SEAMUS: You like me too much and I like you . . .

[poison__eclair]

July 7th, 1997: Post-Sixth Year

So here's the deal: Terry Boot, difficult as he can often be, sent a copy of the owl I sent him to Fred, with a note reading:

Dear Fred

Comments

[glenn_whitman]

but are you unhappy that fred was.. forced.. to come out?

[poison__eclair]

Yes and no. No, because part of me is kind of pleased. And I did sort of encourage him to come out to his family . . .

But yes, because despite my encouraging, I knew he'd never do it. And I knew that he doesn't like the idea of people knowing. And yes because, quite honestly, I'm not exactly out myself yet. I mean, the general population Hogwarts probably assumes I'm bisexual by now, but I've never exactly said anything on the issue. Because I don't know what I would say. I mean, I know I'm not straight, but I sometimes kind of find myself attacted to girls. And I've never really been with a girl, so what would I know about how I feel about that? All right, I'm talking nonsense. But what my point was was that I feel like I'm sort of obligated to come out too.

And if Fred is going to be serious about, you know, being serious, then I don't know what I'm going to do. Because, if he's been forced out on my account and still doesn't want to lose me, that must mean I'm more important than I thought I was. And if I'm important, he ought

[glenn_whitman]

it makes sense... that's a tough situation to be in, and i'm not sure what to say.. other than that, even if you care about his feelings, in the end, if you've discovered that you dont feel the same... you're just leading him on.

[poison__eclair]