Fall For Someone Else

I'm in love with Kim.

I've been in love with her for a long time, actually. The only problem? She doesn't know. Not about the feelings... and not about the fact that I'm gay. So, I do what I do best: I keep it to myself and call it "being responsible."

Kim is safe. Familiar. Easy to love quietly.

Meg is none of those things.

Meg asks questions I don't want to face. She looks at me as if she knows I am hiding something. Which I find incredibly rude, considering I've worked very hard at this whole denial thing.

I don't think Meg is trying to force me out of the closet.

She's just standing there, holding the door open, waiting for me to stop lying-to everyone, but mostly to myself.

Somewhere between late-night conversations, trying to set up the love of my life with Kurt, who is Meg's best friend, and being forced to come to terms with who I am, I have to make a choice: Keep loving someone from a distance...or finally step into who I really am.

Turns out, coming out isn't one big moment.