~*+•Black Licorice •+*~

~*+•Introduction•+*~

Thats was his breaking point. He ran to his room, tears poring out of his eyes.

After a few hours he wasn't crying anymore, just staring at his wall thinking about all that's happened. His parents didn't even give him dinner that night.

Coming out to his friends wasn't any better...

"woah dude, you look like shit. Did you even sleep last night?" Daniel was always his best friend. They went through everything together, wherever you would find Daniel, you would find George there too.

"No, not at all." He rubs his eyes,

"oh no what's wrong? C'mon talk to me about it..."

He sighs, "Can we go somewhere a bit more private?" They were next to their lockers, hallways packed with teens. He nods.

They enter the bathrooms, checking to make sure no one was there.

"So... what happened?"

"My- uh... my parents got mad at me... like really mad at me." He tilts his head in confusion.

"Why? What did they do?"

"I- Promise you won't hate me...?"

"I would never hate you dude. We are best friends, I will always have your back."

"I- uh- I think I might like boys... y'know instead of girls..."

His face is switched to a mix of realization and disgust. He raises and eyebrow and takes a step back.

"w- so- so your g- gay? You don't have a crush on me, do you?!" He says, barely above a yell.

"What? No! You aren't even the reason I realized I like guys!" It was true, he had no feelings towards Daniel.

"I know you do! I see the way you look at me!" How does he look at him?

"No Daniel! I've only ever wanted to be friends with you!"

"Get away from me! I don't want to be friends with a *f slur*! I see why your parents were mad, and they should be! I wouldn't want my son to be a *f slur*!"

He runs out of the bathroom, quickly going over to their friend group and yelling:

"Everyone! George just told me he is a *f slur* and has a crush on me! Tell him how fucking disgusting he is!"

Everyone turned towards George, who was now pale as a ghost.

He heard a "what the fuck dude!?" and a "Ew, he was probably looking at us in the locker rooms!"

George cried again. He ran as far from the school as he can and decided to start walking home. As much as he didn't want to, he still did.

oh, and it only gets worse from here...

Once he gets home, he lays down on his bed and cries harder than he has ever had before. You could hear the painful sobs from across the street.

But after a while he goes downstairs to eat something, just to see his parents down there too.

"Oh look, it's our *f slur* of a son. Why are you down here?" His father has a stern voice, scary enough to make him do anything.

"I- I came down here to eat something."

His father scoffs, "Oh, eat whatever you like, but you've been looking kinda fatter lately... maybe you should throw up all the food afterwards so you can be less fat?" It didn't sound like that bad of an idea...

"W- what? But wouldn't I be hungry after that? And I would just be wasting food." Is he really fat?

"Well your a waste of air, so you might as well just waste food more than you already do. You have been gaining lots of pounds lately!" oh.

They finally leave the kitchen, he takes in what his father had just said.

Minutes later he stands over the toilet, sticking his fingers down his throat, trying to make himself throw up as much as he could.

After a few more minutes, he ends up succeeding. It was extremely uncomfortable, but he's sure he will get used to it... and he did.

That was only the first of many, many times. After every meal he would purge, finding it as his only solution.

He ended up losing a lot of pounds, 30 to be exact. Every time it was just 'a few more then i'll be good' but when would he stop?

To this day he never stopped purging. He's 21 now, living in a small apartment away from his parents. He didn't go to college, because he didn't have any money to do so. He lost all his friends, was disowned by his family, and has a job that barely is able to let him pay his own rent.

All he wants is a better life. A life where he wasn't gay.

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I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter!! This was just a bit of George's backstory!! Next chapter will focus more on Clay. Sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes and have a good day!!

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