My Inexperienced Rendevous with Homecoming King Heartbreak

My Inexperienced Rendevous with Homecoming King Heartbreak
By Randall Sky Dudley


I didn’t know you
Didn’t like you
didn’t even think you were cute
i thought you were stuck up
Full of yourself and weird
I know that’s rich coming from me but
Its true

He was short,
5’4 (and i had to measure him myself cuz he CLAIMED to be 5’6)
With caramel eyes, full lips, and a lot of personality for that small frame
He was popular
The girls, they ate out of his hand, the guys, went to him for help
While i watched and stewed, because their was just something about him, that didn’t sit right with me
And it was that surprise that changed me
Looking through the yearbook
with my boyfriend Jose
He stopped on page 52
Pointed to a picture and said
“i used to date him”
…
Him?
he used to date him?
What does that mean
Is he gay, is he bi, what?
but what about the girls,
but what about the popularity
But
“Oh Brandon? i thought he was straight”
“he is… in public”
“Oh”
“Don’t tell anyone”

From that moment on things changed..
I started noticing things like
His dimples when he laughed to hard
How his hair straightened when wet
How though he had many “girl friends” he never had a girlfriend


it was one day in the mall of the school
right by the cannon
He was selling yearbooks
(he was actually the reason started journalism)
I asked my grandfather to give me a moment and some money
Then i walked over

“Hey”
“Hey
Would you like to purchase a yearbook”
“Yeah, sure”
He smiled, and his cheeks dimpled
i stopped thinking
“ Do you Know Jose”
“Diggs?”
“Yeah”
“Yeah why?”
“i used to date him”
“Oh”
That night after getting brandon’s number
I broke up with Jose


What followed was random, wild and beautiful
He told me his story
Jehovah Witness parents can’t accept his differences,
Still in the closet, because he didn’t know how not to be popular
things were rocky with his boyfriend, Imani, cuz he was suspected of cheating
cheating
“… cheating right now”
What?
“You’ve been looking over at brandon’s test all class period, your obviously cheating, so hand in your test.”
I was obsessed
I never had a relationship where i could be so open
I knew EVERYTHING about him
Born in La
favorite color: blue like the ocean in the morning
Wanted to be: model/actor
and deeper things like how, he didn’t like silence cuz he felt like people were judging him
He acts so crazy so when he did something gay, it was just attributed to his weirdness
And like when he liked people in school, he typically ignored them

“Was that why you never talked to me”
“Honestly yeah
You were cute”
Laying in the park the grass making stains on our back
Laughing when we got caught kissing by 12 year old

Kissing in the movies holding hands
You trying to teach me drive
Making out in your car
Sitting on your living room couch watching the golden girls
Laying sleep together in your bed

“I broke up with my boyfriend”
“Oh? Why”
“ I met someone i liked better”
I froze
“Who”
“This guy named Damien”
WHO THE FUCK WAS DAMIEN!!!???
i was hurt
but we still had our little secret
I was confused
But we still told each other everything
I still gave him everything
Once i “accidently” told one of my friends about his gayness
Little did i know that she was one of his easy breezy covergirls
He got SO mad
he refused to talk to me
So… i went back to her and told her i lied
that i was crazy, and a stalker, and i made it all up so his reputation would be ruined
What hurt most was she believed me
Brandon talked to me that night again for the first time in a month
He came to my house for the first time
Met my grandparents
We kissed in front of them
They hated me but i was happy
I was Happy
Then homecoming
Me…
I used my destroyed reputation to get him votes
This was my line
“Yeah i lied on him, but i want to try to make it up to him so help me out please”
I made bribes, called on favors, cheated, sabatoged ballots, Made posters, gave out candy, Made announcements
I single handedly got him 1,500 votes in a school of 2,896 students
Homecoming

“And Your Homecoming King of 2007 is Brandon James Mckay”

Homecoming

He went up to accept his crown

Homecoming

There were local news anchormen there because this was Independence… this was Important

Homecoming

He thanked everyone for Helping him

Homecoming

and then he kissed Imani parks

I hate homecoming