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“Just fine if you don’t scare me like that again,” I retorted. “You about gave me a heart attack!”
He chuckled quietly, and I studied him closely to see what was going on. Stefon had never done this before. This was boyfriend/girlfriend stuff, and though we maintained the titles, this part of the arrangement never came around.
“Is everything okay?” I asked.
His smile was as wide as I’d ever seen it. “More than okay. Better than ever, actually.”
I smiled back at him. I loved seeing him this happy—and it wasn’t like he’d interrupted my sleep anyway. “What’s going on?”
He took both of my hands and pulled me to my bed, and we sat atop my messy covers. The little light coming from my nightlight shined in his black eyes. “I met someone.”
My mouth fell open. “What? You met someone?”
He nodded quickly.
“Who? How?”
“What, when, where?” he teased.
I shoved his shoulder. “You’re holding out on me!”
He drew his lips together, biting them and then slowly releasing his smile again. “I was looking around Elmbrooke’s website, and they have an LGBTQ+ club on campus. I started looking around, and they have a private Facebook group. One guy and I started talking, and we kind of hit it off.”
My lips were smiling, but my eyes were stinging. I was so happy and confused and sad and jealous all at the same time. “Tell me about him,” I managed.
Smiling the entire time, Stefon began telling me about this person named Dillon. They had texted/flirted back and forth for a few days before deciding to talk on the phone. It was only meant to be a short call, but they ended up talking for hours. Stefon’s parents had even walked into the room and assumed he was talking to me.
“When are you seeing him in person?”
Stefon looked guilty.
“What?”
“I already have.”
My mouth fell open. “What! I thought you were just talking.”
“We were, but I told my parents I needed to go to LA to get something for college, and instead Dillon and I met... Ki, I had my first kiss.”
My throat got tight, and tears were seconds from spilling. “I’m so happy for you.”
He tilted his head. “Is that why you look like you’re about to cry?”
I shook my head, wiping at my eyes. “It’s because I want that too.”
He hugged me tight. “Your turn is coming, Ki. Just wait and see.”
Seven
Xiomara
Our house lookedlike a rainbow threw up on it. Mom had hung not one but two rainbow garden flags on our front porch that faced Emerson’s Main Street. All of the windows had brightly colored semi-circle flags, and she’d even used multiple sidewalk chalk colors to write a message on the three steps leading to our front door.
LOVE
IS
LOVE
