"Oh My God... We're Gay!!""We?"
Part 3

Lance looked around as he swore he heard someone calling him a pansy. A few guys and girls were giving him disgusted looks... and was that goth guy checking him out? Never had Lance felt so naked in school before!

He quickly checked to make sure his zipper wasn't open. Nope, nothing there. Maybe he had something on his face?

Lance rubbed his hand all over his face as he entered his class.

A few people pointedly ignored him, while others stared at him and talked behind their hands.

"Class!" said the teacher, with a warning tone. "As much as I enjoy the real live soaps that your little meaningless bodies act out each day, we have to get ready for discussion time."

Seeing that she still didn't get the attention of her students, she sighed. "Fine then. . . our topic for today is Alternate Lifestyles. What is your opinion?"

People started shouting left and right.

X

Kurt came up to Scott during lunch, looking around nervously.

"Scott!" he hissed. "I don't have anything showing, do I?" he asked.

"What do you mean?"

"People are staring, but I don't think my tail is out, you know?"

Scott did a quick check over. "No, you're fine."

"Yes, he is," commented Tabitha, sauntering past the two boys.

Kurt could feel his cheeks flushing as Scott gave her a weird look. "What was that all about?" he asked.

Kurt shrugged. "It's been that weird all day. I've had lots of girls and... um... people stare at me all day!" Kurt wasn't quite ready to admit to himself that some guys had given him interesting looks.

Scott was puzzled. He definitely wanted to know what was going on. The day Kurt first joined, Scott had felt a sense of protectiveness come over him. He looked at Kurt as if he were his little brother, and finding Alex hadn't deterred that feeling.

"If anyone causes trouble, I'll bail you out," he declared, as he led Kurt to their usual table.

It became apparent that a lot of people were staring in there direction.

"Man," Kurt exclaimed. "I just want to go home."

X

Lance's head was hurting as he stepped out of class. As usual, he didn't participate in class discussion, despite the unusual amount of question directed at him.

Alternate lifestyles.... when he first heard that, he assumed the life of alternative musicians. He had no idea that it implied same sex couples. That was kind of gross.

And why would people ask him if same sex couples should remain quiet about their relationship or if they should be allowed to express their love like normal guy/girl couples.

Lance had just shrugged and said "I don't care."

Now at lunch he was getting weird stares.

"Yo, man, have you like, done anything weird?" Todd asked him as soon as he sat down.

"Nothing out of the norm," he muttered.

Tabitha came up behind him. "So why aren't you sitting with... um... you love interest?" she asked, glancing at the other boys of the Brotherhood.

"The X-geeks, remember?" said Lance, nodding his head towards the table. "That and the fact that we had a disagreement."

"Oh..." Tabitha backed away and ran back towards some of her friends.

"Man, everyone is acting weird today," said Fred. "I don't like it."

"Tell me about it," grunted Lance.

X

Kitty was walking down the hall when she caught a conversation concerning Lance. Stooping down to tie her shoe, she strained to listen what was being told about him.

"So the lovebirds are in the middle of a fight?"

"Yeah! I mean, Lance is a loser, but he has balls going out with a brainer like that."

Kitty didn't know if being called a brainer wasn't exactly a compliment.

"But why the fight?"

"Isn't it obvious? Kitty! She was getting between them!"

Kitty almost fell on her face. What was that?

"Kurt's probably upset that it took Lance this long to break up with Kitty, so that's why they aren't seeing each other anymore!"

Kitty was horrified. Kurt going out with Lance? Was this why he ignored their anniversary? But wait, that didn't make sense. Kurt hated Lance and vice versa...because Kurt liked her but she liked Lance. Which was flattering.

"So Kitty found out that Lance was gay?" she heard, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"Yup, and she announced to to all who were near. So Lance is like totally snubbing her now, but I think I might be too late to make friends with Kurt again, if you know what I mean."

The girls giggled. "Maybe we should lock 'em in a chemistry closet long enough for them to make out."

"No way! Now that I think about it, Kurt's kind of cute! Maybe he swings both ways!"

Another girl laughed. "You just want to nail Kurt in hopes of getting Lance as well!"

The group shrieked in outrage as Kitty hurried away.

Oh, no! she thought to herself. This is my fault! Sort of... well, the Lance being gay. But how did Kurt come into this?

Kitty rushed to her class, not knowing what she was going to do. As soon as Lance and Kurt heard this, she was probably as good as dead.