It was almost the end of my sixth grade school year and one of my best friends in my Language Arts class I knew that she liked girls. Before I personally knew someone who was not straight I had never thought about dating a girl because I was always told that girls like boys and boys like girls. But by the end of my sixth grade year I had a crush on my friend.

          I asked her out and she said yes, but then... Panic struck me. What if my parents found out I liked a girl? They would hate me! So I did something very, very stupid that I regret doing to this day. I broke up with her, I should not have done it because I was scared but I did anyway.

          Now if that girl is reading this, which she hopefully will, I hope she knows that I am sorry. And I know that this is a short "story" so I will tell you how I came out to my parents One and a Half years later in the beginning of eighth grade...

          I had my first what I like to think was serious relationship with a girl, now I knew that at some point I would have to tell my parents about this because I did not want to hide it from them but I was still scared of what they would think. But I did not even really tell them, my Mom kind of found out on her own.

          My Mom had always been a little nosy in my life for a while now and she always "spies" on me. After school me and my (now ex) girlfriend would walk to the bus stop together where she got on the bus and I walked on to my Mom's car. But one day my Mom was looking up and she saw my girlfriend give me a hug and my Mom knows I did not have a boyfriend but she realized that she never thought about asking me if I was dating a girl. So when we got home she asked me... 

"Are you and ------- dating?" (Names will not said for the sake of my sanity)

"Uh, Well, yeah. How did you find out?" I responded to my Mom scared out of my mind

"I saw her hug you after school today. I have to say I always saw my daughter as straight. Well it is just a phase so it will be over in no time." my Mom responded.

          To be honest it did hurt what my Mom said but it felt good to have that weight off my chest.