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Chapter 4

Thankfully, the weekend went by slowly, and was pretty uneventful. Except for Elmer. They told themself that they would come out this weekend. It didn't matter who. They couldn't keep this a secret forever.

*Elmer to Albert*

Elmer: Hey, I gotta tell you something the next time I see you

Elmer: I'm just texting you now so I can't back out.

Albert: y can't u just tell me now?

Elmer: Cause I wanna do this in person

Albert: alright

There was no backing out now. Albert was persistent with this kind of thing, and they got him curious.

It was after school on Monday when Albert finally got Elmer alone. "Hey! So what did you want to tell me?"

"Umm okay, wow, this is happening. You know I never thought I'd tell anyone this but here we are. You're the first person I'm telling if you didn't realize that. But anyway, this is really difficult for me to say. I mean, I don't even know where I should start."

"Elmer, take a breath. Okay, whatever it is, I'm sure it's fine. Just start from the beginning."

"Okay. It started last year. I started questioning my gender. It's hard to explain, but sometimes I just really liked being more feminine. I began experimenting with makeup and finding more feminine things to wear, and I liked it."

"Wait so are you saying-" Albert began

"No, it's confusing, because sometimes I still like being masculine. I think I would be most comfortable as non-binary, and just using they/them pronouns." When Albert didn't respond quick enough Elmer kept going, "Please say something."

"I was never really good at reacting to this kind of the thing, but I can't tell you how proud I am of you that you were able to tell me this." Albert replied.
"So you don't hate me?"

"I could never hate you. And besides, you're still the same person, I'm just learning more about you and your personality."

Elmer couldn't believe what they were hearing. He was okay with it! "Thank you."

"For what? Being a good friend? I'm always gonna be here for you, no matter what."

Elmer was smiling, but his hands were still shaking slightly, so Albert took them, to try and calm him down. "Please don't tell anyone." They whispered.

"I won't, but you should know, our friends wouldn't care"
"I know that, but it's just too much right now."

Albert nodded, "I get it. So… library?"

"Yeah, let's go."

It had been three days, and Davey couldn't stop thinking about the kiss he had with Jack. Three days! An entire weekend including Monday. What was wrong with him? It was just a stupid dare. That he might've enjoyed… like a lot.

But he couldn't keep thinking like this. He wasn't gay was he? Going by this, he probably was.

It did make sense. He never had any interest in girls, or dating for that matter. Maybe this is why. He just always thought that it would happen later.

But why didn't he know until now? Don't people figure this out a lot earlier in their life?

Davey was suddenly brought out of this train of thought by the bell ringing, and Jack coming over to his desk, "Hey! Ready to go?" Davey only nodded as he gathered his books, "Everything okay? You're not usually this quiet."

"Yeah, I'm fine, just been thinking."

"You're always thinking, what's so different this time?"

Why was Jack like this? Always asking personal questions, "I'll tell you later, let's go eat." But it wasn't that simple. Normally, Davey was always very talkative, and was in every conversation. This time however, he remained silent for the most part, which caught everyone's attention.

When lunch was over, Crutchie came up to him, "Hey Davey."

"Hey Crutchie."

"Alright, what's wrong."

Davey looked at him in confusion, "Nothing, I'm fine."

"Come on, we've known each other for too long to lie to each other like this. What's up?"

"I know Crutchie, it's just this is really new to me, and I'm not sure if I want to talk about this, or even how to talk about this."

"If you don't want to that's fine, but it's just me. I won't judge you."

"I guess. You're a good first person to tell, and I don't know who else to go to. I-um- wow why is this so hard? Have all of our friends really had to do this?"

Crutchie seemed to catch on, "Wait, are you doing what I think you are?"

Davey nodded, "I think I'm gay."

"I can't tell you how proud I am of you Davey. Even though you have a very supportive group of friends, it's still a hard thing to come to terms with. What started all of this?"

"Friday night when I was dared to kiss Jack. I think I like him…" Davey trailed off.

"Woah really? You gotta tell him!" Crutchie said, very excited now.

"What? No! I can't do that!"

"I mean, if you're still not comfortable with this whole thing, then you should wait a little bit, but sometime in the future you should."

Davey shook his head, "I just don't want to ruin the friendship that we have."

"Well, thanks for telling me, seriously."

"You're thanking me? Shouldn't I be thanking you? I mean, you just listened to me, and even though it had nothing to do with you, you cared that something was bothering me. You're a great friend."

"Of course Davey, I know you would do the same for me. Now come on, we have an English test next period."

Seize the Day

*5:06 P.M*

Finch: y does hw exist?

Davey: To help you learn.

Race: Theres a difference between learning and having so much work that you have a mental breakdown every night

Finch: ^^^

Davey: Yeah, I agree with that

Romeo: We should meet up this weekend again, I dont have the best feeling about this week

Race: sure it can be at my place

A/N: Ahhh two people come out in one chapter! Elmer coming out was pretty much how I did it both times.

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