I stood there gazing at my reflection in the mirror, anxiously awaiting his arrival. Everything had to be perfect. I had spent weeks preparing for tonight. This was the night that Gary and I decided to reveal our true feelings for one another. We had kept our homosexuality a secret from everyone and decided that the Senior Prom would be the best time to come out of the closet.         The sound of the doorbell caused …showed first 75 words of 635 total…

…showed last 75 words of 635 total…As I drifted into sleep, I heard Gary softly whisper, 'I love you.'         The passage of time has helped to ease my pain from that awful night. Because of that night, I have once again repressed my true sexuality. I should have known that we would have never been accepted by those narrow-minded people. Most importantly, I came to realize that even in today's society people refuse to accept love in all its forms.