Dear Friend,

I met a boy today.

It was my first day of high school and I’ve already met the love of my life.

You’d like him. He has kind eyes, the sort of eyes that can really see what’s inside a person and not just what they want you to see. He has a beautiful smile too. Although, he doesn’t seem to use it very often.

He’s what my mother would call “guarded”. She’d say that guarded people are the best kind of friends because once they let you see what’s inside their hearts, you’ll always have a place there.

I think I want to be able to see into Kurt’s heart. Even if he doesn’t think I deserve a place in his heart, he already has one in mine.

You must think I’m crazy telling a complete stranger about how in love I am with a boy I just met, but please understand that you’re more than just a stranger to me.

I’m telling you because he said that you stood up for that boy in your school. He said you didn’t join them when they were calling him names and even told them to back off.

People like you give me hope for everyone else whose too scared to fight back.

You give me hope that I’ll find the courage to do the same thing someday.

Because I think I know why Trent killed himself. I think it was because he had told his dad he was gay. I only found out because we were changing after gym and I saw the bruises on his back. He broke down crying and told me his dad had beat him up.

I didn’t know what to say then and if he was here now I still wouldn’t know what to say.

I couldn’t tell him that what he was saying scared me.

See, I’m gay too.

Love always,

Blaine