High School - FanFiction

DISCLAIMER: This work is completely fiction and is not a representative of real-life events or characters.
‘Ellen’s POV’

It was my last year of high school and I was reasonably quite popular in school. I had group of close friends and they were all very supportive of me being gay. I had come out last year and they were all fine with it, saying they already had a feeling I was gay. It got around the school pretty fast and most people were supportive, but there were a few who weren’t which I had expected. They continuously tried to bully me but I was used to it now and it didn’t affect me because I would just ignore it. This year a new girl started, a beautiful girl. Her name was Portia. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. She was very slim and tall. She had long blonde hair and grey eyes. She was perfect, and I had a big crush on her but I knew she could never be gay so I tried to forget about her in that way, but it was too hard since I saw her every day. She was quite shy during school, but not tonight. Tonight I am at a party and everyone is getting drunk. Everyone was dancing in the middle of the room to the loud music. I was standing off to the side drinking my drink. I was watching her as she danced among everyone. I saw one guy called Adam wrap his arms around her waist pulling her close and she immediately flung her arms around his neck as they danced close and very intimately. He pressed his lips against her and they started to make out. It made me angry seeing him make out with her. I didn’t know why I was so angry; it wasn’t like she was mine or anything. I think it was just jealously, I wished that it was me who was kissing her.  I gulped down the rest of my drink just as my best friend Jennifer came over. “Hey, what are you doing? Come down with us” She said taking my gaze off Portia. “Na I don’t feel like dancing” I say “Oh come on, you always feel like dancing” Jen says “Not tonight” I say “Come on, please” She begs tugging on my arm and I finally give in. I laugh as she runs back into the crowd pulling me along with her and we start dancing.

It was the next Monday after the party and Portia and Adam were the big talk around school all day long. Everyone was saying how they are a couple now, it was like everyone was rubbing it in my face about how she was gay so I had no chance with her, though no one knew that I liked her apart from Jen. It was the end of the day and I was standing at my locker getting the books I needed for homework tonight, when I looked over towards Portia’s locker she was getting her books too as Adam stood next to her. She didn’t look very happy as he talked to her. I turned away from them back to my locker. “No Adam, just leave me alone. What happened at the party was a mistake, I was too drunk to know what the hell I was doing” I hear Portia raise her voice at him. Quite a few other people had turned to look at them just like I had again. “Why don’t you want me? Is there another guy?” I hear him ask. “I’m not into you or guys at all” She says “What? So you’re gay?” He laughs and she doesn’t say anything, she shuts her locker and makes her way out of school fast. “Portia’s a fucking dyke” Adam yells as he laughs and I hear a few others laugh which makes her run down the rest of the hall and out of school. I couldn’t believe what had happened, could this be true. ‘Is Portia gay?’ I think to myself. “Did you hear that? Portia is gay apparently” Jen comes up next to me as I shut my locker. “Yeah I saw it all happen” I say “Did you hear her say she was gay?” Jen asks “No, she didn’t say she was, she said she’s not into Adam or guys at all, then she left and Adam yelled it out and she took off running” I tell her “Ohh, so she could be into you after all” Jen teases “I doubt it, she may not even be gay, but if she is, I feel for her. This wasn’t the best way for everyone to find out that she was gay” I say as we start to walk out of school. “Yeah I know. It gives you an excuse to talk to her though. Since you know what it’s like to come out and all” Jen says “Yeah, I could talk to her” I say as we make our way home. 
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It was now Thursday and Portia hadn’t been at school the last two days since Adam had pretty much told everyone she was gay. It was now all everyone at school was talking about. Everyone was so shocked; mostly people felt sorry for her but the same people who tried to make fun of me were also now making fun of her. I was at my locker getting the books I needed for today when I heard people start yelling and sniggering things about being gay so I turned my head to the door and I saw Portia. She had her head down and I can see she is trying to ignore it but she had a few tears rolling down her cheeks. I feel terrible for her and I know today I must talk to her.

At lunch time, I saw Portia sitting by herself on a bench outside on the field. I start to make my way over to her and she looks up at me as I get closer. She finishes her apple and looks up at me again as I stand a meter or so in front of her. I can now see that her face is tear stained and I see the worry in her face, like I’m going to say mean stuff to her. I smile lightly to let her know I’m not which seems to make her feel a little at ease as she smiles lightly at me. “May I sit with you?” I ask and she nodded, so I sat down on the bench. “I’m Ellen” I smile as I hold my hand out to her. I see her stare at my hand as she quickly shakes it. “Portia” She replies quietly as she looks back down. I watch her for a few seconds before looking out to the field. ‘Come on Ellen say something’ I think to myself as I forget everything I was going to say to her. “I bet you’re wondering if what happened the other day is true or not” Portia says and I go to reply but she speaks first “It’s true. Go ahead, call me all the names ya want” She says as I see tears fall from her eyes. “I’m not gonna call you names” I say “Ya know, I know what it is like” I say and she looks up at me “I’m gay too” I say “You are?” She questions “Yeah, I thought you would have already known” I say “No, I didn’t” She replies “I came out last year” I tell her “How did people react?” She asks me “Most people were supportive but then there were some who weren’t” I say and she nods as she listens “It’s hard at first, but you just have to ignore all the hate and nasty stuff people say. There are a whole of people who are being supportive of you Portia” I tell her “There are?” She questions and I nod as I see her smile lightly before putting her head down again. “I didn’t want to come out like this. It’s too hard, I can’t handle the things people say” She says as she starts to break down. I quickly wrap my arms around her and she nuzzles into my chest. “Everything will be okay” I tell her as I hold her. “I don’t have anyone, I don’t have any friends here” She cried “You do, you have me” I say and rub her back until she stops crying. “I’m sorry” She says as she pulls back once she has stopped crying. “Don’t be” I say “I mean what I say, I’m here for you. You can always hang out with me and my friends” I smile at her. “Thank you” She says just as the bell rings. “Back to hell I go” Portia sighs as we pick up our bags and start to walk towards the building. “Just try your best to ignore it, we have our next class together, so would you sit with me?” I ask “Yeah sure” She replies “If anyone says anything, I’ll say something to them” I say and Portia smiles.

‘Portia’s POV’
Ellen seemed really sweet and made me feel a lot better. She was quite funny too and was making me laugh as we walked to our class together. When we walked into class and people stared but I tried to ignore them just like Ellen said. We made our way to the back where Ellen usually sat with Jen and Tim. “Hey guys, this is Portia, Portia this is Jen and Tim” Ellen introduces us quickly. “Mind if I sit with Portia today?” Ellen asks Jen “Oh sure, that’s fine” Jen smiles as she winks at Ellen and she moves to sit in front of us with Tim instead. “Thanks” I whisper to Ellen and she smiles at me just as the teacher starts talking. The class went pretty fast and unfortunately my next class Ellen wasn’t in but her friend Jen was so she said I can sit with her because she was by herself too. We were watching a movie in this class today and it was the most boring movie I’ve had to watch. “How are you doing?” Jen asks as we don’t pay attention to the movie. “Yeah I’m okay” I say honestly “Things will get better” She says “Yeah I know, hopefully sooner rather than later” I say smiling lightly “Yeah, least you know you have Ellen and all us now” Jen smiles “Yeah thank you for being supportive” I say “No worries” She says. “Jennifer and Portia stop talking and watch the movie” Mrs Harris yells and we quietly laugh before trying to watch the movie. I had a feeling things were going to get better though I knew there would be a lot of hate on the way but now I had made friends it was going to be easier. And I wasn’t hiding who was which was even better, I could just be myself.

Once class finished I made my way back to my locker with Jen to get my stuff when Ellen comes over. "Hey, how was class?" She asks smiling "Yeah it was good" I say as I shut my locker and turn to face her. "Good. Would you like a ride home Portia?" She asks me "If you don't mind then yes please" I smile back "Of course I don't" She says "Come on Jen" Ellen says as we all make our way to Ellen's car. “Jen you’re in the back, Portia can have the front” Ellen says “Oh why does she get the front” Jen groans “Because you get the front everyday” Ellen say unlocking the car “I don’t mind, you can have the front” I say “Na, I’m just messing with ya” Jen smiles as she hops in the back and I get in the front. Ellen drives to Jen’s house first dropping her off. “See you guys tomorrow” She calls waving. “So where am I going Porsche?” I smile as I hear the nickname Ellen has given me already “Uh, carry on going down here” I point down the road as I continue to give her directions. It doesn’t take very long until we pull up outside my house. “Thank you Ellen” I smile “Your welcome, I’ll pick you up tomorrow morning if you’d like?” She asks “Yeah that would be great” I say “Okay, shall I text you before I come over?” Ellen asks “Yeah, give me your phone and I’ll put my number in” I smile as I quickly type my number in and save it. “Thanks” She replies as I give it back to her “See you tomorrow Ellen” She smiles as she gets out and waves as she walk towards her house. “Bye” I call after her before heading home myself.

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