Confessions of a Teenage Closet Case by Alex Blades

Author:Alex Blades [Blades, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic comedy, gay romance, ya, lbgt
Published: 2021-05-31T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

ELLIOT

Friday, April 3

“Hey, can you hand me that other bottle of cleaner? This one’s empty,” Anna says over her shoulder.

“Sure.” I hit the shuffle button on Spotify again and set my phone down on the table before tossing her the second bottle of sanitizer. “I’m about done over here.”

“Great. I’m about done too.”

It was just the three musketeers closing up tonight, or at least it was until Cooper had to run off so he could get enough sleep for tomorrow’s game. I enjoyed feeling a bit of familiarity with everything around here changing all at once. It’s been nice not really having to focus on Aimee leaving and making a run for it to New York to start a new life without me.

No Cooper also means finally having the chance to talk to talk to Anna—alone—about everything. Or almost everything. Not too sure how she’d feel if I told her I was talking to some anonymous dude.

“Any big Friday night plans?” Anna asks as she sets the bottle of cleaner back under the counter.

“Well, apart from reading a bunch for history and English while more than likely trying to refrain from bitching out Tommy for his speaker vibrating against my wall all night, not really.”

“You have all weekend to do that. You should go spend some more time with your friends. You’re not gonna have a whole lot of time together when you’re all busy with your own stuff in the fall.”

“Aimee and Vanessa are both busy tonight, so I’m all on my lonesome for the evening.”

Anna lifts her apron over her head and hangs it up on a hook bolted to the wall. “Ah, well I guess there’s nothing wrong with a little bit of alone time every now and then. Not that I know how that is anymore.”

“Yeah.” I snake my arm behind Anna and flip the deli’s main light switch off. It’s now or never, I guess. There’s no guarantee I’ll have the guts to do it again any time soon. “Hey, can I talk to you for a second,” I manage to force out.

She catches my eye. “Of course. What’s going on?”

“I—” is all that comes out of my mouth before the fluttering in my stomach starts and my body starts to shake. Why is this so difficult? It wasn’t this difficult coming out any other time. “S—sorry,” I stutter. “I don’t know why this is so difficult.”

“You can tell me anything.”

“I know . . . I know I can tell you anything. And that’s what makes this so ridiculous. It’s just that you’ve always been like a second mom to me, so it’s just a little terrifying. I’ve been wanting to tell you for the longest time, but it was just never really the right time. I think I’m ready now, though.” My fingers find a frayed string at the bottom of my polo and I exhale slowly. “I—I’m gay. That doesn’t mean that I’m any different. I’m still the same old Elliot, so

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