Chapter Two
On the other side of town, 16 year old Jesse Darko was spread out on his bed with his Mac on his lap. He was getting really tired. It was 11:38pm. And he was horny.
He pulled up the Google homepage and typed in the name of his favourite porn website.
Then, there was a knock at his door.
He quickly closed the window and sat upright on the bed.
The door opened and his mother walked in.
"You're still up? C'mon, get to bed. You have school tomorrow." she said, turning off the TV which sat at the foot of his bed.
"Okay, okay." he closed over the laptop and put it down on the floor beside him.
His mother smiled at him, "Are you okay? You've been acting strange lately."
"Yeah, I'm fine." he assured her with a small smile.
"You've been much quiet recently. You know you can talk to me. About anything."
"I know."
She smiled at him again and he smiled back.
"Well, goodnight. I love you." she said.
"Love you." he replied.
She left and shut the door behind her.
Jesse lifted the covers on his bed and crawled underneath them. His bare legs were brushed by the coolness of the duvet.
He stared out his window at the moon.
Jesse was gay.
He's known he was gay since he was thirteen.
And only he knew.
His friends didn't know, none of his family knew. Just him.
He was scared to come out. He knew his mom was a very accepting person, but he was still terrified. Coming out for anyone is a terrifying experience.
He had been acting strange recently because he'd been toying around with the idea of coming out in his head. What if his mom wasn't accepting and kicked him out? What if his mom was fine, but his friends weren't?
His stomach churned at the thought.
But tomorrow was Friday.
Last day of school before a long deserved weekend after a hard week.
He closed his eyes and less than two minutes later, he was in a deep sleep.