This is the last chapter of this story. I hope you like it.

SIMON POV

"What the heck is going on here?" Alice says. I instantly drop Bram's arm and twirl around.

"Alice, what are you doing here?" I ask, "Weren't you supposed to be in the living room watching The Bachelor?"

"I think the question is more 'what were you two doing?'"

"Well, you see-" I manage to stutter out before Alice interrupts me.

"-You two are dating, aren't you?"

"What?" I stutter out.

"You two just kissed. And as far as I could see, there was no mistletoe. Congrats Si."

"Uh, thanks."

"I'm guessing you don't want me telling Mom just yet, right?"

"Yeah."

A couple days had passed since Alice discovered that I was gay. One morning, about a week before Winter Break endes, Nora rushes into my room.

"Have you seen the post Simon?" she asks, "On creeksecrets!"

"What post?" I ask, and she shows me her phone. On it, an anonymous someone posted my first emails with Blue. It proclaimed that I was gay. Martin Fucking Addison, I am going to kill you! "Since when has that been up there?"

"Since this morning," Nora answers, "But don't worry, I've reported it and it's going to be taken down."

"Okay." I answer numbly. I can't believe he would do this.

"Are you okay?" she ask me, and I nod.

"It is true, though." I say, "I'm gay."

"Oh."

Just then, Bram walks into the room. After seeing my expression, he asks worriedly, "What's wrong?"

Nora shows him the post.

"Oh," he says, "I'm so sorry Simon, your coming out shouldn't have happened like that." He walks to me and hugs me.

Nora quietly walks out of the room.

Later, we are all sitting in the living room. I stand up.

A/N the following statements are taken directly from the book.

"Hey, I want to talk to you guys about something." I try to sound casual, but my voice is froggy. Nora looks at me and gives me a tiny, quick smile, and my stomach sort of flips.

"What's up?" says my mom, sitting up straight.

I don't know how people do this. How Bram did this. Two words. Two freaking words, and I'm not the same Simon anymore. My hand is over my mouth, and I stare straight ahead. On my other hand, I feel a quick squeeze. Bram. He smiles up at me. Good luck, he mouths.

I don't know why I thought this would be easy.

"I know what it is," says my dad. "Let me guess. You're gay. You got someone pregnant. You're pregnant."

"Dad, stop it," says Alice.

I close my eyes.

"I'm pregnant," I say.

"I thought so, kid," says my dad. "You're glowing."

I look at him in the eye. "Really, though. I'm gay.

For a second, everyone is quiet.

And then my mom says, "Thank you for telling us."

My dad tries to lighten the mood a bit. "So what are you going to tell us next, that you have a boyfriend?"

I open my mouth to speak but Bram is quicker.

"Actually, he does," he says. Then, he leans over and kisses my cheek. "I'm his boyfriend."

Thank you for reading this story. I'm glad you stayed with me until the end.