You're probably destined to be a shutin. You know it by the way this walk with your best friend is going to make you you like a strawberry. You really like chatting it up with your best friend, and just chillin, but you do kinda wish it'd have been a rainy day or something. You think you'd be better off in a skillet. At least you have sunglasses. A lot of other people don't. Why are there so many people? Why are there so many seemingly gay people? The amount of people is growing as you get closer to, town? You think its downtown?
"Hey John, where are we going again?" You ask, realizing you weren't really paying attention the first time he'd told you.
"Oh, just downtown Dave. There's a lot of cool things In town!" He says rather cheerily. You guess you'd probably show John around your town if he was the one visiting you. You don't really go too many places in your own town though. Not a lot of people do. You guess its a lot different here.
"Is there normally this many people walking around town?" You ask, out of honest curiosity.
"No, but I don't recall there being anything special supposed to happen this weekend. We could ask someone." He suggests. But you don't want to. Sometimes you're really wary of strangers. Its just a little thing that tugs at you, the idea of speaking with someone who you have an unsure trust with.
"No, its fine, if something's going on we'll find out ourselves. Wouldn't that be more fun?" You say giving your genuine strider smile of 'we've got this bro.' And you do. But suddenly the crowd begins to thicken. And you begin to feel nervous. You're not really use to crowded spaces.
"Better not get lost Dave." John says grabbing your hand and helping you through the crowd. Why's everyone just standing around? They seem rather excited too. And the streets cleared. You don't know if you want to stay around to find out or if you'd rather get out of the crowd and not puke, because that's how you honestly feel right now. But you lose the choice when john stops to examine the road. You try to as well. Some people are holding signs, you don't bother to read them though. You feel a nudge agenst your shoulder, and look in the direction of the abnormal feel of someone else touching you. Theres a girl in perhaps her mid twentys hugging on another girl with her hair tied back. She says to you 'Good luck lil guy' her sentence seemed longer than it meant to, and it didn't make sense to you. You conclude this lady is most definitely drunk. But to be polite you say thank you. Your bro always told you to treat girls with respect. Her suspected 'girlfriend' says sorry to you and directs the one who'd spoke first to watch the road again.
You keep contemplating these words of hers. She didn't just say them. She didn't seem that drunk. It's not until a colorfully decorated float begins to head down the street, and the crowd roars. All you can think about is the words on that fucking float. "~Gay Pride Festival~" painted across a confetti rainbow. You tug at johns arm a bit, gaining his attention.
"Hey john, can we go to that park you wanted to go to? I'm starting to feel claustrophobic."
"Oh! Why didn't you say so, we can go Dave." He says beginning to pull you through the crowd again. You hate to diverse his interest, but you think you'd feel more terrible if someone assumed they were gay and directed it to John instead of you. You don't want your best friend to feel awkward around you for the rest of the week.
"Hey John, my hands getting sweaty." You say, sure it's an excuse but it's also the truth.
"Oh, if you think you can keep up I'll let go." You tell him you can, and continue to follow after he lets go of your hand. Luckly this road was toward where the parade was going to come to an end, and you could walk past it easily instead of being forced to maneuver through a strange route. But the thing that's racing to the front of your thoughts right now is you sitting in the shade, and the cool grass. Yeah, this park is going to be a lot better than that stupid sunny parade.
So this chapter kinda just came to me. I've been excited for pride coming up soon, so It inspired me. It's such a loving environment. I can't wait for pride! ^u^
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