Coming Out and Then Coming In

"e;Paulie jerked his pants up angrily. "e;You lied to me. You told me that they knew and they were cool with it. With us."e; Paulie, I know you re pissed. But- But nothing man! You lied to me. How can you say you love me when you lied? Please, I whispered. Don t go. Not yet. Let s talk. He paused at the door but kept his back to me. You wanna talk? Fine. I have a lie of my own. I m no virgin. I just said that to you so I could get in your pants. I can never be with you. You don t even have the guts to stand up to your parents and tell them their baby boy likes guys. Paulie, wait- I was afraid he d go and all hell was going to break loose with my parents. I grabbed his arm. Stay. Or we can go somewhere. But he wouldn t listen. He jerked from my grasp. Fuck you, Elliot. Don t call me again. I blew out a breath. Ethan had no fucking idea about..."e;