"So any body been reading current events?" asked Peter. The Group looked at
him blankly, campus back to being slow after the previous day's events.
"Any interesting things on the news?" The expressions didn't change. "On
MTV?" They all looked relieved.
"Eminem has a new video!" chirped Jules. "And so does J. Lo!!!"
"Shoot me," said Jaime and Rowan at the same time, and looked into opposite directions. We're evidently still not talking. Daisy filled in the space with "Suicide pact time," to be given a warning look by Peter so he wouldn't have to send her to sit in the corner and endure time out.
"I still hear those rats scratching the wood," said Scott.
"I think you're hearing things Scott," said Peter. "The cabin has been checked- their aren't any mice in it."
"Hey, I hear them too." Said Auggie.
"Alright, then I'll get the guy back in there but this isn't exactly current events."
"Actually, I heard something weird on the radio. In this town in Oregon or Idaho or something the yearbook staff refused to run a picture of a gay couple kissing," started Ezra.
"Where you in the picture?" asked Shelby. "Because it might of not have been the couple then." Everyone laughed and Jaime began to gnaw at his lip. He knew he wasn't psychic but he knew this wasn't going to end well.
"Yeah so, the students had a 'kiss off'- a bunch of same sex friends or couples or whatever kissed each other in a protest. They got a bunch of TV shows and newspapers to come so it turned into this huge thing," Ezra finished quickly.
"Ewwwww," said Jules.
"Did it work?" asked Daisy.
"Yeah I think so."
"That's just wrong. A bunch of-" started Scott, sounding disgusted.
"How's it wrong?" Typical, thought Jaime. He won't talk to me because I don't treat him like he's glassed and gold and made to be publicly worshipped and I question his morals but it's ok for him to question some one else's morals. Eh, what do I care. You know other than my heart imploding. But that's normal.
"It's just weird," said Scott, gasping for words.
"Yeah, like girls can kiss if they're BFFs but not if they're like, dating or anything. It's just wrong," Jules chimed in.
But people can be gay. It's not wrong." Jaime glanced at Daisy and back at his hands. He should've figured she'd be ok with it. Maybe he should try making an effort to get to know her.
"I dunno. The church is kinda against it and I grew up that the Church is all-powerful. So, you know." Auggie fingered a small ring on his finger that had a cross engraved into it.
"I agree with Daisy, I think. If someone wants to be gay then it's their choice." Ezra seemed happy to be part of a group. Jaime kept staring at his fingers. "I think it's weird but I'd never feel that way about another girl," said Kay quietly, not really supporting either side. Shelby showed her loyalties when she burst out with, "If evolution wanted us to not reproduce then it'd be fine but it's just wrong in the evolution and natural sense too."
"Yeah!" Jules said.
Jaime listened to the Group divide themselves without moving an inch. Peter must be screaming on the inside now, he thought. All his hard work towards unity had been unraveled. This is why you don't ask questions that will cause people to talk, Peter, oh young Grasshopper. "What do you think Jaime?" asked Daisy.
G'damn it. Christ, what do I say? Maybe I should just babble incoherently and get out of it that way. Why did I never learn how to puke on command? "I, uh, I dunno. Um, yeah."
"C'mon," said Auggie. "You have to have an opinion."
"I dunno. I don't really. um."
"C'mon," said Ezra. "Side. It's not like you're gay." Crapola. Let's pray my eyes haven't gotten so big that they can see the truth. Dead silence as the cogs of minds work putting together suspicions they ignored. No, I don't have a girlfriend. I dunno who I'd rather be with, Shakira or Shirley Manson- neither are my type. What do you mean, which one of the girls would I want to date? They're all taken. No, I can't tell you, it just feels wrong.
"You are, aren't you," whispered Shelby. "That, that's."
"Yeah," I whispered. Then I walked out as fast as I could, trying to act dignified, but ready to scream. There goes the neighborhood.
"Eminem has a new video!" chirped Jules. "And so does J. Lo!!!"
"Shoot me," said Jaime and Rowan at the same time, and looked into opposite directions. We're evidently still not talking. Daisy filled in the space with "Suicide pact time," to be given a warning look by Peter so he wouldn't have to send her to sit in the corner and endure time out.
"I still hear those rats scratching the wood," said Scott.
"I think you're hearing things Scott," said Peter. "The cabin has been checked- their aren't any mice in it."
"Hey, I hear them too." Said Auggie.
"Alright, then I'll get the guy back in there but this isn't exactly current events."
"Actually, I heard something weird on the radio. In this town in Oregon or Idaho or something the yearbook staff refused to run a picture of a gay couple kissing," started Ezra.
"Where you in the picture?" asked Shelby. "Because it might of not have been the couple then." Everyone laughed and Jaime began to gnaw at his lip. He knew he wasn't psychic but he knew this wasn't going to end well.
"Yeah so, the students had a 'kiss off'- a bunch of same sex friends or couples or whatever kissed each other in a protest. They got a bunch of TV shows and newspapers to come so it turned into this huge thing," Ezra finished quickly.
"Ewwwww," said Jules.
"Did it work?" asked Daisy.
"Yeah I think so."
"That's just wrong. A bunch of-" started Scott, sounding disgusted.
"How's it wrong?" Typical, thought Jaime. He won't talk to me because I don't treat him like he's glassed and gold and made to be publicly worshipped and I question his morals but it's ok for him to question some one else's morals. Eh, what do I care. You know other than my heart imploding. But that's normal.
"It's just weird," said Scott, gasping for words.
"Yeah, like girls can kiss if they're BFFs but not if they're like, dating or anything. It's just wrong," Jules chimed in.
But people can be gay. It's not wrong." Jaime glanced at Daisy and back at his hands. He should've figured she'd be ok with it. Maybe he should try making an effort to get to know her.
"I dunno. The church is kinda against it and I grew up that the Church is all-powerful. So, you know." Auggie fingered a small ring on his finger that had a cross engraved into it.
"I agree with Daisy, I think. If someone wants to be gay then it's their choice." Ezra seemed happy to be part of a group. Jaime kept staring at his fingers. "I think it's weird but I'd never feel that way about another girl," said Kay quietly, not really supporting either side. Shelby showed her loyalties when she burst out with, "If evolution wanted us to not reproduce then it'd be fine but it's just wrong in the evolution and natural sense too."
"Yeah!" Jules said.
Jaime listened to the Group divide themselves without moving an inch. Peter must be screaming on the inside now, he thought. All his hard work towards unity had been unraveled. This is why you don't ask questions that will cause people to talk, Peter, oh young Grasshopper. "What do you think Jaime?" asked Daisy.
G'damn it. Christ, what do I say? Maybe I should just babble incoherently and get out of it that way. Why did I never learn how to puke on command? "I, uh, I dunno. Um, yeah."
"C'mon," said Auggie. "You have to have an opinion."
"I dunno. I don't really. um."
"C'mon," said Ezra. "Side. It's not like you're gay." Crapola. Let's pray my eyes haven't gotten so big that they can see the truth. Dead silence as the cogs of minds work putting together suspicions they ignored. No, I don't have a girlfriend. I dunno who I'd rather be with, Shakira or Shirley Manson- neither are my type. What do you mean, which one of the girls would I want to date? They're all taken. No, I can't tell you, it just feels wrong.
"You are, aren't you," whispered Shelby. "That, that's."
"Yeah," I whispered. Then I walked out as fast as I could, trying to act dignified, but ready to scream. There goes the neighborhood.