Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 18:13:41 -0700 From: ECMUNSE.FALLS@netscape.com Subject: Finding Love - Chapter 1 You must be over the age of 18 to read this If this is not legal in your area then leave now This is fiction Any and all disclaimers that aren't here apply as well Chapter one - First day of School...Ugh Well summer's over and school has started again. I kinda like it though, I live out in the Sticks and don't really see many kids. I walked in the front doors to my second year in High School, Yup, I'm a Freshman...er...In Gilles county, high school starts in 8th grade, you're officially still middle school but, your in the high school. My name is Leon Rivers. I would say I'm an average teen, fourteen years old,black hair with a forest green eyes, 5'9" and about 160lbs. Only one thing sets me out from the average teen and that would be..that I'm gay. Now, I'm not out of the closet as they say. The rednecks here are hard enough to deal with but, when you're gay it becomes a whole different ball game. Intolerant and bigoted, if you're different in any way you become a target of bullying. I have a good friend that is a redneck. I mean he's not a total idiot like the others. Shane has always been able to keep me out of trouble with them and for that I thank him. "Leon!" ,I instantly get tackled by my friend, Tia Thompson, very cute black girl, bi and one of the few people that knows I'm gay. We've been friends awhile and just kinda like, clicked. I mean we talk about anything really. "Hey Tia, how have you been?", We hadn't seen each other since like the end of the last school year so we had some catching up to do. "Nothing really, You find yourself any cute dudes?" She smiles that little smile of hers at me "Sadly, no. It's kinda hard to do that when you're not out yourself, Tia." "Weeeeeeeeeell, you should come out then" She says jokingly...I think "Oh yea, Tia, that would be interesting. *White boys says he's gay in a redneck town*, perfect Tia, perfect" I say with a shit load of sarcasm in my voice "Just an idea!" She says with a small smack to my shoulder, "Oh!, I gotta go, talk to you later" She runs off to another group of people and disappears. This school may be small but, it can get pretty insane in the mornings. I don't really have an group I hang out with, I'm friends with just about anyone and everyone. So it makes me a loner and a nobody. The first bell rings and I hurry off to English, Mr. Morrison is crazy by anyone's standards but, he makes it interesting. He calls out the class roster checking to see if everyone was there. It wasn't all that interesting to tell the truth. I'm not a great English student but, I'm not a bad one either. I'm a poet so I know my basic sentence structure. "Mr. Rivers, are you listening to me?....Mr. Rivers!!!" Mr Morrison is yelling I wake up from my short nap. "Huh?..Yes sir?" "Are you paying attention to me? Do you find this boring?" He really wants to go there? I mean like I said I know most of this shit "I just know most of this stuff,sir." Trying not to sound like a smart ass "Oh really? Well then Mr. Rivers, I think you've earned the class a pop quiz!" He says trying to sound all high and mighty Well I wasn't expecting that one but, It wasn't that hard. I did get a lot of nasty looks from around the room though. Well guess I would have dropped on the popularity scale..if I was on it. The bell rang as we finished up the quiz. A girl called, Megan came up to me as I walked out the door. She was wanting to go out with me and I was trying to say no but, she wouldn't let up. Thankfully a friend of hers ran up and grabbed her away. I turned to walk away when I saw a boy, an eighth grader to be specific, walked by. Good god, he was beautiful! A little shorter than me, with light brown hair and blue eyes. He was just gorgeous! Probably straight though..seems like all the good looking ones at this school are. The next couple hours passed rather quickly. Mrs. Pipe, our Science teacher, just droned on about some atoms and Mrs. Fathes, our Math teacher ( Did I mention I hate math?) , talked about how hard this year was going to be. Ring Thank god! It was the lunch bell, we had to two lunches, First lunch for the eighth and ninth graders and Second for tenth to twelfth. I was hoping I would see my golden boy in the lunch room. Well, I did see him but..he was being hassled by some Rednecks, Shane included. I moved closer to hear what it was about: "What the fuck do you think you're doing eating in here, fag?!" The redneck in front yelled "Anyone can eat in the lunchroom.." my golden boy says with a quiver in his voice "Not fags like you" The redneck takes what he had gotten for lunch and throws it to the ground "I'm not gay..." he says, starting to shake. I say this as a time to step in "Shane!, What are you and your guys doing?" I say with some anger in my voice "Leon..what is it to you? We're just showing this fag what we think of him" Shane say with a slight smirk I walk up to Shane and whisper in his ear, " Shane, let me deal with this, I'll take him to the bathroom and show him what I think of fags" Shane shakes his head and agrees with me. I walk over to the boy and grab him by his shirt. I whisper in his ear not to struggle and that I'm here to help. He does like I say and just kinda goes limp. As I drag him out Shane and his group are yelling names, idiots. I get my boy to the bathroom and let him go. "You ok kid?" I ask with compassion in my voice "Y-yes, thank you." he says not looking me in the eyes "I'm Leon, what's your name?" "I already said thanks, what more do you want?!" He tears up some and runs out of the bathroom. I chase after him but, he evades me. Damn it, I think to myself, I let him slip through my fingers. End of Chapter One ______________________________________________________________________________ Well I'm not sure how you'll like this story, my last one was unsuccessful soooo, Im not sure I have any talent with stories, e-mail your comments to ecmunse.falls@netscape.com and tell me if I should stick to poetry. =D Yea.this looks like it's going to be boring, aye? Just try to bear it, not much sex yet and decides this is about love