Since July

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Since July

You spoke about queerness and our high school as if you coming out would burn the whole thing down. Sometimes I almost think you created that scenario in your head because you were afraid of your own identity and wanted to feel as if you were struggling more than you actually were. When I cried and told you I wouldn’t know how to help you, you got angry. You said “how can you be upset when you have a boyfriend?” There’s the rub; you associated emotions with what other people thought of you. For your sake, I hope that still isn’t the case. For my sake, I hope I see why you won’t speak to me.