Finding Love: A Work of Fiction Written By: Jeffrey J. Mirizio
I dedicate this story to TB, you know who you are. I hope you realize now what you are going to be missing out on, since you broke my heart!
Author's Note: This story is told in the main character's point of view.
Introduction
Finding Love: A Work of Fiction, is a story of that one special person in a person's life. Certain characters are based on people in my own life and certain aspects of the story are based on events that I have had. Ultimately, though the story is fiction. I wish that what happens in this story would happen to me! Now turn the page and read Finding Love: A Work of Fiction. I hope you like it as a reader, as much as I liked writing it.
- Jeffrey J. Mirizio April 2003
Nathan and Chase
My name is Nathan Zalewski and I am fifteen years old. I am in a loving relationship with a guy named Chase. Yeah, I'm gay! So what? You got a problem with that? Well anyways let me tell you about how Chase and me fell in love.
One day I was chatting online and I received an instant message from some guy with the screen name Chaseboi87 and it went like this:
,_,Chaseboi87: I saw your profile, it said that you are gay and that you're looking for a boyfriend. My name is Chase, I'm fifteen and according to your profile we live near each other! Do you want to chat?
ZaLeWsKi: Sure, my name is Nate. Where do you live?
Chaseboi87: I live on Maple Drive, you?
ZaLeWsKi: I live on South Maple Drive. What a coincidence!
Chaseboi87: Nah, it's fate! It's meant to be! So are you still single?
ZaLeWsKi: Why? You want to ask me out?
Chaseboi87: Maybe. So are you?
ZaLeWsKi: Yes, single as I can possibly be! You?
Chaseboi87: Yeah, I'm single. So do you want to meet sometime?
ZaLeWsKi: Man, you cut right to the point, don't you? Sure, why not. When? Where?
Chaseboi87: Cool. How about this Saturday at 2 o'clock at the Prospect Park Mall? That sounds good?
ZaLeWsKi: Yeah, sounds great! I'll be there. Listen I got to go, but can you call me so we can work out the details? My number is 555-3646, ask for Nathan, k?
Chaseboi87: Ok, I will. Talk to you later Nate. Bye.
ZaLeWsKi: Ok. Talk to you later. Bye.,_,
He called me later that night and we met that Saturday. We've been together ever since! We both planned on being together forever, or so I thought! It happened one afternoon, I went to Chase's house and when I got to his room, he was kissing another guy! I was shocked, I ran out of his house and all the way home in tears. The worst thing is Chase never called me or came to see me to explain. I would call him though, but everytime I did, he had someone answer the phone for him and he never talked to me! I was crushed, this was my first love. Chase was the only person I had ever been in love with and he broke my heart so much that I thought that I could never love anyone else ever again!
After all this happened, I started to just seclude myself from everyone and everything. I wouldn't talk to anyone, I would never leave my house, and it took a lot of encouragement from everyone just to get me to leave my bedroom! This went on for weeks, until my cousin Jeffrey called my house and invited me to a big sleepover party at his and Jennifer's (his sister) house. Jeff said that I could invite one of my friends if I wanted too, so I invited my best friend Kyle. The day of the sleepover was the first time I has left my house for something other than school, doctor appointments, and the occasional trip to the grocery store. Let me tell you right now, it felt great to be out and about after staying inside my house for so long!