck did you think your doing, fag?" He yelled at me. "Leave them the fuck alone!" He punches me in the face, and I punch him back, and we start fighting. Theo holds on to Angie, as she watches the fight.

Nobody in the bar bothers to break it up. Meghan watches in fear. He shoves me against the wall, and slams my head into the wall a few times. "Stop it!" Meghan screams. My head hurts like hell, and the alcohol doesn't help. He pulls out a knife and holds it against my neck. I feel the blood trickling down, and realize he cut me. Fuck. Frances and Susan sit at the bar, as Susan tries not to watch. Susan eventually runs into the bathroom, and Frances goes after her. Georges is being hit on by a girl, when he finally shoves her away, he punches George, and drags him off me. I just kind of slump against the wall, my head hurts, and I feel sick.

I touch the side of my head, and realize I'm bleeding there too. "Shit." I mumble. Then everything goes black.