Narrative Essay: 'Owain Cannot Be Cool With This'?
“Owain cannot be cool with this.”
“Please. He suggested half a million” — Gwen could hear Percival on the other end — “but I told him you’d have a flat-out stroke. Oh, and by the way, we’re coming out next week to help.”
“I don’t know what to say. I can never repay this.”
“Stop being a drama queen, Gwaine, and hear me out, because there’s something you need to know. I owe you everything.”
“How do you figure that?”
“Remember when I came out to you during our senior year of high school?”
“How could I forget? We were getting burgers, and you randomly started yelling, ‘I’m gay, all right?’”
“And do you remember what you said to that?”
Gwaine chuckled. “Yeah. I told you I was cool with it, and then I asked if we could finish eating our burgers. While we ate, I started rattling off guys I thought you should date. I think I also told you that you were one sexy gay guy.” …show more content…
“You never told me that.”
“I know. But when you accepted and supported me, all with that Gwaine-style humor, I knew everything would be all right. And I can never repay that.”
Gwen was in tears, Gwaine choked up, and no one spoke for close to half a minute.
“And then there was school on Monday,” Percy continued. “I came out, officially, as I’m sure you recall. And not a single person gave me a hard time. Not one. Why? Because you spent the entire day making it clear to anyone who would listen that if they harassed me about being gay, they’d have to deal with you.”
“I thought I kept that quiet.”
“Quiet’s not your thing,
“Please. He suggested half a million” — Gwen could hear Percival on the other end — “but I told him you’d have a flat-out stroke. Oh, and by the way, we’re coming out next week to help.”
“I don’t know what to say. I can never repay this.”
“Stop being a drama queen, Gwaine, and hear me out, because there’s something you need to know. I owe you everything.”
“How do you figure that?”
“Remember when I came out to you during our senior year of high school?”
“How could I forget? We were getting burgers, and you randomly started yelling, ‘I’m gay, all right?’”
“And do you remember what you said to that?”
Gwaine chuckled. “Yeah. I told you I was cool with it, and then I asked if we could finish eating our burgers. While we ate, I started rattling off guys I thought you should date. I think I also told you that you were one sexy gay guy.” …show more content…
“You never told me that.”
“I know. But when you accepted and supported me, all with that Gwaine-style humor, I knew everything would be all right. And I can never repay that.”
Gwen was in tears, Gwaine choked up, and no one spoke for close to half a minute.
“And then there was school on Monday,” Percy continued. “I came out, officially, as I’m sure you recall. And not a single person gave me a hard time. Not one. Why? Because you spent the entire day making it clear to anyone who would listen that if they harassed me about being gay, they’d have to deal with you.”
“I thought I kept that quiet.”
“Quiet’s not your thing,