Aaron's Story, Part I: The Meeting
As Aaron entered the room of Mrs. Marilyn McGill, on this early Saturday morning in February, he was greeted my many of his fellow debaters. While Sarah was organizing the concessions and Chris searching for the extemp topics, Aaron simply set down the food he brought and told them he was going ahead to the cafeteria to join the rest of the team there. Right as Aaron turned to walk out the door, Frank a judge and past team member, walked in accompanied by someone else, someone Aaron had never seen.
This someone else, this stranger caught Aaron’s attention. Frank introduced the stranger to everyone as Ryan.
To Aaron, Ryan was pure beauty. Not just his body but something else something Aaron had yet to understand, and soon as Aaron would find out it would also be Ryan’s voice, attitude and sense of humor that made Ryan even more beautiful to Aaron. All of these things soon came together into what Aaron saw as perfection, as beauty. Aaron, young and stupid, began feeling things, emotions, he never thought existed, let alone he should even feel.
Aaron was a complete cynic, he didn’t believe in love. Hell he didn’t believe in emotions, he never had them before, h never needed them. He thought that no one, especially gay men were meant to love, only fuck.
He had envisioned a life of nothing but fucking and being fucked. He never imagined nor never wanted love, and especially the emotions which accompany it.
All of this changed in one day, in one ‘Hello’. From the moment Aaron saw Ryan he felt something, a beauty, which he had never felt before.
Aaron couldn’t get up enough courage all day to talk to Ryan. Ryan was beautiful, so much more so than Aaron. In fact, Aaron wasn’t attractive. He was short, chubby, and ugly. Aaron didn’t imagine in his wildest dreams that Ryan would even acknowledge Aaron’s presence let alone want to talk to him. Above all that, Aaron was convinced Ryan wasn’t gay.
At the end of the tournament, after a day of Aaron watching Ryan from afar, Cathy decided to have a small group dinner at her house, followed by a movie. As Aaron drove to Cathy’s he prayed that Ryan would also be there, but he wasn’t.
This someone else, this stranger caught Aaron’s attention. Frank introduced the stranger to everyone as Ryan.
To Aaron, Ryan was pure beauty. Not just his body but something else something Aaron had yet to understand, and soon as Aaron would find out it would also be Ryan’s voice, attitude and sense of humor that made Ryan even more beautiful to Aaron. All of these things soon came together into what Aaron saw as perfection, as beauty. Aaron, young and stupid, began feeling things, emotions, he never thought existed, let alone he should even feel.
Aaron was a complete cynic, he didn’t believe in love. Hell he didn’t believe in emotions, he never had them before, h never needed them. He thought that no one, especially gay men were meant to love, only fuck.
He had envisioned a life of nothing but fucking and being fucked. He never imagined nor never wanted love, and especially the emotions which accompany it.
All of this changed in one day, in one ‘Hello’. From the moment Aaron saw Ryan he felt something, a beauty, which he had never felt before.
Aaron couldn’t get up enough courage all day to talk to Ryan. Ryan was beautiful, so much more so than Aaron. In fact, Aaron wasn’t attractive. He was short, chubby, and ugly. Aaron didn’t imagine in his wildest dreams that Ryan would even acknowledge Aaron’s presence let alone want to talk to him. Above all that, Aaron was convinced Ryan wasn’t gay.
At the end of the tournament, after a day of Aaron watching Ryan from afar, Cathy decided to have a small group dinner at her house, followed by a movie. As Aaron drove to Cathy’s he prayed that Ryan would also be there, but he wasn’t.