★ Carter ★
Time was against me. Emotions were against me. I had lost all faith and all hope. I could no longer fool myself. Reality had hit. I looked around my bedroom sadly and sighed. Right now, all I could do was hope that everything would work itself out. Derick knew the truth. Candice knew the truth and I was completely and utterly embarrassed. Not only had Derick rejected me but it had seemed as if he had been disgusted. Disgusted! By me! I squeezed my eyes closed as I tried to block out the image of Derick’s surprised face. Surprised and disgusted. His words rung in my ears and I started to hum, hoping to block that out too.
“I don’t swing that way,” he had said to me. Well, I’d be damned. I hadn’t thought I swung that way either yet, I had found myself not only attracted to my Al
