The next day at School, Donna and Michael met up with Simon, who was tuning his keyboard. "Okay, let's think," Michael said to Simon. "Who do you think is Blue?"
"There is the new guy, Bram," Simon suggested. "It can be hard for someone to make friends when you move into a new town."
"Plus, Helen did say that he had some trouble at his previous school," Donna recalled.
"And there's Cal," Simon recalled. "We used to take piano lessons together, and he's playing Edmund in 'Desire and Decorum'."
"You're playing Ernest Sinclaire, right?" Donna recalled.
"Right," Simon answered. "And finally Lyle, a waiter at The Golden Griddle. He keeps smiling at other customers all the time."
"I've seen him time to time," Donna recalled.
"Plus, everyone knows that workers must always put on a smile when serving people," Michael recalled.
Just then, Bram came by. "Oreos," he said. "I love those, especially the Halloween kind."
"But Halloween is 6 months away," Michael replied.
"I know," Bram replied. He saw Simon getting out lyrics to Justin Bieber's "As Long As You Love Me." He told Simon that he played the trumpet time to time.
"Let's do a song together," Simon said as he started playing his keyboard.
"We're under pressure
Seven billion people in the world trying to fit in
Keep it together
Smile on your face even though your heart is frowning," Simon sang.
"But hey now, you know, boy
We both know it's a cruel world
But I will take my chances," Bram sang.
"As long as you love me
We could be starving, we could be homeless, we could be broke
As long as you love me
I'll be your platinum, I'll be your silver, I'll be your gold
As long as you love, love me, love me
As long as you love, love me, love me," they both sang.
Most of the students in the courtyard gathered around and danced to their duet. "Music! Music!" shouted a voice.
"Animal?" Donna asked in horror.
The rest of the students ran back inside in horror. Rocket came in explaining that while they were singing, Animal went out of control and followed it to Berry High. Bram put away his trumpet when he saw Principal Rivera.
"Boys," Principal Rivera snarled, "you're disrupting people."
"We couldn't help it, Principal Rivera," Simon replied.
"I'm afraid that's detention for harassment," Principal Rivera replied.
"Yes, ma'am," both boys said.
Bram turned his head and saw something horrifying. "My trumpet!" he shouted as Animal gobbled up the trumpet.
"What am I going to tell Helen?" Bram worriedly asked. "About the detention and letting Animal eat my trumpet. My father gave it to me when I was 9."
"Just tell her the truth," Donna replied. "She'll understand." *Speaking of Helen*, she thought to herself, *Maybe I could talk to her about Blue. She knows all about gay people more than anyone*.
"Bram," Simon asked, "do you feel blue by any chance?"
"MEAP!" Bram shouted as he left.
"He sounds like Meap without the translator," Michael replied.
XxoxX
Later at the arcade, Donna saw Helen stocking up on dolls and rainbow flags. "Hey there, Helen," she greeted.
Helen turned her head and replied, "Don, Principal Rivera emailed me about Baby Bram and Simon's little performance at lunch today."
"Reciting a Justin Bieber song and distracting people from eating," Donna giggled. "Anyway, you're a lesbian, right?"
"Yeah," Helen replied, "after you guys saw me kissing with Zhu Tao in Paris."
"When did you first reveal yourself as a lesbian?" Donna asked.
Helen explained that during her freshman year in high school in Philly, she was playing B-ball with her girls at our high school basketball court when the male gym teacher at that time started flirting with Helen. She told him that she was a lesbian, but he laughed. Helen got so angry, she scolded him for teasing her and told him to get lost. "Gym teacher gave me detention after that, and the rest is history," Helen finished.
"Thanks," Donna replied, "because one of my friends has been meeting a blogger named Blue, who's a closeted gay."
After hearing what Donna said, Helen went back to work, which confused Donna.