Introduction: So this is my first shot at writing fiction. I have been reading the stories on Nifty for quite a while and decided that I would finally try to do one myself. I know I know I am definitely an idealist when it comes to some of the details of this story, but I hope you enjoy this!
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The Wrong Twin - Chapter Seven: Coming Out
Written from Isaac's Perspective
I got home from the ice rink and sat around the house all day. I really didn't feel like doing anything. I popped in NHL on my PS3 and sat in the family room until AJ came home from surfing. We decided to head to a local sushi bar for dinner, since our parents weren't coming home until Sunday. AJ kept trying to find out what was wrong with me. He kept saying I was spacy and too quiet. I just blew him off and said I was thinking about this writing assignment I had due on Monday. I'm pretty sure he didn't believe me, but I was certainly not about to tell him what was going on inside my head.
On Sunday, my parents returned home and I worked on my history report due Monday about World War II. It took me forever to get the paper done because I kept getting distracted by my kiss with Kayden. I couldn't figure out why I kept thinking about it. It was just one kiss. So what if I was hard as a rock. So what if I jacked off to the thought of Jordan's hand running up and down my shaft at the ice rink. How would Kayden act around me in school? Would it affect our friendship? I was about to find out...
Monday rolled around and nothing was out of the ordinary at first. In fact, there wasn't a line in the drive-thru at Starbucks, so I thought that it was going to be a great day! That was until I walked into homeroom. I said hello to Annie, and then went to say hello to Kayden but he completely ignored me. In fact, that seemed to be a common theme throughout the day. He even switched his seat during lunch. Normally he sat next to me on his right and Pat on his left.
Today, however, he decided to sit at a different table with a few of our other teammates from the hockey team. Dylan made a comment about Kayden not sitting with us, but Annie made some remark about him wanting to meet a few other guys from the team.
Monday night he asked Coach if he could try playing on a different line instead of with me and Vince. I guess Kayde really didn't want to have anything to do with me. All the guys were giving me weird looks when Coach announced that I would be back on the first line with Alex and Pat while Jason would join Kayde and Vince on the second line. I mean I was comfortable playing with my friends, but Kayden and I had developed such a chemistry together on the ice that it was disappointing to see that one stupid kiss was going this far. I knew that I was going to have to talk to Kayden and tell him this wasn't a big deal and not to worry about it.
After a nice and hard practice, I took a quick shower. It was hard not to think about what happened in this very shower just two days ago, no pun intended of course. But after my shower, I saw Kayden and I knew it was time to talk.
"Hey Kayde! Wait up bro!" I shouted as he walked from the entrance of the rink towards his car.
"We need to talk about Saturday morning."
"Listen Isaac, I am really sorry about that kiss. It was really stupid and I don't know what I was thinking. I know you're straight and I respect that. I didn't mean to come on to you. I will just stay out of your way. Don't worry about me," Kayden said as he got into his car and shut the door.
"Kayden!!! Wait!!!!" I yelled at him. But it was no use. He was already pulling out of the parking lot and I was left standing in an empty space wondering what the fuck just happened.
Well I didn't expect that at all. I figured that I would talk to him and tell him that it wasn't a big deal and not to worry about it. But I was a little pissed that he didn't even let me get a word in! I mean he was being presumptuous by assuming that I would be uncomfortable with him kissing me. I am in GSA after all...
Speaking of GSA, my friends were in for a big surprise during Tuesday's GSA meeting. During the day, Kayden ignored me again and sat over with Vince, Jason, and the other guys from the hockey team again. But at the meeting, Kayden informed Annie that he had an announcement to make. The girls in our group of friends assumed he was going to tell us something about the homecoming dance coming up this weekend. We as a group in GSA decided to volunteer to organize the dance. It would be a perfect way to get LGBT awareness out there. We would call this an equality dance, so the student body would be permitted to bring same-sex partners to the dance.
"Excuse me everyone, can I have your attention please?" Kayden said, quieting the crowd of approximately 50 students of varying grades. Ms. Adams, the 9th grade literature teacher, volunteered to be the club advisor. We held the meetings weekly on Tuesday's in the large group instruction room right off the cafeteria on the first floor of the school. "Thank you. Anyways, I know how you all are looking forward to the upcoming Equality Dance on Saturday night. First off, we will be selling tickets at the door. Nick and Casey volunteered to sit at the entrance of the gym. Friday night before and after the football game we will be doing decorations. The theme is the Roarin' 20's. Formal attire is required to get in the door."
"Oh and there is one more thing you all should know. I haven't been completely forthcoming with you guys," Kayden stated. "The reason why I joined this club is not just because I support equal rights for everyone, but it is because I want those rights for myself someday. That's right, I am gay. Obviously you all should be ok with that, or you wouldn't be in this club." Everyone chuckled.
I looked around and my friends seemed to be kinda in shock. They just sorta gaped at him as he finished his speech. I think it took a few minutes for them to fully comprehend what Kayden was saying. I didn't see any reaction of disgust, so I figured they were ok with it. I was really hoping they wouldn't pick up on the lack of surprise on my face. I already knew he was gay, so it was not a shock to me whatsoever. I was still a little surprise he made such a public announcement. I guess he isn't shy! Afterwards, the entire group went up to Kayden to offer him support and assure him of their friendship. I simply stood in the back and nodded as Dylan and Maria led the conversation.
Kayden was visibly relieved that all of our friends accepted him. I knew that it would go fine, but it was probably really scary for him. I definitely don't envy him. But Kayden's coming out brought me back to the kiss. What if I am gay? Will my friends accept me? Sure they accept him, but I have known them forever. Hell, I have seen all of the boys naked and slept in the same bed as them. Will it freak them out? I realized I was getting way too far ahead of myself. It was just one kiss. And one jack off session. No big deal right?
After the speech, everyone knew about Kayden being gay. I mean let's face it, this is high school after all, and gossip spreads like fucking wildfire. I must say that I was highly disappointed in the fact that Kayden still didn't sit next to us at lunch. I figured that after his coming out, everything would kinda go back to normal and he would see that I was ok with the kiss. I hadn't showed him any sort of animosity for the kiss. Oh well, I guess I will just have to talk to him maybe at the dance or something. Fortunately for Kayde, no one gave him any trouble. I mean he isn't exactly small, so picking a fight with him probably wouldn't be a good idea. Plus everyone knows that he is friends with us, and we aren't exactly people to mess with either. I am 6'3" after all!
Now with this dance coming up, I knew I was in quite a predicament. Usually, I didn't have to worry about finding a date for a school dance. But given my whole chasing after Annie deal, I sorta hadn't looked at another girl recently. I decided to text one of my mom's friend's daughter from down in Irvine. She was a pretty girl and really nice too. She is a foot shorter than me, and probably weighs 110 pounds or so. She has long brown hair and deep green eyes. Kenz is a handful thought I must say. She always says what is on her mind. If she is unhappy, everyone knows it. Unfortunately, she is kinda like me in that regard.
Mackenzie and I actually have a lot in common. She grew up in Buffalo, New York. Her dad is involved in the technology business too, and they moved to Anaheim in 2000. She is a big hockey fan, and wants to be a doctor someday too. But Kenz wants to be a neurologist, while I want to do thoracic surgery. I met her shortly after we moved here from Pittsburgh. We became pretty close given our similar backgrounds. Her family lived near us, but ended up moving to Irvine because her mom got a job at a big bank down there and she is terrified of driving on the freeway for a long amount of time. I don't really understand what Mrs. Stranton does to be honest. Something with compounding interest rates or whatever. I don't know. Doesn't matter, I suck at math. But Kenz and I have a nice agreement. If she or I cannot get a date to something, then the other one is obligated to go, as long as another event doesn't conflict with the function.
So I called Mackenzie and asked her to attend my homecoming dance with me, and she of course said yes. I think she was surprised to find out that I didn't have a different date. I was comfortable going with her because there were no expectations of kissing or sex or anything. I liked the lack of awkwardness. It was comfortable. I needed comfortable right now. I still couldn't get Kayden off my mind.
Friday night we spent decorating the gym for the dance. It was definitely a lot more challenging than I expected it to be. This isn't something I was cut out to do. I decided against going to the football game. Coincidentally, we were playing Irvine in football too. I thought it best not to go just in case I ran into Jordan. I didn't want any awkwardness.
Not going to the game allowed Annie, Kyler, Pat, Alex, and I to get all of the decorating done however. I was glad because that meant I had time on Saturday to get my retro tux and bowtie all picked out down in Beverly Hills and still be able to come back in time to get showered and changed in time for pictures. Los Angeles traffic was a bitch, and since we lived a long way from Rodeo Drive, I usually planned way ahead to buy the clothes I needed. But, like I've said, I like to look good so I have to have the nicest clothes. Plus, I wasn't sure if I was even going to go to the dance so I didn't want to waste money.
Mackenzie informed me that she was wearing a light pink dress, which meant that I would have to get something pink. I got a nice white Oxford shirt for under my vest, for which I selected black. I also thought that a pink bowtie would look fucking sexy. The cute saleswoman at the store on Rodeo Drive agreed. On the way home from the Hills I picked up a nice corsage for Kenz and then returned home to get myself showered and properly dressed. Mrs. Stranton agreed to bring her over, and then I would drive her back in the morning. We would be attending an after-dance party at Kyler's house, and I didn't really want to drive her the whole way to Irvine after midnight, so she would just stay in Sara's room.
The doorbell rang and I opened it to see Mackenzie standing there in this beautiful pink dress. I was definitely taken aback. I'm not sure I ever saw her so beautiful. I gave her the corsage, and she surprised me by presenting me with a nice boutonniere for my lapel. We then proceeded over to Dylan Davis's house to take pictures.
Kyler, Annie, and Kayden were the only two missing from the group. Since Annie and Kayden were the two most important officers, they were required to go with their father to the dance early to make sure things ran smoothly. Kyler joined them because he didn't want to be the only one without a date. Alex and Pat each brought two girls from a neighboring school, while Stephen brought his girlfriend Alyssa, and Nick and Casey were a couple. In fact, at the football game last night, Nick asked Casey out and she said yes.
As I mingled with my group of friends during the picture-taking, I couldn't help but think of Kayden. I felt really bad for him. I mean he just recently moved here to the Anaheim Hills, and he literally just came out of the closet, so I highly doubted that he would have a date to the dance. I probably could have hooked him up with some girl, but that obviously would have been useless. Little did I know, I was in for a huge surprise...
When we arrived at the school at about 6:45, we saw Nick and Casey standing at the entrance selling tickets. They had left early to be there before the crowd. I was so excited because my dad let me bring our 2006 Ferrari F430 Spyder. It was a challenge to keep it under 150, let me tell you. But anyways, a boy named Jake took our tickets and then the party began! After most of the people filed in, Annie took the mic and thanked everyone for coming. She gave a short speech about LGBT rights and how important it was to be accepting to everyone no matter whom they loved. Then, the DJ cranked the music and the dancing began!
The gym looked fantastic! We really outdid ourselves with the decorations. Our school colors are blue and red and we used them generously throughout the bland gym. We hung large sashes of blue and red throughout the rafters of the gym. We also created a cool dessert and snack table, with an elaborate triple decker chocolate fountain in the middle of the table. It looked amazing if I do say so myself. The DJ table was centered right in front of the bleachers and was surrounded by huge speakers. He sat elevated on a platform in front of a custom red and blue tiled dance floor that Kayden and I spent forever laying. I guess it just seemed like forever since he refused to even look at me. I was planning on talking to him tonight, but he was really elusive.
I had mostly been hanging out with Dylan and Maria at the dance. Maria and Mackenzie had known each other from junior high cheerleading, and had always gotten along. They sorta stayed in touch after Kenz moved to Irvine. I hadn't seen Kayden all night, and it was almost 9 o'clock.
I was starting to run out of time to find him to talk about the kiss. I really didn't think I could take another week of awkwardness. Plus I wanted my linemate back on the ice.
As per tradition, the DJ always played one slow song near the middle of the dance. I, of course, asked Mackenzie to join me out on the dance floor. This wasn't something I was overly good at, but I knew I was morally obligated to do so. About halfway through the dance, I happened to catch the back of Kayden's head in the corner of my eye. It appeared as if he was dancing with someone. Once my view was unobstructed, I was stunned to see him dancing in the arms of none other than the boy I jacked off with a week earlier, Jordan Calverson. Just as I saw them, Jordan leaned in for a kiss and Kayden returned it.
I was completely overcome with jealousy. I have never felt anything like that. I immediately stopped dancing with Mackenzie and walked out of the gym, not even apologizing or telling her where I was going. I just needed to get the fuck out of the gym in case I started to get emotional.
Oddly enough, I could feel some emotion coming on. I couldn't tell whether or not it was anger or frustration or jealousy or all of the above. But it really hurt.
Sorry to leave it on a cliffhanger, but I love them! Haha. Expect Chapter 8 sometime over thanksgiving. My family is moving that week so I cant make any promises however. Chapter 9 will be following after finals week in December. I have a nice long winter break so I should be able to get quite a few chapters in! Thanks so much for reading! I truly appreciate it!
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