Luciano’s pov

I was laying down in my house’s rooftop looking to the sky turning darker by the minute, the night was already showing its black cloak. It’s been three weeks since that adventurous day where I won a clandestine fight with an addition of $5000.00, stole my mom’s car, met a beautiful girl named Lili which by the way, her advice came in handy. My parents never noticed my black eye, as for my burst lip, I just told them I was skating with David and that I fell really hard on the floor. Last but not least, I finally realized something that I was trying to ignore. I thought it was a teenage phase, something temporary …… boy was I wrong. I couldn’t keep lying to myself. David made me see that when I told him how I felt about that particular guy I fought with.

Despite this Mr. J being a stranger, that didn’t stop my fucking logic of liking him. I know it doesn’t make any sense, but I couldn’t deny the fact that I liked or maybe still like him? I don’t even know anymore. I don’t know why I was feeling like this. His voice, his sexy dark pink lips, even his cockiness made him sexy. And when he chose to stay as incognito to me when we had that little chat on the street, that made him so much more intriguing, he, whoever he may be, the thought of his persona was so fascinating to me.

I went back to ‘’The Inferno’’ a couple of times to see if I could encounter him but that never happened. I did see this big cool dude again, King. I talked with him several times while we drank beer on the bar, I know I’m a minor but in this place, they don’t care about that. However, King only let me have one. He said I was a good kid and that I shouldn’t been drinking, I came to appreciate the man, he was really nice. In our conversations, I asked him about the boy that was occupying my thoughts. He told me that since our fight that night, he hasn’t come back, nobody has seen him in those weeks that have passed. That was weird, why hasn’t he show up? I already lost my hope of seeing him ever again, I just resigned to that idea.

I got distracted from my thoughts when suddenly my phone started buzzing. It’s David, I feel like I already know why he’s calling me.

''Hey man what’s up''    I said when I picked up his call.

''Luci my man, guess who I have here with me''   I knew it, here we go again.

''Who do you have with you Dave? ''   I asked him with a sarcastic voice.

''It’s Frank! He has two tickets for this movie we want to see, but I can’t go, you know I have to finish the summer project and stuff so I thought you can accompany him, what do you say? ''   he told me sounding really excited.

''Sure…. Why not''  I was not surprised at all.

''Great! that’s great! he’ll pick you up at 8:00pm.''

''You motherfucker! Why are you so amused? You had this planned all along!''  I told him while sitting up. 

''You can’t say no now, I had you on speaker when you accepted the invitation, bye bye now, and do not forget to tell me the juicy details of your date but of course, don’t get too graphic''   he told me sounding perverse, I’m imagining him with an evil grin on his face right now.

''Wait it’s a date now!!!!''  I exclaimed rising my voice more than I should.

''Have fun Luci.''

''I hate you so much right now.''

''Aww, I love you too Luci Luci ''   and with that, he hung up.

That was another thing, now that David officially knows that I like boys, he’s been trying to hook me up with his neighbor's cousin, Frank. When I say officially, is because it really is. When I told David that I felt attracted to this stranger boy I had the fight with, his reaction shocked me. He said to me that he suspected it, how could he know that? That question was answered when he told me that he has catched me several times checking out guys at school and when we go out. I couldn’t say no to that because it was true but, like I said, I thought it was temporary. I mean…. I couldn’t be gay, I like girls! But then it hit me, David pretty much made me realized it, these were his exact words :

My dear friend, there is a name for that and is called bisexual, you know; you like papayas, but you also like bananas!!! As simple as that, you feel attracted to both boys and girls and don’t try to deny it because you know I’m right.

Well, that was one way to put it. I think he knows me better than I know myself. He was right, I am bisexual. I didn’t want to accept it but it’s on my nature, I do like boys as much as I like girls. It took me long to realized it but here I am, ready to go out on a date with a guy. Although Frank is not the boy I’ve been thinking about all this time, he’s a really cool dude, he looks hot and has this sexy French accent due to the fact that he moved out from France to here USA a year ago. I’ll give him a chance, why not? I do like him after all. I’m feeling nervous, it’s not that I haven’t go out on dates before but, it was my first one with a guy. How should I act? Whatever, I’ll just go with the flow.

I sighed as I look at my phone, it was already 7:45pm.

''Fuck! The date! what am I going to wear!!''   I cursed as I get out of the rooftop to take a quick shower and dress out.

This should be fun.