Beginnings Ch. 1
#1 of Beginings
I walked up to Max. " Hey" I said happily. "Want to walk to class with me?" " Sure" he replied. Max shook his brown fur out of his beautiful green eyes. No. Can't think like that. But the thoughts were coming more and more often. I wondered if he's gay. No, bad Skye. Don't think like that. I'm sure he isn't. I noticed Max waiting. "Oh, sorry, just thinking. Let's go. We don't want to be late!" We hurried to class. I didn't really pay attention to the teacher. I was thinking about Max. He sat right in front of me. The way he ran his hand through his fur was so cute. I really needed to control these thoughts. The bell rang and we went to lunch. We sat in our usual seat in the back of the lunchroom. Max was silent for a long time. Abruptly he said "l have something to tell you. I'm..." Max took a deep breath. "I'm gay." Max told me. I sat there shocked. "I know you hate me now." He said sadly as he got up and left. "It was nice knowing you." "Wait Max!" l called after him. "It's not that." I waited for him to come back. ''I'm gay too." "Really? I've been waiting for so long and you were right here in front of me the whole time." Max said thoughtfully. "You know I've always liked your hair. How do you get those highlights?" "They're natural." I said. ''But I know somewhere you can get some. Wanna try it?" "Sure" Max replied. "Meet me near our bikes." "Okay" l confirmed. After school we met as planned and we biked to the local barbershop. We walked up to the front desk. "Hi, my friend would like to get highlights." I said. "Okay, wait just a minute." The desk attendant told us. We went and sat down. "I think you should get blond ones." I recommended. "They look nice." Max agreed. The haircutter told Max to sit down and he told her his choice. She took the paint and put it in his fur. Then she put tinfoil over it. I let out a giggle at how silly he looked. He made a face at me and the haircutter asked him who l was. "That's my friend Skye. He goes to my high school." Max replied. Then the haircutter took the foil off and there were his highlights. "You look beautiful" I said as we walked out. Max looked at me in surprise. "What? It's true." I said. We walked back to our bikes. "Want to come over?" I asked him. "Sure." We biked over to my house.