When my freshmen year of high school in the fall of 2014, I was beginning to look forward to a great year, a great season of cross-country, and a great new school. What I wasn’t looking forward to was the problems and adjustments I would have to make as a new freshmen in high school, especially my first ever all boys, Catholic School. I knew adjustments were a part of life and that I would have to come to terms to that and enjoy the new experience as much as I could. The problems I was trying to prepare myself were not even close to what I had to actually go through that year. When freshmen year first started, I was going to cross-country practice after school every day. I met amazing people and became a part our outstanding cross country family. As time went on, I grew closer to certain people and ran with my same group. My group first started off with me and two other boys, Nolan and Jake. Nolan eventually became faster than Jake and I and soon enough, it was just us to. This wasn’t a problem for the two of us because it turns out, we had a lot in common and really enjoyed talking to each other. We enjoyed talking so much actually, that we both looked forward to seeing each other in practice.
As time went on, I got the impression that my friend, and running buddy, Jake was gay and a huge crush on me. I was flattered but acted as if I …show more content…
In cross-country, I found a new group, and he ran by himself. I remember when we had meets and we were all on the bus together, people would make fun of him for being gay and teased him the whole trip. To get my point across to him that I was serious about what I said, I joined in and went right along with all of the joking. He would look at me with such hurt in his eyes but I would only keep going. I was being extremely selfish. I got bullied all through school and this was the first time I was truly ‘accepted’ and I had no intention of letting him take that
As time went on, I got the impression that my friend, and running buddy, Jake was gay and a huge crush on me. I was flattered but acted as if I …show more content…
In cross-country, I found a new group, and he ran by himself. I remember when we had meets and we were all on the bus together, people would make fun of him for being gay and teased him the whole trip. To get my point across to him that I was serious about what I said, I joined in and went right along with all of the joking. He would look at me with such hurt in his eyes but I would only keep going. I was being extremely selfish. I got bullied all through school and this was the first time I was truly ‘accepted’ and I had no intention of letting him take that