Riley walked into school alone he heard the whispers from behind him. Words hurt. 1 time. Riley sat on the stairs and waited for class to start. He's alone, no one wants to be his friend any because nobody wanted a gay friend, 2 times. the bell rang and Riley walked to class . Troy walked in front of Riley and dropped his and the rest of the basketballs homework in front of him. " Anything less than a B and your life is in jeopardy" 3 times. Troy said. Riley nodded as he grabbed all of the papers and books. Riley stood up but was shoved to the ground by Jason. all the books went flying as Riley crashed to the floor. 4 times .The room erupted to laughter. Riley saw his own brother laughing with everybody else. 5 times Riley knew why this was happening because his brother told a friend that Riley was Gay. And that friend told another and that one told another and so on. Yes Riley was Gay. He had a loving boyfriend who went to school across the city. Riley ran out of the room tears treating to spill out of his eyes. He had to stop himself from crying because that would only make it worse. He reached his locker and sighed. GO DIE was carved into his locker. 6 times . The Lunch bell finally rang and riley found a empty table. Nobody would sit with him no one would sit with him. Riley heard giggles from behind him and in a split second his face was shoved into his food.7 times The cafe fell silent before it erupted in laughter. Hot Tears streamed down Riley's face when he realized the person was his old best friend Chris. He got up and ran out , 8 times . Gym came and Riley beaten up and was shoved into a locker. Now that makes 9. The school day finally ended and Riley walked home. Where his brother would pretend to be his friend. Riley climbed the stairs to his room and signed on to his computer. He got onto AIM. an IM popped up. Hey fag don't forget to do our homework. 10 times. Tears spilled from Riley eyes. He couldn't take it anymore. He was sick of this everyday routine. Riley pulled a pen and paper out of his desk.
Dear everyone, Nobody cares about me I can see it. The way mom forces a smile when I say I love you or the way dad lies and says he's too busy to come to my swim meets. Ryan you will be a great actor when you grow up. You acted like a friend to me.
Chris what happened to friends forever me being gay shouldn't have changed that but I guess it did.
Riley's tears spotted the paper as he signed it.
He walked over to his belt rack a pulled one off. Who would Care if the Gay emo kid was gone. He walked to his closet dragging a chair with him. he tied one end of the belt to the door frame He put the other around his neck and stepped off the chair. Then it all went away. All the Pain and all Misery. And for the first time since he had come out he was happy.
