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High School Days

I was on summer break and had just turned 17 two months ago, my hair sun bleached and skin tan from the hot California sun. I called my friend to see if he wanted to hang out. “Hey Todd, it’s Colby, do you want to meet me downtown to grab a pizza or something?” “Sure Todd, Give me 30 minutes and I’ll meet you at Stella’s Pizza.” “Hey, I’ll come by and pick you up if you want?” I said. “Sounds good, Ill jump into the shower, come on in and you can wait in my room, it won’t take long.” I jumped into my beater of an old red jeep and was at Todd’s within 5 minutes, I let myself in and headed up the stairs to Todd’s room. I have always had a huge crush on Todd but never had the nerve to come out to him, or anyone for that matter. Todd is a bit of a jock and seems to excel in most sports but is not so stuck up that he only hangs with the jocks. I sat on his bed, I have been in his room many times over the 12 years since his family moved here from Colorado. I looked and saw T