It was 10 minutes before Adam had to leave for his first day of high school. Even though he was scared, he had a feeling that today was going to be a pretty god day. So, when the clock read 7 o'clock he left his house and headed to school with barely any hesitation.

On the lengthy walk to school he started to think. He was thinking about what people would say. Will they call me names? Will they say it behind my back? Will they beat me up? There has never been anybody else to "come out" while he was at this school, so he had no clue as to what to expect.

When he finally arrived at school he walked up to the doors. He stopped. He told himself don't let anybody get you down. It will only give them power. He then opened the doors, took a deep breath, and walked inside. He walked down the hall to his homeroom. His homeroom teacher's name was Mr. Seacrest. Adam walked up to him and asked the teacher where he should sit. Mr. Seacrest handed Adam his schedule and pointed to the seat closest to the door . This meant that everyone that came into the room would have to pass by him. He didn't really care for this seat. But he didn't want to make a big fuss about it so he just let it go. Besides, he would only be sitting there for about 15 minutes he was off to first period.

As Adam sat there one of his friends from last year, Drake, walked in. Drake looked at Adam, smiled then walked away. He started saying to someone in the next row, "I can't believe I was friends with...," he looked Adam up and down, "with that thing!" Adam had to remind himself of what he told himself before he even came into the school. Yeah, he was upset but he couldn't let Drake pull him down. He thought. If I pretend like I don't care what they say to me, or do to me, then maybe they'll leave me alone.

Adam stared at the clock above the doorway, waiting for it to change to 7:40 so he could go to his first class, math. When the bell rang everyone rushed out of homeroom. People were shoving through the halls, dropping papers, confused as to where to go. Adam already knew where to go since his mom had been a teacher there for the last two years. During the summer he came in with her to help decorate the classroom for the start of a new school year. While she finished up, he walked around the school to see where some of the classes were.

Finally, Adam got to his class. When he walked in the teacher told him that he could choose where to sit. He decided to sit as far away from the door as possible, hoping he would be less noticeable. When everyone sat down the teacher introduced herself. "Good morning class, I'm Ms. Grey. I'll be your math teacher for the rest of the year." She the announced that there was a new student. Adam had never really cared for new students because they were usually snobby or just plain rude to everyone.

She walked to the door and opened it. She motioned for someone to walk in. As Mrs. Grey backed away from the doorway, a skinny, blonde guy walked in. Adam was speechless. Mrs. Grey told the new student to go to the front of the class and tell the class a bit about himself. The blonde walked to the front of the class and started to talk. "Hi, my name is Tommy Joe Ratliff but you can just call me Tommy. My favorite bands are Depeche Mode and Metallica. My favorite song is Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode. I like to play the guitar as well as the bass and keyboard. If there's anything else that you wanna know, just ask!" He looked to Ms. Grey and asked where to sit. She replied and told him to sit next to Adam. Adam gasped. The whole class turned around and started to laugh. The one thing that Adam noticed was that Tommy wasn't laughing with the rest of the class. As Tommy walked towards him he was smiling.

Adam couldn't believe it. Tommy wasn't like other new students. No, not at all. Tommy was the complete opposite. Tommy sat down in the seat next to Adam. He turned to Adam and said "Hey, nice to meet you!" Adam knew he wanted to say hello back but he couldn't because he was still speechless. He finally got out "Oh, uhhh, hi..." Tommy expected him to say more but he didn't. "So, what's your name?" Tommy asked. Adam had to think about it. "M-m-my name is Adam, Adam Lambert" he said in a shaky voice. Tommy decided to leave it at that since Adam didn't seem like he wanted to talk right now.