Straight to Gay: How a Stroke turned one man Gay by Chris Birch

Author:Chris Birch [Birch, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Falling Zebra
Published: 2017-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

At work the next day I forced myself to type up the data that I had been given, I loudly tapped each word, taking out my frustration on the keyboard. My job was so dull, I wondered if I had ever enjoyed it.

'How was your weekend?' I said, shouting across to a lady on the other side of the room.

She peered over at me and waved.

'Can’t hear you love,' she shouted.

I tapped my fingers on the desk. It was like being kept in quarantine, separated from other humans, I was starved of conversation. I noticed the window to the side of me and spun my desk chair around so I could look at the bustling high street below. I envied the sellers on the market stalls who were able to chat to people.

My eyes focused on a man, he looked the same age as me, he was tall and so stood out from the crowd around him. He had a crisp white shirt on and black smart trousers, he was classically, good-looking.

Wow, I thought.

A smile suddenly spread across my face and my heart began to beat a little faster. My eyes were still fixed on the man, I followed his journey down the street until he swooped into the office entrance across the road.

Then one of the business managers appeared at my desk and I forgot all about the man and why I had wanted to watch him.

'Can I have a word Chris?' my manager asked.

I nodded, worried I was in trouble and followed her into her office.

‘Look … ’

She shut the door behind me, before sitting down at her desk and signalling for me to sit opposite her.

'You don’t seem happy,' she continued.

I frowned, worried she had picked up on how bored I had been. I scanned the certificates behind her head and wondered what to say.

'I thought you might like a new challenge, perhaps a training course?’

Before I could answer she held her hand out to stop me.

‘I know you like routine and you like being in the office, it probably seems a bit daunting..’

‘That sounds great,’ I said.

Why does she think I like routine?, I wondered.

‘That sounds great, just what I need,’ I said.

'Wow, okay, I thought you would need some convincing’.

'I could do with getting out of my comfort zone,' I admitted.

'You want to get out of your comfort zone?' she repeated.

Her frowned forehead resembled a creased shirt.

'Erm, yeah, I mean, it’s good to do something different isn’t it?' I muttered and

wondered why she was being so odd.

'Look, have I said something wrong?' I asked.

'No, it’s just, well, you’re a bit of a creature of habit Chris, I mean, we offered you

this training course months ago and you seemed too nervous to do it.’

'Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad you’re up for it but I’m just surprised,’ she said.

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