“Yeah,” I said. “That’s how I feel. I’ve been told I was ‘turning’ straight or ‘turning’ lesbian again depending on which gender I got a crush on. And a little while ago, someone told me it was good I can date guys, because then I don’t have to face discrimination.” Brooke startled in her seat, and it was only then I remembered it was actually her who’d made that comment. I hadn’t brought it up to guilt her, and I hoped she didn’t take it that way. Now that I’d started letting out some of the anger and frustration I’d barely known was there, though, I couldn’t stop.
