My name is Eric, I’m 13 years old, 5’ 7’’, I’m slim but am quite fit. I dye my hair blue a few times a year and I’m relatively popular. My eyes are greenish gold and I’m in the closet. I have a big crush on a guy in the grade above me his name is is Percy and he is sexy as hell. He is a few inches taller than me and very athletic, his eyes are green and he has dark curly brown hair. He’s bi and very open about it, we’re in an anti-bullying group together. He knows who I am and I think he enjoys my company but we’re not close friends.
So one day I was reading in the small park that our town has, I knew that he lived nearby but I don’t usually see him there.
“Hey Zac, Emily here says that you’re the fastest person on the track team,” I turn to see who is talking to me. It’s Percy and his friend Emily who was on the track team with me when I beat the oldest school record. “I was wondering if you wanted to race sometime? I think I might be able to beat you.”
“Uh, I’ll race you but Emily is right I am the fastest on the team.” I reply.
Emily laughs, “If I was betting on who is gonna win I’d bet on you Eric.”
“Thanks, so where do you want to race?” I ask Percy
“I was thinking we could walk over to the school to race on the track, because then we would be on even ground.” He says giving me a heart melting smile.
“Ok,” I get up and we start walking towards the school. Percys cellphone rings and he walks a little way away to answer it.
“You know that he likes you right?”
“What?” I almost yell, then lowering my voice,”Really?”
“Yeah, he won’t stop talking about you and how good you look or something like that. He’s just too scared that you’ll turn him down if he asks you out.