Finding Love: A Work of Fiction-Part 2 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
The Sleepover
When Kyle and me got to Jeff's house, everyone else that Jeff and Jen had invited were already there. There were eight of us total, Kyle, me, Jeff, Jen, Jen's boyfriend Justin, Jeff's girlfriend Chelsea, Jeff's friend Gregory, and Gregory's friend Tony. As the party got into full swing, I started to talk with Jeff about how things were with me.
,,So are you ok? I mean with the breakup and all?,, Jeff asked me with a very concerning and comforting voice.
,,Right now, I am ok and I am feeling great! Thank-you for inviting me Jeff. I needed to get out.,, I said to him, appreciating his concern about me.
,,No problem. I hope you have a good time. I got to go see Chelsea for a little while. I'll catch up with you later, K?,, he said.
,,Alright.,, I said. I went and found Kyle and we started to talk and mingle with the others.
After a while, I started to focus my eyes on only one person in the room. That person was Gregory. Once I started to really look him over, I began to feel those familiar feelings of being head over heals in love with someone, once again! I was in shock, I never though I would feel those feelings again. I decided right then and there to get to know him, but I couldn't let him know that I was gay just yet. The only people in the room that knew that I was gay were Kyle, Jeff, Jen, Justin, Chelsea, and myself.
I worked my way across Jeff's living room until I was standing next to Gregory. I started to talk to him about himself.
,,So, what do you like to do? You got a girlfriend? Where do you go to school?,, I asked him all in a single breath.
,,Well, I like to workout, play videogames, use the Internet, watch TV, and listen to music. Right now, I have no girlfriend and I don't want one either! About school, I go to Prospect Park High School.,, Gregory said answering my questions, ,,What about you?,,
,,Well Gregory...,, I said, but he cut me off.
,,Call me Greg." he said smiling at me, ,,all my friends do.,_,
,,I'm a friend?,, I said to him and he nodded his head yes. ,,Ok then Greg, I like to read, write, sing, dance, use the Internet, listen to music, and watch TV. I don't have a girlfriend and I never have had one. As for school, I go to Vine Private High School, it sucks!,,
,,Cool.,, Greg said to me, ,,You seem like a cool down to earth guy! Maybe we could be friends, if you want to I mean?,,
,,Sure, I think you're a cool guy too and I'd love to be friends.,, I said laughing.
,,Cool. Friends it is.,, he said to me.
,,Yeah, friends it is.,, I said smiling.
A few hours later, we all finally went to sleep. The last thought that crossed my mind was that Greg and me would grow to be good friends and maybe, just maybe we could be a little more than good friends.
... Maybe a Little More
After that night Greg and I continued to get to know each other and after a while we became the best of friends. Secretly, I was still wishing to become more than friends with Greg, because as we got to know each other more and more, my feelings for him grew from love to pure love! Little did I know, that the feeling was mutual.
The day I found out about the mutual feeling was on my sixteenth birthday. I only invited Kyle, Jeff, Jen, and Greg to my party. That night, Greg stayed over and it was the best night of my life, up until then at least. We were watching TV, when all of a sudden Greg started talking to me.
,,Nate?,, Greg said, ,,I have to tell you something that I think may change our friendship!,,
,,Greg, whatever it is you can tell me!,, I said to him in a very worried voice.
,,Nate, I'm gay and I have feelings for you!,, he said as he started to cry.
,,Oh, Greg! Don't cry, it's ok!,, I said grabbing him and pulling him into a hug, ,,please don't cry, everything is okay! I'm glad that you're gay and that you have feelings for me, because I feel exactly the same way about you!,,
,,Nate, you're gay too?,, Greg said in a choked up voice, ,,what's going to happen now?,,
,,Greg I don't know, but I do know one thing and that is that we have right now and right now we have each other!,, I said to him and when I was done talking, I raised his head up and brought our lips together for our first kiss!
,,Oh my God, Nate! That was... that was...!,, he said, but he cut me off.
,,Everything we've been waiting for!,, I said smiling at him.
,,Nate, will you be my boyfriend?,, Greg asked me smiling with a sparkle of love in his eyes.
,,I wouldn't have it any other way!,, I said as I kissed his lips again. Finally, the start of a new romance! Love, ahh! What a very special feeling! This was the best birthday I ever had.