Todd's Coming Out (Part 7)
I thought it best to cut off all connection to the outside world for the next few days and didn't leave Colton's house. I'd never been much of a gamer, but within three days I fancied I was developing a healthy addiction to the Bioshock series. After...
Todd's Coming Out (Part 6)
What exactly had I expected coming out to be like? A world of congratulations or a world of people doing the same thing my dad had done, or worse? Only when I got neither did I realise how wrong I'd got it all. It was like nothing changed at all. The...
Todd's Coming Out (Part 5)
We woke up on the couch with the 'This Channel is Offline' screen, both still completely naked. The otters had been every bit as much fun as Colton had promised. At least we'd remembered to vaguely clean up after our jerk-off race (surprisingly, I won,...
Todd's Coming Out (Part 4)
Even though he'd been plenty smart in English class, I'd never thought Colton had much flare for writing (or that I did either for that matter) until he went first and typed the story of his accident, and how the man who had saved his life had later...
Todd's Coming Out (Part 3)
'Alright,' Colton said, looking at the approach to the pool as if twenty metres had become a hundred miles. 'Calm. I can do this.' He was already shaky. 'Don't hold my hand,' he said as I tried to take it. 'You know where you really wanna put it. Do...
Todd's Coming Out (Part 2)
When I got to Colton's house and rang the doorbell I knew I might have to explain this to his parents if he wasn't there, or Courtney, his twin sister, because I'd never be able to pass this off as just a social call. I'd never been so thankful when...
Todd's Coming Out (Part 1)
Hiding from your family that you're in love is not at all easy. Especially not when your boyfriend keeps making you laugh all the time. That's part of how you know, right? When it's not all about romance or sex or even holding hands: it's all the...
Todd's Senior Prom (Part 7- Finale)
'Well look at this,' my mother said. She was out on the porch, waiting like she had some kind of long distance sense of our approach. 'Are you two boys friends now then? All sorted?' 'We talked about a few things, yeah,' I said, trying to play it...
Todd's Senior Prom (Part 6)
'You think you're in love,' Colton said, staring at me unflinchingly. 'With me. _Really_ in love? Not just a crush or some kind of infatuation you can't place?' I nodded, feeling choked and twitchy. 'Yeah. Despite everything. I love you Colton...
Todd's Senior Prom (Part 5)
Five days went by and life went back to normal. Just as he'd promised, Colton wasn't attending classes anymore. On Wednesday I decided to run past the skate park. He wasn't there. Nobody was. On Thursday I reluctantly texted Courtney just to ease my...
Todd's Senior Prom (Part 4)
We arrived at the field just as the sun was losing its heat and showing the first signs of setting. The marquees were already lit up green and indigo on the sides and the dance floor full of people mingling to the pop music, all a warm-up for the band....
Todd's Senior Prom (Part 3)
The night Rocco had gone to senior prom I'd stayed well out of the way. I had a Cardinals game to go see, which helped. I'd been glad, because I somehow knew it was going to bring out the side of Mum that made us all cringe, and it would be easier if I...